Paint.NET

🍷 Extremely Experimental Wine/Linux/Mac support: How to Get Started

Preview Center — 2026-08-31T23:34:42+00:00

Update: Head over to GitHub for the latest builds and updates Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9739) contains extremely experimental support for WINE (which means Linux and Mac). To try this out, you need to: Use the portable version of the app. The installer will NOT work. You must be using at least WINE version 11.14. Seriously, just use whatever the latest version is. You need add a registry key so that WINE doesn't try to override a DLL with its own version which does not work. Run this command to

🍷 Extremely Experimental WINE/Linux support: How to Get Started

Preview Center — 2026-08-31T23:34:42+00:00

Update: Head over to GitHub for the latest builds and updates Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9739) contains extremely experimental support for WINE (which means Linux). To try this out, you need to: Use the portable version of the app. The installer will NOT work. You must be using at least WINE version 11.14. Seriously, just use whatever the latest version is. You need add a registry key so that WINE doesn't try to override a DLL with its own version which does not work. Run this command to do so:

Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9739)

Preview Center — 2026-08-31T23:10:38+00:00

This alpha build is updated to use .NET 11, and contains updated translations, new tiling modes for the new Mosaic effect, and EXTREMELY experimental support for running on WINE/Linux. For more info on the WINE/Linux stuff, go here . You can read more about the 5.2 release and what else it includes by reading the release notes for the first alpha . Changes since 5.2 Alpha (build 9719) : Added more tiling modes to the new Mosaic effect Updated to use .NET 11 Preview. This contains a fix for a nas

A4 Default Canvas via Taskbar Icon

Beginner Tutorials — 2026-08-22T02:44:28+00:00

Since Paint.NET does not support adding custom options directly to the native File > Open menu, here is a simple workaround to create an A4 template and pin a dedicated A4 shortcut straight to your Windows Taskbar. Step 1: Create and Save the A4 Template Open Paint.NET and press Ctrl + N. Set Resolution to 300 pixels/inch (I set mine to 96 px/in for a 3.2Mb file). Set Print size units to centimeters (or millimeters): Width: 21.0 cm (210 mm) Height: 29.7 cm (297 mm) (This automatically sets the p

Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9719)

Preview Center — 2026-08-11T01:03:42+00:00

This new alpha build introduces 8 new effects, fixes some crashes and other glitches, fixes compatibility with some old plugins, and adds some debugging options to assist with the WINE effort. You can read more about 5.2 and what it includes by reading the release notes for the first alpha . The new effects will be discussed more in the final release notes for 5.2, when the time comes, but here are some previews for now. Each new effect is also available for plugins to use in their Direct2D effe

Align Content — position layer content in one click

Plugins (publishing only) — 2026-07-23T18:41:19+00:00

I got tired of nudging things with the arrow keys to center them, so I wrote this. Pick a horizontal position (Left, Center, Right) and a vertical one (Top, Middle, Bottom), click OK. It finds the visible content on the current layer and moves it. "Leave as is" holds one axis still if you only want to center on the other. With no selection it positions against the canvas; with a selection it positions against the selection. Built with CodeLab using the modern Bitmap pipeline, so it needs Paint.N

Alpha Reconstructor

Plugins (publishing only) — 2026-07-16T03:25:58+00:00

Alpha Reconstructor converts two images, one with a black background and one with a white background, into a single image with transparency. Effects -> Objects -> Alpha Reconstructor The black background image and white background image can be loaded using "Select File" or "Set from Clipboard". "Select File" supports the following image formats: .png, .jpg, .gif, and .bmp. If only one image is loaded, the active layer is used as the other image. Only the selected area is processed. When "Align t

Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9688)

Preview Center — 2026-07-11T00:20:54+00:00

This new alpha build has a quality of life improvement for the Move tools, support for CICP metadata, and good quality HDR->SDR tone mapping when opening HDR images with supported file types (including plugins). You can read more about the CICP and HDR tone mapping support at https://x.com/rickbrewPDN/status/2072357433390047252 or https://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3mplx7ujotk2a You can read more about 5.2 and what it includes by reading the release notes for the first alpha . Ch

Channel Viewer (v1.1)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2026-06-22T18:26:34+00:00

Effects -> Color-> Channel Viewer Download: ChannelViewer4.zip Description It allows you to toggle the visibility of Red, Green, Blue, and Alpha channels in any combination. Features: Single Channel View: If only one RGB channel is active, it displays as a crisp grayscale intensity map. Alpha Channel Mask: Selecting only the Alpha channel displays a pure black-and-white transparency mask. Multi-Channel Mixing: Combining 2 or more channels displays them in their natural colors on a black backgrou

ComfyUI v1.2.3 - A ComfyUI AI bridge for Paint.NET (Updated 2026-07-17)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2026-06-15T06:52:20+00:00

ComfyUI for Paint.NET Version 1.2.3 In short ComfyUI is a bridge between Paint.NET and a ComfyUI server. It allows a Paint.NET layer to be sent to ComfyUI, processed by a selected workflow, and then returned to Paint.NET for preview and apply. The workflow can be image-based, prompt-based, or a mixture of both. Prerequisite - Have a comfyUI server or access to one and make sure your "\paint.net\Effects\ComfyUI\config.json" is pointing at the appropriate info, dont worry if you delete your config

Corner Pin v2.0 - Perspective / Keystone / 4-Corner Image Placement (2026-06-12)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2026-06-12T06:15:20+00:00

CornerPin Version 2.0 - (way easier and makes more sense compared to V1) An effect plugin for placing the active layer into an arbitrary four-corner shape. It is intended for perspective placement tasks such as fitting an image into a picture frame, sign, screen, or page inside another image. To install Download CornerPin.zip from this page Unpack it then place CornerPin.dll in your Paint.NET Effects folder ( normally found under your Paint.NET folder, for example: \paint.net\Effects ) The plugi

IClipboardImage and color management

Preview Center — 2026-06-03T23:32:43+00:00

With these clipboard fixes, both my previous "if clipboard color context is missing, assume ScRgb" and the suggested better way "use PixelFormatExtensions.CreateDefaultColorContext" produce the same result that doesn't match 5.1.12 behavior. Basically, it's a bitmap effect and not GPU, if that matters, and I'm trying to apply clipboard as an alpha channel: what I want is that a pixel with RGB 1, 1, 1 when averaged gives me alpha value of 1, but I'm now getting 13, which seems very much like inte

Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9650)

Preview Center — 2026-06-03T20:43:37+00:00

This is an updated alpha build for 5.2 that fixes some more bugs and crashes. You can read more about 5.2 and what it includes by reading the release notes for the first alpha . Change Log Changes since 5.2 Alpha (build 9641) : Fixed an issue when drawing at the edge of the canvas viewport that would cause it to freeze and then jump all the way to the far edge of the canvas Fixed an issue when drawing a selection using the intersect combine mode that would make the selection disappear and cause

RotSprite Rotate / Zoom for Paint.NET (Cleaner pixel-art rotation / scaling) v1.2

Plugins (publishing only) — 2026-06-02T10:42:05+00:00

For a long time, I've wanted a RotSprite-style rotation effect inside Paint.NET. I waited for something like this from the shadows, so to speak, but in the end I decided to code one for my own work and share it here. Whilst initially the idea was to only implement rotation, I eventually also added a scaling algorithm which reconstructs the sprite at a bigger size while keeping the pixel scale clean, almost as if the sprite had been redrawn at that resolution. This plugin rotates the current laye

The paint.net domain has been secured

Paint.NET Blog — 2026-05-29T18:27:11+00:00

I just tweeted about this, but here’s the blog post version: I GOT THE DOMAIN! I FINALLY GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://paint.net is now the website for Paint.NET! Well, once I get content migrated and redirects set up, etc. For the moment it’s just a “hey go over here to getpaint.net” redirect page. Read the tweets for … Continue reading The paint.net domain has been secured

PrabhavT's images

The Pictorium — 2026-05-29T07:25:40+00:00

so i am making a birthday shirt here is the design front back credits to like every plugin maker for making the plugins

Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9641)

Preview Center — 2026-05-25T19:30:55+00:00

This is an updated alpha build for 5.2 that fixes a handful of issues and crashes. You can read more about 5.2 and what it includes by reading the release notes for the first alpha . Change Log Changes since 5.2 Alpha (build 9625) : The selection will no longer be tinted when opening an effect or adjustment. Improved the latency of the brush tool "preview cursor" by 1 frame. Added some extra digits past the decimal place for the zoom level in the status bar. Shortened the length of the animation

