RISC OS 5.28 / Paint 2.37

Hi all,

https://www.riscosopen.org/news/articles/2020/10/24/risc-os-5-28-now-available

announces we can “enjoy an overhauled Paint”

Are these overhauls visible or just “under the bonnet” tweaks does anyone know ?

Not expecting anything from the Bounty scheme, of course, but visibly Paint seems to be just the same as before after updating my machines.

Just wondered what “overhauled” means in the case of Paint.

Thanks :)

Just wondered what “overhauled” means in the case of Paint.

Many of the changes are relatively minor, although very welcome (e.g. global clipboard copy/paste, the ability to change a sprite’s size on any of its 4 edges, the colour picker for 256-colour sprites arranges the colours in an artist-friendly fashion…)

For more information on changes actually applied, see the commit history for Paint.

The 256 palette is gorgeous, and the (Shift-)Select/Adjust ink-dropper is very handy.

I’m looking forward to undo and font choice for text – will be the icing on the cake!

Thanks all.

I’m looking forward to undo and font choice for text – will be the icing on the cake!

Me too !