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Net Plugins
1 May 2011
List maintained by Ego Eram Reputo
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Plugin/Effect Name Topic Author Description
3D Heightmap v1.0 9480 Spikehead777 Takes current image as a height map & shines a light on it, returning the
intensity of reflected rays as another image (similar to Emboss).
Add Noise + 6005 MadJik Adds “noise” to a selection. Included in the native "Add Noise" effect.
Add/Remove/Recover Watermark 11138 Evan Wallace Removed by author due to possible copyright abuses.
Advanced Color Replacement 13544 silverhammer Recolors every pixel a different amount based on how similar it is to the
secondary color.
Alias Plugin (Feather's New Best Friend!) 9959 Mike Ryan Removes antialiasing. Useful prior to feathering.
Align Object 4193 moc426 Align your drawing on the canvas OR to your selection.
Alpha 32bits Bitmap Support for 11201 FremyCompan [i]Filetype[/i]. Allows you to open and save file in 32-bit bitmap. You must
Paint.NET y rename the file to *.bmpx (to avoid conflit with the existing PDN's BMP
handler). If you try to open non-BMP files, you should receive an error (24bpp
bitmaps are loaded correcty).
Alpha map 13330 Boude Convert color to transparency & vice versa.
Alpha Mask Import (1.2) 1854 Illnab1024 Turn an image into an alpha mask. If the image has color, it is converted to
greyscale.
Alpha Transform 1.1 16195 DW-dev Pixels below the lower limit get alpha set to 0 (fully transparent). Pixels above
the upper limit get alpha set to 255 (fully opaque). Pixels in between get alpha
between 0 and 255 depending on their brightness.
Alpha Transform v1.0 16059 DW.dev Superseded by a later release: [topic="16195"]Alpha Transform 1.1[/topic]
AlphaMask Brush v1.7 9586 Simon Brown No longer supported: draw an alpha-mask directly onto an image.
AlphaSpace 13061 MaR-V-iN Converts a white/black background into transparency. Recognizes shadows
and makes them semi-transparent.
Anaglyphs (stereo pictures) 16418 Itso Creations of anaglyphs (3D stereo pictures).
Animated Image 1.7 13454 Simon Brown [i]Filetype[/i]. Open and save animated GIFs & PNGs, one frame into each
layer. [topic="15218"]Simon Brown's Plugin Pack[/topic].
Animation Helper v0.81 17516 recursor Allows you to view any sequence of animations within a sprite sheet.
Another ASCII Art File Type Plugin 8646 I Like Pi [i]Filetype[/i]. ASCII art generator. Transform your image into an ascii art
masterpiece!
Another Raw File Loader 4717 Telesto [i]Filetype[/i]. Support for loading RAW files.
Anti-alias v1.5 5610 jsonchiu Use to smooth edges, keeping them clear, not blurred.
Apply Texture 19666 niwax Applies a texture to any selected object, saving the brightness.
ASCII Art (Depreciated) 8232 Simon Brown Allows you to export an image as ascii art. Depreciated, use:
[topic="8646"]Another ASCII Art File Type Plugin[/topic].
Asmageddon Tools Pack v3 6845 Asmageddon Numerous color & distort effects.
Prince
Autochrome Noise 19398 MadJik Autochrome is a primilary method to obtain colored photos.
Average Color (HSL) 16932 Neil Cassidy Averages the color of a selection with regard to human perception of color.
Average Color of Selection 12919 MJW Averages the color over a selection.
Average Edge Blur 20542 cookies Edge blur. Samples colors at the edge of an 8-way circle and returns the
average.
AVI Frame Importer: AVIImport Version 7488 Simon Brown No longer supported: [i]Filetype[/i]. Allows Paint.NET to open an AVI (movie)
4.0 file and choose which frame to open as an image. Files should be supported
by the Windows AVI library. NB not all video files will work.