Tile Color Limit (v1.2, 16 May 2026)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2026-05-15T12:41:16+00:00

Color->Tile Color Limit Download: F_TileColorLimit.zip Description: Limits the number of colors in the image per square tiles, like a hybrid between pixelate and a rudimentary quantize. It finds the most used unique colors in each tile, and in case of a tie, the color that comes first in a left-to-right, top-to-bottom order is chosen. Other colors are mapped to the closest match of the valid choices with a selection of color distance measures. The alpha channel is preserved through calculations

ColorDeltaKey - a cinematic style color keyer

Plugins (publishing only) — 2026-05-13T06:14:37+00:00

ColorDeltaKey is a plugin allowing you to use a cinematic style RGB or HSV space color key (green screen / blue screen removal) in Paint.NET. Full description: https://github.com/jeske/PaintDotNet_ColorDeltaKey Releases at: https://github.com/jeske/PaintDotNet_ColorDeltaKey/releases Bugs to: https://github.com/jeske/PaintDotNet_ColorDeltaKey/issues Discussions at: https://github.com/jeske/PaintDotNet_ColorDeltaKey/discussions Enjoy

Dissolve Alpha (v1.1, 7 May 2026)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2026-05-07T12:11:43+00:00

Object->Dissolve Alpha Download: F_DissolveAlpha.zip Description: The dissolve blend mode exists in several apps, basically it just turns your usual smooth alpha transparency into fully opaque or transparent pixels as a form of transparency dithering, and that is what this plugin does as well. Internally, it generates a kind of noise and then compares the existing transparency to said noise: if the original pixel was more transparent than the noise value, it gets made fully transparent, fully op

Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9625)

Preview Center — 2026-04-05T17:59:41+00:00

Welcome to the first alpha for the 5.2 update! This new version is focused on performance, quality-of-life, and infrastructure improvements which prepare for the big 6.0 version that will be coming later. The two biggest changes are the new FileType plugin system and the rewritten high-precision layer rendering engine. New FileType Plugin System The original FileType plugin system dates back to 2005 with the v2.5 release . It has withstood the test of time in the sense that it still works and ha

Paint.NET 5.1.12 is now available

Paint.NET Blog — 2026-03-08T18:50:46+00:00

This is a small update that adds a new translation (Kazakh) and updates the bundled DDS and JPEG XL FileType plugins to their latest versions. Get the Update There are two releases of Paint.NET: Microsoft Store release (recommended) You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending … Continue reading Paint.NET 5.1.12 is now available

"La Casita del Arte Gráfico" Experimenting with different effects and plugins.

The Pictorium — 2026-02-10T23:58:13+00:00

Hello, I enjoy using Paint.Net and this space is not a showcase just an opportunity to explore the possibilities of a great graphic tool. Thanks to all plugin creators! No, this person isn't me, it's just the engraved portrait of Benito Martínez Ocasio a Puerto Rican singer who animated the halftime show during the NFL Super Ball 2026.

Paint.NET 5.1.11 is now available

Paint.NET Blog — 2025-11-10T02:38:55+00:00

This is a hotfix for 5.1.10 that fixes the DxgiAdapterService, which is used by plugins that initialize DirectX using their own interop. The 5.1.10 update was a maintenance release that added a Romanian translation, fixed some important bugs, and updated the bundled FileType plugins. Get the Update There are two releases of Paint.NET: Microsoft Store … Continue reading Paint.NET 5.1.11 is now available

Paint.NET 5.1.10 is now available

Paint.NET Blog — 2025-11-09T23:18:36+00:00

This is a maintenance release that adds a Romanian translation, fixes some important bugs, and updates the bundled FileType plugins. Get the Update There are two releases of Paint.NET: Microsoft Store release (recommended) You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, … Continue reading Paint.NET 5.1.10 is now available

Zeph's Gallery of Stuff + ShapeMaker Requests!

The Pictorium — 2025-08-30T03:09:12+00:00

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Paint.NET 5.1.9 is now available

Paint.NET Blog — 2025-07-31T17:12:22+00:00

This is a maintenance release that adds a Bulgarian translation and fixes some important bugs. Get the Update There are two releases of Paint.NET: Microsoft Store release (recommended) You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, updates happen automatically in the … Continue reading Paint.NET 5.1.9 is now available

Background Remover — Latest Update 2026-09-18

Plugins (publishing only) — 2025-07-24T09:23:03+00:00

Background Remover What does it do? This plugin automatically removes the background from your images using machine learning models. Features ML-powered background removal using ONNX models for high-quality results. Options to enable FP16 precision for faster processing on compatible hardware. Option to use GPU acceleration to speed up background removal if your system supports it. Runs entirely offline – everything is local, no internet connection needed, no API keys, no locked features. Usage

Background Remover — Latest Update 2025-07-28

Plugins (publishing only) — 2025-07-24T09:23:03+00:00

Is this good?

The Pictorium — 2025-06-13T17:03:53+00:00

I made this a few days ago, is this decent or too simple for paint.net? https://imgur.com/gallery/black-hole-ingulfing-planet-whole-made-with-paint-net-MWw4VWU Image description: This is a realist 16:9 image of a supermassive black hole eating a planet similar to Venus! The particles were made by clicking using the brush! The more hue, the hotter it is! The Black Hole is 45 Million Solar Masses and the Planet is 91% The size of the Earth! (7212 KM or 7 Megameters. In Diameter it is 11607 KM or 1

Paint.NET 5.1.8 is now available

Paint.NET Blog — 2025-05-20T01:02:30+00:00

This is a simple maintenance release that mostly fixes a few small bugs, and updates the bundled DDS FileType plugin. Get the Update There are two releases of Paint.NET: Microsoft Store release (recommended) You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, … Continue reading Paint.NET 5.1.8 is now available

Paint.NET 5.1.5 Beta (build 9191)

Preview Center — 2025-03-01T19:47:09+00:00

This update adds JPEG XL (*.jxl) support, improves quantization color quality, updates AVIF loading to better handle mapping HDR images to SDR, and fixes some bugs. Change Log Changes since 5.1.4 : New: JPEG XL (*.jxl) images are now supported by way of bundling @null54 's JpegXLFileType plugin Fixed the Levels adjustment not honoring the active selection. Fixed some more mouse cursor issues when completing certain actions with certain tools. Fixed some keyboard shortcuts in the Adjustments menu

Paint.NET 5.1.3 Beta (build 9168)

Preview Center — 2025-02-06T17:53:03+00:00

This is a maintenance release with a big heaping of performance improvements, bug fixes, and other small changes. Change Log Changes since 5.1.2 : Fixed: Some PNG metadata from text chunks is now preserved (Author, Comment, Copyright, and Description). Fixed some issues with snapping tool windows when there are multiple monitors with different scaling levels. Sometimes the snapping boundaries would be calculated in the wrong coordinate space and cause snapping to happen at seemingly arbitrary (a

Paint.NET 5.1.2 Beta (build 9118)

Preview Center — 2024-12-17T23:54:05+00:00

This update fixes some bugs across the app and should further soothe the screen blanking and visual artifacts on systems with buggy MPO (multiplane overlay) support. Change Log Changes since 5.1.1 : Improved (reduced) CPU and GPU usage of the canvas, which leaves more CPU time for things like input processing. This was done by enabling VSync while also utilizing the DXGI Frame Latency Waitable Handle to minimize latency. Fixed some visual issues, such as screen blanking and flickering, for some

Paint.NET 5.1.1 Beta (build 9103)

Preview Center — 2024-12-03T23:17:20+00:00

This fix will hopefully further soothe the issues some have been reporting with blanking screens and GPU crashes. After a multi-day investigation involving performance profiling and discussions with some subject matter experts (DirectX Discord Server), I believe what's happening is a result of multi-plane outputs (MPOs, aka overlays) intersecting with VRR (variable refresh rate, FreeSync, GSYNC) and PDN's use of multiple on-screen flip-model swapchains. Each swapchain was rendering unthrottled,

Paint.NET 5.1.1 Beta (build 9102)

