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[Richard]

This is a Guide written by me - Richard Tallowin on getting most out of Paint.Net - Version Used 3.10 Beta

Paint.NET in my option one of my best free alternatives for editing photos because it’s simple and easy to use also it loads very fast a few seconds at most, on my PC it loads in about 3 seconds and is ready to use.  Am going go through many of the great plug ins which you can download and use with Paint.Net. Plugins, addons or extensions what ever you want to call them, they make the program unique and personal to user who's using them. First I will go over how to install plugins for Paint.Net in case you don't know

Installing Plugins

• Download the file, I personally save to desktop (Firefox Default Setting and easy to find the file later on), then extract the file (Using Programs like 7zip or WinRAR)
  
  
• Go to My Computer, then find C: Local Disk or if you have renamed chose that hard drive
  
  
  • Find the Program Files, and then find Paint.NET - Default Address for Paint.Net ("C:\Program Files\Paint.NET"), and open up the effects folder, Default Address for effects is ("C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects") , place the .dll file in there, Do the same but go to filetypes folder open the folder and place the .dll there for more choices on saving and loading in Paint.Net
    
    
  • If you have Paint.net open while you installing the plugins, close Paint.Net and open it again to access the new plugins you installed

Next to installing new fonts in Paint.Net

Enabling New Fonts in Paint.Net

Please Note:The GDI+ text system, which is what Paint.NET uses, doesn't support OpenFont, only TrueType.

• Download the file, I personally save to desktop (Firefox Default Setting), then extract the file (Using Programs like 7zip or WinRAR)
  
  
• Go to My Computer, then find C: Local Disk or if you have renamed chose that hard drive
  
  
  • Then Windows - Fonts - Default Address for fonts is  ("C:\WINDOWS\Fonts")
  Copy and paste or drag and drop the new fonts you want to use in the folder but remember Paint.Net only supports TrueType fonts not OpenFont
  
  If you have Paint.net open while you installing the new fonts, close Paint.Net and open it again to access the new fonts you installed once reopened go and pick the Text tool from the tool bar menu on the left (Short cut - T) and go to font dialogue box (Default Font - Arial) and chose your newly installed font and then install few more fonts to mess around with
  
  Download Links for TrueType Fonts
  
  Type Now
  Dafont
  9800 Free Fonts
  
  Plugin - Shape 3D
  
  Shape 3D is by Japanese person called "MDK" it started out in only in Japanese Language it allows basic 3D Modelling in Paint.Net but now with many people from community the plugin is in English. Shape 3D is now one of the most advanced plugins for Paint.Net giving people the chance to try and 3D Model quickly and easily.
  
  Screen shots Below:
  
  Interface for Plugin:
  
  
  
  Finished items posted on Paint.Net Forums by creator of plugin
  
  
  
  For more images and thread support and information Go Here
  Download Link for Shape 3D
  
  If you would like to create something using Shape 3D I would highly recommend this tutorial over at the forums of Paint.Net - Link as it shows you step by step on how to create such items with many images to help you along the way
  Using that tutorial you should get something like this (Finished Item):
  
  
  
  Same Community Member has written another 2 tutorials - one creating a 3D Box and another creating a Tree Trunk
  
  3D Box Tutorial
  
  Finished Item:
  
  
  
  3D Tree Trunk
  
  Finished Item:
  
  
  
  Plugin - Code Lab
  
  Please Note: This Plugin is in Beta
  
  What code lab does is it lets you write code that is compiled on the fly and that is then executed in the Paint.NET effect engine. With this plugin 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 use to type in C# code that is then compiled and executed (rendered) as soon as you stop typing.  - Visual Studio is not required. Everything is built-in to the .NET Framework that you've already got installed.
  
  Screen shot:
  
  
  
  Thread for more information for and support Go Here
  Download Link
  
  Plugin - DSS Saving and Loading
  
  As of 3.10 Beta Version - Paint.Net allows you to save and load a number of types of DDS files. It can read & write DXT1, DXT3, DXT5, A8R8G8B8, X8R8G8B8, A8B8G8R8, X8B8G8R8, A4R4G4B4, A1R5G5B5, R8G8B8 and R5G6B5 texture formats, and can generate mipmaps should you want them - This is one of few community plugins being built in to Paint.Net
  
  Screen shot below:
  
  
  
  Plugin - Saving and loading Adobe Photoshop Files
  
  The plugin allows the user to save and load Adobe Photoshop Files in Paint.Net
  
  
  
  For more information and support Go Here
  Download Link
  
  Plugin - Icon, Cursor, and Animated Cursor
  
  This plugin allows the user to open and save images in the following formats - .ico, .cur and .ani files
  
  
  
  
  Thread for more information Go Here
  Download Link
  
  For more Plugins go here - Link
  For more Tutorials go here - Link
  To report a Bug in Paint.Net go here - Link
  
  Richard Tallowin
  30th July 2007

[Ryan Wagner]

Wow Richard! That was a really great post! I've never actually used any of the Paint.NET plugins for some reason but I am now!

[Ashley Wagner]

Thanks for putting that together Richard, I just linked to it from an article on the homepage.

[Richard]

Wow Richard! That was a really great post! I've never actually used any of the Paint.NET plugins for some reason but I am now!

Thanks for putting that together Richard, I just linked to it from an article on the homepage.

Thanks for the comments but one of reasons why I did it was I noticed you write on - Basic Paint.Net Features Article

Next week we’ll get into some of the more advanced things that you can do with Paint.NET.

I though to my self i should do a Plugins post like yours in case people want to expand Paint.Net but then things happen in real life like they do and this morning I had some time to kill so sat down and started writing up the post/guide and I tried write about and include screenshots on the plugins which I had used personally and also though of the plugins which are a bit different from just doing small minor changes to the program

By the time I had finished writing up the guide I when and got some lunch and came back I found your write about creating a Web 2.0 Logo using Paint.Net. First though was lucky it was not on Plugins 

Glad you liked the post. Hopefully I be able write more guides in the near future but more focused on a certain addon or some thing entirely new

[Chris Rossini]

Nice job Richard!