Barcode Plugin 3305 Sepcot Generate barcodes from user input. Recomplied by [member="eladkarako"].
Find the new version here: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/3305-
barcode-plugin/page__view__findpost__p__325391
Bars 4279 MadJik Generate colored bars from a border of the image with a random length.
Basic Antialias v1.1 7644 pyjo Reduces aliasing without altering the sharpness of the edge.
Basic morphologic operations 8965 PhilipLB Performs basic morphologic operations: dilate and erode.
Basic Photo Adjustments v2.0 12374 Tanel Color and tone enhancement tools (levels, curves) in a simple intuitive
package. [topic="11619"]Tanel's Plugin Pack[/topic].
Batch Processor - PROTOTYPE 16933 jxp [i]Removed by Rick Brewster[/i]. Prototype batch processor.
Benchmark Utility (PdnBench) 924 Rick Brewster Superseded by a later release.
Bevel Plugin v1.4 5550 jsonchiu Applies a bevelled edge.
Black and Alpha+ 13837 dpy Changes an image into black and white , and changes brightness into
transparency. [topic="16643"]dpy's Pack[/topic]
Black and White Converter v1.1 15093 Tanel Convert image to B&W/greyscale, with loads of options. [topic="11619"]Tanel's
Plugin Pack[/topic].
BlendModes Plus v1.3 16607 APShredder Apply a host of new blendmodes: Normal, Average, Blue, Color, Cyan, Divide,
Exclusion, Grain Extract, Grain Merge, Green, Hard Light, Hard Mix, Hue,
Linear Burn, Linear Dodge, Linear Light, Luminosity, Magenta, Maximum,
Minimum, Phoenix, Pin Light, Red, Saturation, Signed Difference, Soft Light,
Stamp, Vivid Light, Yellow.
BLP Converter Plugin 11192 Evan Wallace [i]Filetype[/i]. Filetype plugin for loading Blizzard Picture files (*.blp). Requires
[url=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a5c84275-
3b97-4ab7-a40d-3802b2af5fc2]Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable
Package[/url].
Blue/Green Screen Remover 14306 Bleek II Remove green screen / blue screen (background) from an image. Note: semi-
broken
BoltBait's Pack 8318 BoltBait [i]Plugin Pack[/i]: Effects: Color Balance, Transparency, Flip Horisontal, Flip
Vertical, Pastel, Gaussian Blur Plus, Feather, Outline, Lomography, Combined
Photo Adjustments, Sharpen Landscape, Polygon/Stars, Flames, Bevel
Selection, Outline Selection, Feather Selection, Hide Image, Reveal Hidden
B&W image, Reveal Hidden Color Image, plus one palette file.
Border / Stroke Effect 4104 moc426 Draw a border around image or selection with your primary color.
Borders N' Shapes v1.6 4128 pyrochild Draws a variety of borders and shapes.
Bricks 8251 jchunn Creates bricks (with mortar) patterns. [topic="8408"]Jesse Chunn Plugin
Pack[/topic].
Brightness/ Darkness to Alpha 9988 Mike Ryan Superseded. Turns Brightness (or Darkness) into pure transparent goodness!
Locked by request: use [topic="10494"]Color to Alpha[/topic].
Buttons 13861 MadJik Create beautiful buttons with or without text & symbols. Now with border width
& text AA.
Camera lens distortion correction 7216 kbarni Correct the barrel or pincushion distortions in digital photos.
CannedBrush 1.5 10645 Simon Brown Automates the process of creating repeat brush strokes for Custom Brushes
plugin. [topic="15218"]Simon Brown's Plugin Pack[/topic].
CellMaker 8045 Ego Eram Renders x,y sized cells whose edges are entirely within a given selection.
Reputo Obsolete, use [topic="17292"]CellMaker Rev[/topic], the improved version.
CellMaker Rev 17292 zoonel Improved Cellmaker plugin with more options.