Preview Center — 2024-12-02T01:07:35+00:00

This beta build has some more fixes, particularly for systems with NVIDIA GSYNC enabled. Change Log Changes since 5.1.1 Beta (build 9098) : Fixed Edit->Cut and Edit->Crop to Selection not zeroing out transparent pixels, which could be a privacy issue. Fixed swapchain valid rect propagation, which may fix some cases of flickering or trails that have been reported. Fixed some crashes and blanking screen issues related to GSYNC/FreeSync/VRR on some NVIDIA GPUs. The NVAPI profile was not being creat

Paint.NET 5.1.1 Beta (build 9098)

Preview Center — 2024-11-28T18:42:51+00:00

This beta build has some more fixes, particular in the way of workarounds for the crash and hang on systems with Sentinel One antivirus. Change Log Changes since 5.1.1 Beta (build 9093) : Fixed the inability to load an image with a bad ICC color profile. The color profile will now be ignored and the image will be treated as if it had an sRGB color profile. Fixed the crash in the "anycpu" installer if Sentinel One is installed ("0xc000007b"). Fixed the hang at app startup if Sentinel One is insta

Paint.NET 5.1.1 Beta (build 9093)

Preview Center — 2024-11-23T19:35:42+00:00

This build contains some more fixes and troubleshooting settings. Change Log Changes since 5.1.1 Beta (build 9087) : Fixed more cases of pasting transparent images from Firefox Fixed the titlebar text being drawn in the active text color when the window is not active when using Light or Blue themes Improved error handling for Direct2D code, should reduce crashes Disabled CET and CFG because they may be causing various crashes due to other software on the system Fixed a race condition in resource

Paint.NET 5.1.1 Beta (build 9087)

Preview Center — 2024-11-17T20:39:34+00:00

This is a small update that contains fixes for some bugs that were discovered in 5.1, as well as a new Fill option in the Image->Canvas Size dialog. It also adds back the Settings checkbox that allows for disabling overscroll. Here's what the updated Canvas Size dialog looks like: Change Log Changes since 5.1 : Added the ability to choose the fill color when expanding the image with Image->Canvas Size Fixed the ability to paste images with transparency from Firefox Fixed the ability to paste cer

Paint.NET 5.1 Beta (build 9072)

Preview Center — 2024-11-02T01:22:43+00:00

This is a quick follow-up to the previous build, fixing a few more small bugs and improving performance. Change Log Changes since 5.1 beta (build 9070) : Fixed a few more cases where tool shortcuts and tooltips were not working after certain actions. Fixed: PNGs are now correctly saved with the "Software" tEXt metadata indicating they were created with Paint.NET. Improved performance in various parts of the rendering and effects engines: CPU usage has been reduced which permits higher GPU utiliz

Paint.NET 5.1 Beta (build 9070)

Preview Center — 2024-10-31T00:57:59+00:00

This update fixes a few longstanding issues with copy/paste, tool shortcut keys, and tooltips in the Tools window. I've also changed the capitalization of "paint.net" to be "Paint.NET." Change Log Changes since 5.1 beta (build 9066) : Fixed: Copy/Paste has been hardened against short-term intermittent errors and should no longer show spurious error dialogs (e.g. ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED ) except in legitimate cases. Fixed: Certain shortcut keys, especially for switching tools, will no longer stop fun

paint.net 5.1 beta (build 9066)

Preview Center — 2024-10-27T17:18:48+00:00

This is a hotfix that fixes a plugin, @BoltBait 's Text Fun Factory, that was broken in the previous beta build. Change Log Changes since 5.1 beta (build 9064) : Fixed: @BoltBait 's TextFunFactory plugin was not working on Windows 10 due to the lack of support for IDWriteFontFace6 (despite what Microsoft's documentation states) Download and Install This build is available via the built-in updater as long as you have opted-in to pre-release updates. From within Settings -> Updates , enable "Also

paint.net 5.1 beta (build 9064)

Preview Center — 2024-10-25T17:53:39+00:00

This is a hotfix for the bugs that were discovered in the previous build (5.1 beta build 9063 ). Change Log Changes since 5.1 beta (build 9063) : Fixed: Clicking in the color wheel was not setting the active color Fixed: Retrieving an 8-bit bitmap from the clipboard with IClipboardService.TryGetImageBgra32() was not working Download and Install This build is available via the built-in updater as long as you have opted-in to pre-release updates. From within Settings -> Updates , enable "Also chec

paint.net 5.1 beta (build 9063)

Preview Center — 2024-10-24T19:33:25+00:00

This build fixes some issues reported with the previous build , namely with pasting or loading images of certain types (e.g. 8-bit PNGs) or with certain types of color profiles (XYB/LUT). Input latency for the canvas has also been further reduced a little. Change Log Changes since 5.1 beta (build 9056) : Fixed: Right-clicking in the Colors window's palette will now correctly set the inactive color (regression from 5.0) Improved input latency further by using a dedicated per-Control thread for as

Quick alpha toolkit (v1.2b, updated: 4 June 2026)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2024-10-18T12:42:17+00:00

Quick Alpha->Alpha to Gray Quick Alpha->Clipboard to Alpha, multiply Quick Alpha->Clipboard to Alpha, overwrite Quick Alpha->Gray to Alpha, primary color Quick Alpha->Gray to Alpha, retain color Quick Alpha->Remove Alpha Quick Alpha->Silhouette, primary color Download : F_QuickAlpha.zip Description : I made myself a single click, no options -set of alpha handling plugins quite long ago, but I figured I'd share them. Note: these plugins do nothing that other existing plugins couldn't accomplish b

paint.net 5.1 beta (build 9056)

Preview Center — 2024-10-17T23:17:54+00:00

Just a few more changes and fixes before the stable release next month, including some tweaks to clipboard handling with respect to color management. Change Log Changes since 5.1 beta (build 9038) : Updated clipboard handling with respect to color management: instead of being converted to sRGB, PNGs copied to the clipboard now contain the image's color profile. When pasting a PNG from the clipboard, the color profile is used if it's available. For plugins using IClipboardService , there are now

paint.net 5.1 beta (build 9038)

Preview Center — 2024-09-29T03:50:14+00:00

This update is chock full of bug fixes and is a big step toward the final/stable release, which I'm planning to coincide with the stable release of .NET 9 in November. Change Log Changes since 5.1 beta (build 9023) : Fixed: The canvas tile renderer was using an extraordinary amount of memory when zooming out on a large image, which would then cause crashes. Fixed some rendering glitches in the Levels UI when resizing the window. Fixed some rendering glitches in the Curves UI when switching betwe

paint.net 5.1 beta (build 9023)

Preview Center — 2024-09-12T23:20:11+00:00

This is a relatively light update in the sense that you shouldn't "see" any big changes. Under the hood, however, there are some big changes. The first is that Paint.NET is now running on .NET 9.0, which has a lot of performance improvements over .NET 8.0. You can read about them all here . Some of those improvements are quite impactful for Paint.NET, including those that target startup performance and exception handling performance. This also ensures that plugins can keep making use of the late

paint.net 5.1 beta (build 9004)

Preview Center — 2024-08-26T16:59:30+00:00

This fixes the rare crash I mentioned in the previous build (5.1 beta build 9000) . Soon I'll be able to start looking into a host of smaller issues now that the big rendering, presentation, and performance issues are out of the way (knock on wood!). Download and Install This build is available via the built-in updater as long as you have opted-in to pre-release updates. From within Settings -> Updates , enable "Also check for pre-release (beta) versions of paint.net" and then click on the Check

paint.net 5.1 beta build 9000

Preview Center — 2024-08-22T15:03:20+00:00

NOTE: I'm currently investigating a very rare crash I found, typically when opening an image but it can also happen at other times (one time was when using the lasso tool). I'm not yet sure of the cause or the fix yet, but it seems to be related to bitmap pooling and how it interacts with Direct2D. Most importantly, I would advise not to use this build if you can't afford it crashing! Use the latest stable release (v5.0.13) instead. Edit: This is now fixed in 5.1 beta (build 9004) and later. Thi

Frio's 3D texturing stuff & random images

The Pictorium — 2024-08-11T13:45:02+00:00

I do some texture work for a 3D environment procedurally in Blender, but I also tinker with what I can come up with manually. I'm not much a "painter" type artist so I just use basic tools and filters, and luckily that's just what Paint.net has in spades, and felt like sharing some things I've come up with. Lately I've been experimenting with glTF PBR materials: certain properties of the surface are packaged into varying channels in a set of textures, which are then rendered according to those p

