SkiaSharp 4.148.0 marks the first stable release in the SkiaSharp v4 line. The project is now co-maintained by Microsoft's .NET team and Uno Platform, reflecting a broader open-source collaboration.

AI generative fill for Paint.NET, powered by Google Gemini Nano Banana. Select an area, type a prompt, get the result on a new layer above your active one. Pick a model. Default is Nano Banana 2 ...

Today is Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday, with security updates for 120 flaws and no zero-days disclosed. This Patch Tuesday addresses 17 "Critical" vulnerabilities, 14 of which are remote code ...

VelloSharp High-level scene, renderer, font, and image APIs that wrap the entire Vello stack. VelloSharp.Core Shared geometry, painting, and text primitives used across all bindings.

There is no doubt that Linux has come a long way in the last five years, thanks in large part to Valve opening the door to gaming with Proton. Linux has always been a capable operating system, but its ...

Following on from its beta release in September, the Pinta 3.1 release is now available for download with new features and plenty of fixes. Pinta is, as I’m sure you know, a modest open-source and ...

Launch Paint.NET and bring the mouse cursor to the “Effects” tab. Scroll down to “Objects” and from there, users will see the option that says “Drop Shadow.” Don’t click on it just yet, because first, ...

It’s that time of year again—temperatures are dropping, leaves are changing color, and Microsoft is gradually rolling out another major yearly update to Windows 11. The Windows 11 25H2 update is ...

I've been testing one for 12 months, and Copilot+ PCs don't still don't offer any groundbreaking on-device AI features. Don't expect improvements to cloud-based ones, either. I've been writing about ...

There is a variety of GUI frameworks for .NET: Microsoft itself offers several alternatives and the agony of choice is now greater than ever, as three external providers are also involved in the ...

Indulging your casual creativity (read: making memes, defacing selfies, etc) using open-source tools is made easier with the long-awaited release of Pinta 3.0. Pinta, as long-time Linux users will be ...