How to install Pinta 1.4 in Ubuntu 11.10/12.04/12.10

Pinta is a free, open source drawing/editing program based on Paint.NET. Its goal is to provide users with a simple yet powerful way to draw and manipulate images on Linux, Mac, and Windows.

New Features in Pinta 1.4

• Magic Wand tool selection modes (Union, Exclude, Xor, and Intersect).
• Layer blend modes.
• Reduced memory usage in the Open Images Pad .
• Significantly reduced memory usage for history (only the difference between
• the two images is stored)
• Copy/Paste support for the text tool.
• Improved rendering performance.
• The color picker tool now supports different sampling sizes, and sampling from a single layer or the entire image.
• Improved support for special characters and alternate input methods in the text tool.

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To install Pinta 1.4 in Ubuntu 11.10/12.04 Open terminal and write the following commands

Step 1. Add Repository

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pinta-maintainers/pinta-stable

Step 2. Update sources.list

$ sudo apt-get update

Step 3. Install Pinta 1.4

$sudo apt-get install pinta

That's it you have successfully installed Pinta 1.4.
Enjoy :)

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