Some drawings I made on Paint Net

The Pictorium — 2024-08-11T07:25:51+00:00

Jechome Art with Paint.net

The Pictorium — 2024-08-09T21:34:32+00:00

I drew a picture. The original outline was drawn with pen, then scanned. Only a bit of the outline remained in the final picture. The colorization was done with paint.net. Picture hyperlink: https://www.deviantart.com/shaminchi/art/Misunderstanding-1082123025 Summary of the picture: A scene from the Warriors series, from the book Rising Storm, by Erin Hunter. Fireheart is quite angered to find the two ill Shadowclan cats on Thunderclan territory, but Cinderpelt races to tell them that she is

paint.net 5.1 beta build 8986.33792

Preview Center — 2024-08-08T19:12:58+00:00

This is a hotfix for 5.1 beta build 8986 that should completely fix all of the hangs. The previous build fixed the one instance of hanging that was known at the time, while this build should comprehensively fix it. The underlying issue seems to be a combination of using flip mode swapchains with both composition (DirectComposition in this case) and non-composition, and they need to be created from the same ID3D11Device . The fix would be either to use separate ID3D11Devices for each scenario, or

paint.net 5.1 beta build 8986

Preview Center — 2024-08-08T02:26:59+00:00

This is a hotfix for 5.1 beta build 8985 that should resolve the hangs related to having the rulers enabled. I'm not 100% certain of this, but it appears to be due to the fact that the canvas is using DirectComposition, while the rulers are not. The fix (knock on wood) was to enable DirectComposition for the rulers as well. Windows doesn't seem to like having mixed presentation systems utilized within the same HWND hierarchy in this way. Download and Install This build is available via the built

1ijk's map thread

The Pictorium — 2024-07-29T22:25:51+00:00

Thought I'd make a thread for my own works here. They're mostly maps of all kinds, so if anyone else has any cool maps they'd like to share, that's great! Archrepublic of Germany This first batch of three maps I made for a mapmaking competition I was part of. I left it later, but I made some very nice maps, so we'll start with a bang. This was the third and last map I made for it. Not much to say about the map itself. The base was generated with Q-GIS, but all the stylization and actual detail i

Denny's Paint.NET Pictorium

The Pictorium — 2024-07-24T16:58:28+00:00

Welcome to Denny's Paint.net Pictorium! Over the years I've created quite a few interesting pieces using this awesome program. While I'm not an absolute pro at using Paint.NET and have just started to dabble in user-made plugins, I feel like I have definitely improved throughout my years on this platform. These days I use Paint.NET mostly to make edits, templates and memes, I haven't really stopped experimenting with new techniques, styles, and trends. I thank you for taking the time to look at

Label Maker v1.0 published 7/9/2024

Plugins (publishing only) — 2024-07-09T20:40:23+00:00

Label Maker v1.0 I remember having one of these when I was a kid: This plugin is basically the same thing... This plugin is made from this request: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/127977-suggestion-insert-text-with-color-in-background/ Download LabelMaker.zip Run the included bat file to install. Once installed, it will show up under Effects > Text Formations > Label Maker. Source Code Spoiler // Name: Label Maker // Submenu: Text Formations // Author: BoltBait // Title: BoltBait's Label Make

Paint.NET in the professional workforce

The Pictorium — 2024-06-18T17:59:48+00:00

Hi everyone, not to toot my own horn too much but I am a self-trained artist who's been a die-hard proponent of Paint.NET since I was about 10 years old. Somehow I've gotten away with using the program throughout my career as an artist to date and have landed gigs at Dr. Seuss and currently Mattel using the same program, along with just about every single plugin I could force onto any given machine. What can I say? It just works! ITT I'll post some of the creations which I have clearance to publ

My First PDN Creation

The Pictorium — 2024-04-01T02:48:50+00:00

https://imgur.com/HADJeil

Mapperx Gallery& Elder Stuff

The Pictorium — 2024-03-25T03:24:55+00:00

I remember growing up in the South...Blacks had to sit in the back of the bus.

Olivia The Hedgehog

The Pictorium — 2024-03-09T23:46:18+00:00

This is gonna be my greatest creation yet!

How to disable the Nvidia Overlay specifically for Paint.NET

Miscellaneous — 2024-03-07T00:49:28+00:00

Not really a huge issue but it is something that bothered me for a long time and I saw a dead thread where someone was asking how to fix it. You can use this for any program that triggers the Nvidia In-game overlay but I made it with Paint.NET in mind. The GitHub link to download the Nvidia Profile Inspector tool: https://github.com/Orbmu2k/nvidiaProfileInspector/releases

sludge gallery

The Pictorium — 2023-12-22T16:10:26+00:00

i make images of varying quality theyre pretty cool i guess sources are basically always linked if i can track them down but my bread and butter is wikimedia commons. youll find that thats literally the best website on the entire internet for finding insanely cool images under a variety of different creative commons licenses. i also use a lot of stock images and watermarked trash from google too this kids eating oh hungee man this one rocks. look at his eyes. oh my god no nevermind whatever you

Middle School - Monster

Beginner Tutorials — 2023-11-12T23:20:10+00:00

I present Monsters to students following the Spider Project. Monster is the perfect project to teach use of the magic wand. Encourage student to lengthen their layers palette so that they can view all of their layers. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xOmjdgCkSTzmXVyM9f7bKFmCyCUyzc3eU_MK-VvWwkI/edit?usp=sharing

Middle School - 1st project - Spider

Beginner Tutorials — 2023-11-12T23:13:48+00:00

Here's the Spider Project I start my middle school student with. Great fun. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w8CBDCMjPiwPhIjxrRZDSW8XACMjPilW-07hsihIZ2U/edit?usp=sharing

Spider Project - Middle School

Beginner Tutorials — 2023-11-12T23:03:24+00:00

This project is geared to middle school students. Highlights "layers" and using different tools. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WxRELazX14sp0NHmXrdPuioJoTT6B4ICus_Y0mEqNls/edit?usp=sharing

Blast’s Art Gallery - Character Design, Drawings, Images, and Whatnots

The Pictorium — 2023-09-23T04:19:37+00:00

Hi! I'm a Paint.NET who's been using PDN since Early 2020, yet I've learned so much in the course of 3.5 years! Now I'm no stranger to art, as I've been drawing stuff since I was about eight years old. I made a lot of comics with my elementary school friends during that time. Starting off with the expression sheet of my little rabbit avatar, Carter: I drew these using geometrical shapes, primarily crescents.

Leon Aguilez's gallery and fan arts

The Pictorium — 2023-08-13T14:19:50+00:00

Hello, everyone! I am Leon Aguilez, I usually do fanarts, using paint dot net for years, of Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright for fun . And I wish to show some of my personal favorites that I made and share some of my thoughts and the process I did. I'm bad at describing a process as I learn by doing, so I'll try my best. Moritaka, (an Original character, a Kitsune/Fox) excitedly showing his sketches First off, he's basically me right now showing some of the arts I made 😅 . What I like about this o

Manc's page

The Pictorium — 2023-07-22T17:31:58+00:00

This was my first avatar as @ipswichmanc.

Lady Kairosity's Gallery

The Pictorium — 2023-01-25T05:18:35+00:00

Hello, I've been using Paint.net since 2015, but I've only found the forum for Paint.net recently. Here's some of my favorite artworks I've made. https://imgur.com/BH8hQan My 21st birthday profile pic (I draw a new profile pic every birthday) https://imgur.com/GYtzQiN And here are some OCs https://imgur.com/sJfJmin https://imgur.com/8pSzhel https://imgur.com/MyzkRVV https://imgur.com/LvXi033 https://imgur.com/NILQgcE https://imgur.com/efQalSy https://imgur.com/tQXBHLQ https://imgur.com/XqzfS4J h

Creating Textures using Paste Warp

Miscellaneous — 2022-12-02T08:11:06+00:00

So I created a texture, using the fill plugin > fill from clipboard made a mesh on a separate page, then copied that mesh and used paste warp on a selection, some adjustments were required, but at the end I think it works very well for segments of clothing. (In an earlier unrelated post I said something about puppet warp, this isn't what I was working on at the time, that was something unrelated and I had to draw the whole thing from scratch).

