Image editor Paint.net 5.0Alpha release: more interfaces enable GPU acceleration, no longer support the old Windows

CTOnews.com November 25th news, the first Alpha version of image editor Paint.net 5.0 has been released. It is worth noting that the new Alpha version is not pushed by applying updates, but is released as a stand-alone version. Users who want to test the Alpha version need to download the portable version, which can be run on the same device as the stable version.

The image editor Paint.net 5.0 is a major version update that modifies the system requirements of the program. The new version runs only on 64-bit versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. The new version no longer supports the old version of Windows, and users who are still running these devices can continue to run Paint.net 4.x instead.

CTOnews.com learned that the developers of Paint.Net reported many significant performance improvements in Paint.net 5.0. new features include pressure sensitivity of pens and tablet, as well as a new effects plug-in system that supports GPU rendering.

The new version also makes significant improvements to performance. The new version extends GPU acceleration since Paint.Net 4. 0. In Paint.Net 5.0, GPU acceleration is used in the core user interface, including history and layer windows, rulers, image lists, and curve and horizontal adjustment user interfaces. In addition to user interface acceleration, most "tweaks and effects" also use GPU in the new version. An added benefit of this change is that "rendering quality and color accuracy" have been greatly improved.

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