Using Photoshop's Sine Shear filter in paint.net

Miscellaneous — 2022-09-23T08:09:08+00:00

This information can be useful to those who use Photoshop filters in their work in paint.net . I've been looking for an alternative to the Photoshop's Shear filter for a long time, until I found the Shift at Wave filter by MuRa. In my opinion, the User Interface of filters created in Filter Factory is not very practical to use. The only controls are sliders that have a range of values from 0 to 255. Often these numbers are relative if the slider range is provided in the effect code from 0 to 100

Introduction with PaintEngine from Fantastic Machines

Miscellaneous — 2022-08-23T07:58:05+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it . Do you want to make a computer simulation of painting from your favorite photo or image? Then try the free PaintEngine filter from Fantastic Machines. Despite its venerable age, this filter can still be useful. You can download it from one of the links below: https://web.archive.org/web/20010518082158/http://home.swipnet.se/~w-48421/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070222215856/http://www.fantasticmachines.com/Downloads/fmpe1

Neumorphism

The Pictorium — 2022-05-30T15:31:27+00:00

I realize I can do this in Paint.net. You use the Object Shadow plugin.

Chowie's Creations- Neon Signs

The Pictorium — 2021-12-21T04:16:23+00:00

I've been using PDN for a while and I finally have a computer again to use it. I've always loved the look of stained glass, and I've also loved playing MtG. A lot of people have made altered cards in the Stained Glass style, so I decided to give it a shot. Here's a few of my recent creations. Stained Glass Forest: I made a bunch of glass textures and just went wild. Everything has its own texture. This was mostly an experiment in texture, colors, and layers. Black Lotus: This one was testing Opa

How to Make Graffiti (rewritten)

Beginner Tutorials — 2021-06-10T18:25:57+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it . This is a rewritten How to make graffiti tutorial by @ptuZ . This is the final result: Plugins Required: Align Object by @moc426 or Align Object by @xod Outline Object by @BoltBait Font Required: Zit Graffiti (website dafont.com can offer you a variety of graffiti style fonts). 1. Open ( ) a texture image for your background ( File -> Open ) similar to the image below. 2. Add a New ( ) layer. Set the Primary color to D82515

Applying effects from Photoshop's Filters menu in paint.net

Miscellaneous — 2021-04-23T10:39:49+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it . You found a Photoshop tutorial that interested you and wanted to repeat it in paint.net, but in this tutorial, Photoshop effects are used, and among all the variety of paint.net effects you have not found a suitable one that can replace the Photoshop filter. What to do? Until recently, on the site punkinstuff.tripod.com you could find almost all the filters you need for free. Unfortunately, in April 2026, the site tripod.c

Center photographed object on plain-colored background in 30 seconds

Beginner Tutorials — 2021-03-31T14:30:28+00:00

Hi folks, As you all know, there is no possibility to center an object really quickly. Well, I just found a way to do it in 30 seconds. Prerequisite: the object background must be plain-colored, at least toward the edges on at least two adjoining edges. Say you have the following picture (addedd a border - the picture itself has a white background): Note: All edges are white. As you can see, the car isn't centered properly because of the shadows. Of course you could expand your canvas and eyebal

Ice text

Beginner Tutorials — 2021-03-06T07:53:10+00:00

A simple tutorial on how to create ice text.

MSNBC Style Effect (rewritten)

Beginner Tutorials — 2021-02-13T15:19:47+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it . This is a rewritten MSNBC Style Effect tutorial by @m2lucky . It's very old, but still an interesting effect. This is the final result from @m2lucky 's tutorial: Plugins Required: Align Object by @moc426 or Align Object by @xod Clouds by @Sepcot Pixelate+ by @pyrochild Gradient Mapping by @pyrochild Feather by @BoltBait 1. Create a New ( ) image with the desired size. I used a size of 600x450 px. 2. Set the default colors

Glowing Gel Text

Beginner Tutorials — 2021-01-25T11:01:00+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it . This tutorial is an adaptation of the Photoshop tutorial Glowing Gel Text . This is the result from the Photoshop tutorial: Required Plugins: Note: Read first How to install Plugins . Align Object by @moc426 or Align Object by @xod PSFilterPdn by @null54 Curves+ by @pyrochild Plastic Wrap - (PS Filter; download it from the Applying effects from Photoshop's Filters menu in paint.net ) 1. Create a New Document ( ) with a size

How to add movement to text

Beginner Tutorials — 2020-10-27T18:01:16+00:00

This tutorial shows you how to add text behind other text to give a "moving" effect, this requires knowledge on layers. End result: Step 1: Load the text, it MUST have a transparent background, then duplicate the layer (text made with gradient and drop shadow/outline object, I suggest to use another tutorial to make your text for full info on how to do it) Step 2: On the bottom layer, apply Blurs > Fragment with the following settings (rotation can be any choice) Step 3: Stay on the layer, and a

AI denoising filter

Plugins (publishing only) — 2020-02-09T20:14:09+00:00

This is a noise reduction filter for improving photos taken at high ISO values. It is based on a neural network which was trained on a number of high ISO images from two different Canon cameras (because that is what I had available) but it seem to generalize well on photos from other cameras. It works quite well for removing noise and recovering details in my experiments so far. Unfortunately it is really slow running on the CPU so I recommend trying it out on a smaller crop of the full image. I

Finding millions of colors that does or does not exist - G'MIC QT Tutorial

Miscellaneous — 2019-09-15T21:41:05+00:00

How to find millions of colors that does not or does not exist with the usage of Color Existence Distribution - [RGB8] G'MIC-QT filter. Note - Useful for applications that requires you to find non-existent colors. This isn't really a tutorial for creativity, but more so for image-analysis for anyone that needs this. For existing colors, you may want to type in colormap 0 in code filters found in Various section of G'MIC QT unless you'd like to see distribution of existing colors in a way that's

Video Tutorial - Using Remove.bg & Paint.NET to Extract Foreground from Background [New Video]

Miscellaneous — 2019-07-14T23:30:03+00:00

Credit goes to @dipstick for the remove.bg link and giving me a tip on how to work around the size limitation for masking object in Paint.NET. In this video, I used this website, unsplash.com , which is a nice stock photo site, and have already picked a stock photo for this purpose. I utilize this website for nearly all of my photomanipulations and using remove.bg is an awesome site to use. Plug-in used in this video: Alpha Mask Alpha to Gray

2 Frame GIF Animation

Beginner Tutorials — 2019-05-24T14:57:57+00:00

I created this 'One Page Tutorial' this morning: Plugin used: ImAGIF Here is the result:

How to install Paint.NET on macOS using Virtualbox

Miscellaneous — 2019-04-04T16:42:07+00:00

Hello everyone! Today, I would like to show you how to install Paint.NET on macOS using Virtualbox (VM Software). There is no way Paint.NET can work on macOS even with Wine installed, so follow the steps in this tutorial. VM are short for Virtual Machine which are an emulation of an Operating System (OS) being ran on your hardware without the need of extra hard drives to install the OS on, but kept on one drive.. This tutorial is very quick and can be easily done. 1. First thing to do is to down

Disco Ball Tutorial:

Miscellaneous — 2019-03-31T19:21:36+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Disco Ball Tutorial: Built Ins: Gradient Tool Adjustments> Brightness / Contrast Plugins: Jumble Seamless Texture Maker Grid Maker v3.0 Shape3D Tutorial Thumbnail:

G'MIC (08-19-2026)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2018-12-15T21:20:42+00:00

This plugin allows G'MIC-Qt to be used as a Paint.NET Effect. Compatibility: 5.1.12+ Menu location: Effects > Advanced > G'MIC-Qt Filters that require top and bottom layers can be used by placing the top layer on the clipboard, the currently selected layer will be used as the bottom layer. To install place Gmic.dll and the gmic folder in the Paint.NET Effects folder. G'MIC-Qt should automatically download the filters when the plugin is first launched. Download: Most users will need the win64 d

G'MIC (07-20-2026)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2018-12-15T21:20:42+00:00

Udemy Course - Hands On Examples

Beginner Tutorials — 2018-10-28T16:56:04+00:00

Hi folks, I've been using Paint.NET for quite a while and absolutely love it. I've always been surprised at how many people shy away from trying their hand at content creation or editing images when it's so fun, free, and can be quite easy. I decided to build a Udemy.com course to try and encourage people and teach them the ins and outs of Paint.NET. It covers everything from installation and all the various tools, to smart layering and effects/adjustments usage. And later in the course we walk

Separate RGB channels if you're too lazy to install a plugin.

Miscellaneous — 2018-08-01T03:33:25+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it The first thing you need to know is that this only works for opaque images. Step one: Open the image. (In this example I will use my avatar (yes I know I need to redo the avatar it's not shaded properly)) Step two: create two more layers of the same image. Step three: create a layer above each existing layer and color them Red, Green, and Blue. Step four: set each solid color image's blending mode to multiply in layer setting

Crumpled Paper Texture.

Beginner Tutorials — 2018-07-17T19:22:44+00:00

The only Plugins required to make this 'Crumpled Paper Texture are already part of Paint.net. The Gradient and the Emboss Tools (I made this after a request was made here for crumpled paper.) Two Examples 1. Have the blending mode on Difference. 2. With the Gradient set to Linear, pull the gradient sideways (repeatedly) on the canvas. 3. Switch the gradient to Diamond and continue. 4. Alternate the gradient between Linear and Diamond. 5. Go to the Effects and pick Emboss, then set an angle

Content Aware Fill (2025-03-06)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2018-04-21T10:00:12+00:00

Content aware filling replaces the contents of the selection with pixels that are the closest match in the areas outside the selection. This allows parts of an image to be removed and blended with the background. This plugin is based on the GIMP Resynthesizer plugin. Compatibility: 5.1.4+ Menu location: Effects > Selection > Content Aware Fill Download: ContentAwareFill.zip Source Code: https://github.com/0xC0000054/pdn-content-aware-fill

Fractal Curly Tree (ymd: 180407)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2018-04-07T19:29:22+00:00

Fractal Curly Tree What's this? This effect uses a fractal algorithm to draw a curly tree. based on source code available at http://csharphelper.com/blog/2016/02/draw-a-curly-tree-fractal-using-less-memory-in-c/ Download it! Plugin FractalTree.dll Here is the DLL http://jcljay.free.fr/pdn/FractalTree.zip The MadJik's All plugins package is available! http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=7186 How to install Close Paint.net Classic version of Paint.net Unzip and (re)place the DLL in your

Outlined / Gradient text

Plugins (publishing only) — 2018-02-20T15:08:54+00:00

The plugin it does exactly what the name says. Found in Effects > Text Formations. UI: I thanks to BoltBait who improved very much this plugin. Download You can get a very smooth text:

Distort This! v2.10 (Dec 27, 2021)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2017-08-05T02:24:08+00:00

Distort This! Effects -> Distort-> Distort This! This is an update/fork of TR's Distort This! plugin with some additional features, optimizations, and a ton of bug fixes. Change Log v2.10 (Dec 27, 2021) New: Added the option to move two adjacent corners together. Improved: Minor changes and fixes to the Mirror option(s). Changed: Increased the dialog size by 100px in each direction. v2.9 (July 3, 2018) Added: Support for the Dark Theme v2.8 (Aug 4, 2017) Improved: Rendering speed is now faster,

Workflow: illustrating drawings

Miscellaneous — 2017-05-06T02:49:26+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it This is my first tutorial, and it's a workflow-style tutorial that discusses how to illustrate scanned drawings. It doesn't require any plugins or filters (not even built-in ones). The work is all you, and that's really great. Being able to draw your own objects without dependence on filters/plugins allows you to develop your own visual style and brings greater control in scenes, like clutter shots. Start by scanning the orig

CodeLab for average users - A Layman's Guide

Miscellaneous — 2017-04-16T08:46:23+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Note: This guide is designed for laymen, and won't discus writing/editing code. If you know how to write code and want to do some development in CodeLab, please go read BoltBait's tutorials instead. Introduction Sometimes people, such as myself, will post some code, and tell you to go use it with something called CodeLab . Q. What's this CodeLab thing? A. In layman's terms, CodeLab is a plugin that allows you to write custom

Dynamic Draw v4.0 (7/25/24)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2016-12-11T03:48:49+00:00

Drawing with brush dynamics (similar to Krita/Photoshop), but within Paint.Net! Everything in the pic below was drawn with it except the letter shapes Additional thanks to TechnoRobbo, Null54, Pyrochild, Toehead, and xchellx for valuable code contributions Using Dynamic Draw 1. Pick a brush image (and add your own under Settings - Brush section -> Brush Image Locations ) 2. Change settings (don't forget you can scroll down for more settings) 3. Draw on the canvas (with some tablet support for hu

Portrait in HOPE manner

Miscellaneous — 2016-11-03T18:11:46+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Shepard Fairey to create a poster "Hope" used the original manner of creating image in the style of Pop Art Let us try to create a portrait in same, or close to this manner. Open the suitable image. I used a fragment of a photo of Nicolas Cage. With any method accessible to you (with tools of selection the Magic Wand, Lasso Select) select a background and delete it (keys Ctrl+X). Apply to the image AA's_Assistant effect (Effe

Scratch Art Style in Paint.NET

Miscellaneous — 2016-10-29T18:25:56+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it BoltBait proposed the idea for creating a picture in Scratch Art style. Let's try. Open any image . Apply the Pencil Sketch effect (Effects -> Artistic -> Pencil Sketch). Invert the image (keys Ctrl+Shift+I) and apply the Eliminate Dark/Light effect (Effects-> Color-> Eliminate Dark/Light). Add new layer (Layer 2) and move it down. Fill this layer by yellow color. Set the blending mode to Darken for the Background layer. Merg

Create the Dragan effect in Paint.NET

Miscellaneous — 2016-10-17T19:38:10+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Polish physicist and photographer Andrzej Dragan applies special style to his own portraits photos that express the depth of the person and their character by enhancing facial features usually hidden away in modern photography. This style was named Dragan effect. There are many tutorials for Photoshop on the Internet to create a similar effect. Let's try to reproduce this effect in Paint.NET in two methods. Method 1. One of t

The Plugin Browser v2.0.0.2 (Oct 3, 2025)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2016-10-10T00:24:13+00:00

The Plugin Browser by The Dwarf Horde This is an official continuation of the excellent Plugin Browser originally put together by @TechnoRobbo , @Red ochre , @BoltBait , and @Ego Eram Reputo . Spoiler Changelog v2.0.0.2 - Fixed: Compatibility fix for the updated JSON data of the Plugin Index . v2.0.0.1 - Fixed: no longer loads Assemblies incorrectly; now uses Assembly Load Context. v2.0.0.0 - Changed: You can now apply multiple filters - Changed: When you find the Effect you want in the list, yo

Forum Emoticons - updated for pdn4

Miscellaneous — 2016-06-08T04:33:23+00:00

Here's a PDF of the current crop of forum icons. I've split the list into two sections. The general forum emoticons are listed first - hopefully in the same order they appear on the forum. The second section features the pdn4 icon set. These are listed alphabetically. forum emoticons.pdf Enjoy!

How To Use Color Range effect

Beginner Tutorials — 2016-03-25T22:44:03+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Color Range effect can be a good tool to quickly select an object in the image. It frees you from the tedious procedure of using selection tools, such as the Lasso ( ) or Magic Wand ( ). Below are a few examples of the effect for quick selection of objects. How to recolor the car. The original image from http://trueimages.ru/img/a2/f3/12/6d5ae9a8ec1ba938f19f9249a.jpg . Open the image, duplicate a layer, deselect the lower lay

Starry image with glassy text

Miscellaneous — 2016-02-22T01:39:58+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it @Nai said: "This tutorial is dedicated to @johnnysdream who was curious about how I made this image". Moderator's Note: As a lot of the images from @Nai had disappeared it was necessary to recreate her steps and the results may not be exactly as @Nai intended. The editing of these steps have been made possible by @Pixey - @ReMake and @Woodsy This tutorial is a combination of @Red ochre 's Clipwarp plugin ( either one can wor

Save for Web with RIOT (Radical Image Optimization Tool)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2016-02-04T17:59:02+00:00

This is an Effect plugin that allows Paint.NET to export the current layer using RIOT . Menu location: Effects->Tools->Save for Web with RIOT. Note that the RIOT UI may be slow to launch with larger images. To install place the SaveForWebRIOT folder in the Paint.NET Effects folder which is usually located in one the following locations depending on the Paint.NET version you have installed. Classic: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects Microsoft Store: Documents\paint.net App Files\Effects Portable

lynxster creations ~ Happy New Year! ~ 12/30/25 🎉

The Pictorium — 2015-11-29T22:58:24+00:00

Cookies for Santa - A Christmas Wallpaper (made almost entirely from shapes made with DH ShapeMaker, toe-head's Tattersall plugin and TR's Paste Frame.). Everyone, please enjoy! Hi everyone! I'm active over in the 'Shapes' thread. Busily creating shapes and coloring a few in here and there. Our fellow member ScrapbookWithPDN made a wonderful snowglobe shape and I started tinkering with it. And suddenly, it took on a life of its own. I have many hours invested in this composition and I thought i

How to make custom shapes for paint.net 4.0.6+

Miscellaneous — 2015-08-04T07:24:07+00:00

They are 2 different ways to create custom shapes: The Easy Way - Shape Maker The Hard Way - Explained below Most of the shapes in my plugin pack were created the "hard way", that is coded by hand using the Kaxaml editor. Before we begin, download and install Kaxaml: http://www.kaxaml.com/ There are 2 ways to hand code an XAML shape for paint.net: Simple PathGeometry - House GeometryGroup - Smart Phone / Cube Both ways have their good points. However, you should know that there are things you ca

How to make Eggs using Shape3D

Beginner Tutorials — 2015-02-18T12:59:43+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Plugins Needed: Align Object https://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=4193 Effects > Render >Shape 3D https://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=18968 Effects > Object AA's_Assistant https://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=16643 Effects> Object Apply Texture https://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=19666 Effects> Texture https://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=15218 Effects> Object Drop Shad

TR's Export Selection

Plugins (publishing only) — 2014-09-06T04:15:13+00:00

TechnoRobbo's Export Selection Exports irregular shaped selections to PNG v1.2 - Persistent Folder V1.1 - Code Clean up - avoids potential memory hole. Menu: Effects->Selection Source Code for CodeLab Hidden Content: // Submenu: Selection // Name: TR's Export Selection // Title: TR's Export Selection- v1.2 // Author: TechnoRobbo // URL: http://www.technorobbo.com System.Drawing.Bitmap bMap; private void savepng() { System.Threading.Thread t = new System.Threading.Thread(new System.Threading.Thre

'StringAndPin' & 'Callicolour' plugins (30th July 2014)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2014-07-29T23:21:11+00:00

StringAndPin and Callicolour These two plugins were previously only shared with an exclusive set of Pdn users as a 'thank you'. However, I have decided to include them in my latest plugin pack and would be very pleased if you would post your creations using them, in this thread. My V9 pack is here V9 Red ochre Plugin pack Here are some examples of what they do: http://i.imgur.com/dXCsk3B.png http://i.imgur.com/1OjcQzU.png http://i.imgur.com/dBCDU93.png http://i.imgur.com/CtM7lQx.png

Mini-tuts - Discussion

Miscellaneous — 2014-04-28T14:09:51+00:00

Mini Tuts discussion This is the discussion thread for the Mini-tuts tutorial thread. For the Mini-tuts themselves, click here . Ever seen something that a user posted in reply to another user's question - something that looked awesome, but really wasn't enough for a full tutorial? Well, every post in the Mini-tuts thread will be one of those! Moderators (mostly me, probably) will be copying posts from other threads to this one; if you'd like to recommend one, or if you have questions about on

TR's Colorizer HMS Plugin

Plugins (publishing only) — 2013-07-08T23:46:23+00:00

TR's Colorizer HMS Plugin (H=Highlight M=Midtones S=Shadow) Smoothly adjust between 3 Colors to achieve effects from Subtle to Extreme Menu: Effects->Color . More Mila The Code Hidden Content: // Submenu: Color // Name: TR's ColorizerHMS // Title: TR's ColorizerHMS - v1.0 // Author: TechnoRobbo // URL: http://www.technorobbo #region UICode ColorBgra Amount1 = ColorBgra . FromBgr ( 0 , 0 , 0 ); // Shadow ColorBgra Amount2 = ColorBgra . FromBgr ( 0 , 0 , 0 ); // Mid Tones ColorBgra Amount3 = Color

Grid Warp

Plugins (publishing only) — 2012-09-16T22:09:01+00:00

Download from my plugin set Effects -> Tools -> Grid Warp... To change the background color or use a picture, right-click on the image in Grid Warp. To change the frame color, right-click on the frame. Download from my plugin set For developers: Grid Warp is on GitHub! https://github.com/bsneeze/pdn-gridwarp

Red ochre's diabolical drawings - update 26th Sept 2024 (last page)

The Pictorium — 2012-05-28T01:28:05+00:00

Hello all, I've been using PDN for ages now!. Here is my gallery. The order is roughly newest nearest the top. All done with PDN. I don't use stock images, do sometimes use my own photos, sometimes draw on paper and scan images in and I do use my own plugins! (link in sig). A big thank you to Rick for creating the program, and all the plugin writers, admins and artists that share their knowledge on the forum. Clickable thumbnails (hopefully). Older ones below here--------------------------------

Pixey's Gallery ~ Cat Glass Ornament 6/22/26.

The Pictorium — 2012-03-18T13:19:49+00:00

Welcome to my Gallery. It's hard to believe that I've been playing with PDN for 14 years now. Where did the time go? I have learned so much from many of the very talented people on here like @HELEN , @barbieq25 , @oma , @welshblue , @Goonfella , @A Fleeting Glimpse and @yellowman who have been such an inspiration. (Most of my images in this Gallery are Thumbs - please click on them to take you to a larger image ) Glassy Cat Ornament A Glassy Pumpkin Merry Christmas 2023 Having a Ball Have a Beer

Gradient Bar Rainbow Sig

Beginner Tutorials — 2012-02-19T16:14:44+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Plugins Needed: Gradient Bars Step 1. New Canvas (720x240) Step 2. Render Gradient Bars (Effects>Render>Gradient Bars) at the settings below. Make sure your primary color is white and your secondary color is black. Step 3. New Layer. Set blend mode to overlay. Step 4. This is the fun part! You color with the paintbrush all over Layer 2. I used a paintbrush tool at 150, but you can use anything around that size. It looks best

Vintage effect pack for Curves+

Miscellaneous — 2011-05-27T22:02:19+00:00

I have put together a collection of vintage-style effects based on actual vintage photographs, for use in making new stuff look older. You can get Curves+ here Download: >> Click Here << The photo I used was taken with a digital camera, and not modified aside from the vintage effect.

A way to create more abstract...

Miscellaneous — 2011-04-09T09:57:29+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download the PDF Possum Roadkill said: .... My favorite new abstract ! Lovely, simply lovely. I'm in awe. Please teach me how you did this. dug said: I like everything you do, nice style. You always leave me thinking,my! how did he do that? ... Here is an answer... as most of the work is made of experience I just stop when I'm happy with a result. And most of the time I can't remember the path that lead to it. __________________________

Pictures Side-By-Side / "Before and After" Images

Beginner Tutorials — 2011-01-08T19:40:45+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download Pictures Side-By-Side / "Before and After" Images This question comes up in the GD&Q fairly often. 1- Open your "Before" picture with paint.net. In the Status Bar, set the Units to Pixels The pixel dimensions of the image are shown in the Status Bar (800x600 in the image above). Take note of the image size. Click on the Image menu =================================== 2- Click on Canvas Size =================================== Be

How to use CustomBrushesMini

Beginner Tutorials — 2010-05-20T08:58:16+00:00

Do you want to be able to use CustomBrushesMini for Paint.NET to its full capacity? Then read on How do I download CustomBrushesMini? Download the plugin from here How do I Install CustomBrushesMini? Unzip your file and go to the folder \Effects. There should be three files there. "CustomBrushesMini.dll" & "SBCommon.dll" (This last file is IMPORTANT!) . Copy these files to your Paint.NET Effects Folder (Usually C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects) . What do I do next? Open up Paint.NET. This shou

Stencils

Miscellaneous — 2010-04-21T15:20:48+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Plug-ins needed: AA's_Assistant And a thanks fo dpy's Plug-in pack for having that AA assistant plug in that's even better than Bolt Baits Feather... In my opinion at least. Feather will do also. So, My second tut. I've been on the forums for a while, so I thought I would make anther tut, hopefully not getting locked! (I didn't know where to put this, so I put it here. I hope it goes here...) Lets begin. 1.Open paint.net. Any

The Haxxor Effect!

Beginner Tutorials — 2010-02-03T21:11:50+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Difficulty: 4/10 Plugins needed: Seismograph Optional Plugins: Sharpen Water Reflection Planet Kosmos (the font I used) Outline Object This is my first tutorial so please bear with me. My first few post on the forum have been noobish, so this is kinda my way of redeeming myself 😉 Hello! Today I’ll be showing you how transform a person into… THIS! Start off with your photo, I’ll be using this: You can sharpen it or something,

DPI and YOU - Understanding Resolution for Print and Web

Beginner Tutorials — 2009-11-18T00:15:43+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it DPI and YOU - Understanding Resolution for Print and Web So you've just hit the Paint.NET "New...," "Canvas Size" or "Resize" option. And suddenly, to your horror, you see...THIS! ...or something like it. (This, specifically, is the "Resize" option from the "Image" menu.) Holy cowbirds * ! An array of options! How do you deal with this? What is "Resolution?" What is going on here? Maybe you've just stuck with the "By Percenta

"the wire bullet" nice and a bit easy.

Beginner Tutorials — 2009-09-19T15:53:04+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it My first tut: It was requested and the name wasn't my idea either. We will be making this: 1. First make a new image of 500x150. Make the background layer black an then create a new layer. 2. on the new layer use the grid/checkerboard maker on these settings: NOTE: make sure your brush width is at 2 and your colour palette looks like: you also see what is supposed to come out. 3. Then you take the magic wand and put it at glo

How to make text with a dropshadow in 5 steps!

Beginner Tutorials — 2009-07-30T19:48:16+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it OK ive seen a lot of people that have tried to explain how to make a shadow on any piece of text. Ive found that a lot of them are wrong so im making a tutorial to teach people that don't know how to make shadows on text or anything else in paint.net: To start you will need 2 plugins. They are... Outline Object Drop Shadow If you dont know how to install plugins go here Ok lets get started: 1. Open Paint.net ( :pdn: ) and cre

Plugin Index

Plugins (publishing only) — 2009-06-28T04:20:07+00:00

Donate The Plugin Index in all its forms is free. If you would like to show your support, you can always buy the authors a coffee by clicking the above link ^^ For offline viewing, you can download a PDF version using this button.... Plugin Index - Sep 2026.pdf

Cutting out images

Beginner Tutorials — 2009-02-04T17:49:32+00:00

Since the image links are broken in Tendercrisp's tutorial and he hasn't visited the forum for a while, i've created a new one using the same method. Click here to view. Keywords (to make searching easier): cut cutting out image images feather photo photos isolate isolation object object separate separation crop cropping http://www.isimonbrown.co.uk/files/tracker.php

Creating a collage using layers

Beginner Tutorials — 2008-10-07T21:46:59+00:00

So far there have been over eight threads in GD&Q asking how to create a collage of several photos: this tutorial is intended to answer that. It also serves as a rudimentary introduction to layers. There have already been several tutorials in this area, however, I believe that the interactive tutorial medium will make understanding how to do this easier. View tutorial

StockLibrary1.5

Plugins (publishing only) — 2008-06-29T02:23:37+00:00

Download StockLibrary1.5 Effects Menu Stock can be useful to help enhance an image and many users of Paint.NET do use it. However, with simply opening the file in a new layer managing and finding needed stock can be a challenge, possibly triggering amnesia in the process. StockOrganiser is your one-stop-shop for managing stock. As with most of my plugins, it has been released early in order to get feedback and give users its benefits early-on. However, I have decided the "beta" title is not appr

11 Healthy Habits of a Paint.NET Artist - A New Habit!

Beginner Tutorials — 2008-05-06T22:35:30+00:00

Welcome to 11 Healthy Habits of a Paint.NET Artist I remember when I first started using Paint.NET my work was sloppy, unorganized, crude, and not well built. Over time I began to learn how to accomplish things in a healthier manner resulting in better work. I was organized and I was prepared to make changes when needed. This trial and error has taken me a year to understand and I still have at least another year to master these key elements in image editing. So, I want to help you make these le

Galleria: The Paint.NET Art Gallery

The Pictorium — 2008-03-07T22:57:11+00:00

Hello, and welcome to the Paint.NET Gallery. This thread is dedicated to showcasing the "best of the best" that our members have to offer. Please take your time to look around. If you like a piece and would like to comment on it, please follow the provided link and make comments on the original thread. I think you will be amazed at what can be created with Paint.NET. Nominating to the Gallery To be eligible, a piece of artwork must be created or edited in Paint.NET. All categories of art will be

Image Umbrella: Image Modification/Manipulation

The Pictorium — 2008-02-05T04:46:08+00:00

Image Umbrella: Image Modification/Manipulation Post your devious photographic fakes here! Things to keep in mind: - Please post links to your source images here; that way we'll be able to see how 1337 you really are. - Try not to post your image right after another user's. Allow some time for people to reply (or give an opinion yourself!) - Utilize constructive criticism. Being mean is not welcome or tolerated. - Try for criticism that's more helpful than "looks good" - say why. Say what works,

Faking Soft Brushes and the Blur/Dodge/Burn Tool

Miscellaneous — 2008-01-09T08:33:18+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it How many times has this happened to you? You're working on your picture in your favorite image editor of all time, Paint.NET, and you think to yourself, "Man, I sure wish I could have feathered brushes like they do in Photoshop! Or that other free image editor. *cough* " Well think no more! ... Oh wait... Keep thinking about other stuff, but stop thinking about this because I'm going to show you how to fake it! You'll need to

How to make a Thermal Image

Miscellaneous — 2007-10-14T02:54:39+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Even though thermal imaging does look different from this it does give it a look of thermal imaging. It fades from purple to red or fading from cold then to hot. To do this tutorial you will need to install the Gradient Mapping plugin. For any questions about the Gradient Mapping plug-in please consult that thread. [Images and text provided by @ReMake ] 1. Open the image you wish to use. 2. Open Gradient Mapping (Adjustments

Bullet holes Tut (100% complete!!)

Miscellaneous — 2007-06-10T08:34:51+00:00

This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Moderators Note: Images were rehosted by ReMake thus moving it from the Graveyard. As requested from Here . NOTE: Please also thank Madjik, SuperV & cjmcguinness For their ideas and help 😎 Let's start with the easier one. Bullet holes on something soft. (fabric and such) 1.Put Object on background. 2. New layer (so you can move the holes around later on) 3.Set brush size to approx. bullet hole size you want. 4.Fill with howev

Color and Black and White - The Pleasantville Effect

Beginner Tutorials — 2007-04-10T22:25:58+00:00

This is a very easy effect, I'm new this is my first post, I'm sorry if this is too simple of a tutorial. I'm sorry if this has already been posted 1. Start By Choosing an image I did a Google search and found this flower and since i like flowers and they are easy to test on i choose it. Sorry of the large size. 2. Choose the Magic wand tool 3. I usually turn the tolerance down a bit, 50% Will select too much on most images (I used 27% for the flower) 4. Select all of the area of the image that

Hexagonal Grid V4.1 (YMD:180415)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2007-02-20T15:23:18+00:00

Hexagonal Grid What's this? This is a plugin under Effect/Render menu. It allows you to create a hexagonal grid. The grid is centered on the middle of the picture (or selection). Oh, BTW, thanks to Boltbait for anti-aliasing code... Download it! Plugin HexaGrid.dll Here is the DLL The MadJik's All plugins package is available ! http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?showtopic=7186 How to install Close Paint.net Classic version of Paint.net Unzip and (re)place the DLL in your Effect folder usually:

CodeLab v6.13 for Paint.NET 5.1 (Updated November 17, 2024)

Plugins (publishing only) — 2006-03-11T01:28:01+00:00

Here's an "effect" that Tom wrote. Basically what it does is let you write code that is compiled on the fly and that is then executed in the Paint.NET effect engine. This is the same plugin that we made available for Paint.NET v2.1, but it has been updated to work with Paint.NET v2.6 (and later). With this you can implement almost any type of effect you want if you have the programming and mathematical talent to do so. This plugin works by presenting you with a simple text editor that you can us