Channel Mixer Greyscale (aka 3616 Illnab1024 Mix the Red, Green, and Blue channels separately as you convert an image to
Advanced Greyscale) greyscale. [topic="8677"]Illnab1024's Plugins[/topic].
Channels v2.0 (Formerly InvertColours+) 9308 Simon Brown No longer supported: modify colors by channel.
Chart White Balance and exposure 13315 yvdh Adjust the white balance of a picture based on the white and black patch a
adjustment standard color chart in the scene.
Checkboard 13797 Simon Brown Draws a checkboard similar to the one used by PDN to show transparency.
ChessFEN 10782 Ego Eram Draws chessboard + position from scratch or by parsing a FEN string. Uses
Reputo the Chess Merida font, so the font must be installed.
Chroma Key (Green) 12991 tarheit For removing the green background from an image. Updated to include Blue.
Circle Text 16347 dpy Writes text into a circle, or on an angle. [topic="16643"]dpy's Pack[/topic]
Color Filter, Color Tint, Posterize, 1768 Ed Harvey Posterize is now built in to PDN. The other effects can be found here:
Threshold [topic="18811"]Ed Harvey Effects v3.5[/topic]
Color inpainting v1.0 18112 zarathoustra Colors gray areas in a picture where colors are only known in few parts of the
picture.
Color Match v1.0 10631 pyrochild Uses an existing image as a color template to recolor your image. Works best
on photos. [topic="7291"]Pyrochild's Plugins[/topic]
Color Mixer v1.2 9740 Tanel Make fine color adjustments.
Color Replace 8356 jchunn Color filter with the ability to fine tune the color and alpha channels.
Color Target Plugin Pack 10729 rwp80 [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Color Target v1.3 retains pixels of a similar color and
brightness, all other pixels are made transparent. Color Stretch v1.0 stretch
color values of pixels within specified threshold limits. Target Panel v1.0
advanced color manipulation tool with multiple input/output sliders.
Color to Alpha Advanced (PR1) 10494 Mike Ryan Adjust the alpha level of your selected color while similar colors are adjusted
as well.
Color to Alpha v2.2 7767 Tanel Extracts a color range from image, by leaving pixels of selected color opaque
and making the rest transparent. Only alpha values are altered, color remains
intact.
Color Zoom Blur 19360 MadJik Based on the zoom blur effect, but you are able to handle the color channels
seperately.
Colour Chop 19657 nd Similar to other colour cutting effects, but this creates a smoother transition
from transparent <-> opaque
Colour Distort 16423 Anaco Subtracts the red blue green by x+y or x-y or x*y depending on the option you
select and then divides it by the amount you specified.
Colourblind simulation 19780 nd Make sure your image is legible for colourblind
Combined Photo Adjustments 17810 BoltBait Combines a number of photo adjustments on the same UI.
Conditional Effects 19986 cookies Gives you the ability to run 6 effects, in the order, and only affect the colors
matching the set conditions.
Conditional Hue/Saturation Effect 885 evanolds Adjust hue and saturation by setting range and conditions.
[topic="13003"]Evan's Effects v1.1[/topic].
ConditionalPen 1.1 10808 Simon Brown No longer supported: provides a brush that will only function when a pixel is
within the given min/max threshold.
Convolution Effect 14573 SeriousSam Modifies each pixel by comparison to neighbouring pixels. 3x3 matrix is fully
configurable.
Create Image-Map 11607 Simon Brown No longer supported: provides an interface for constructing an HTML image
map.
Curtis' Plugin Pack 8043 Curtis [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Effects: Tile image, Jumble, Selective palette, Equations,
Effects Lab, Fern Fractal, Channel Mask, Displacement Map, Blur Map, Dots,
Rounded Rectangle.
Curves+ v2.10 3749 pyrochild A more powerful version of the Curves adjustment that comes with Paint.NET.
[topic="7291"]Pyrochild's Plugins[/topic]
Custom Brushes 5.1.5 8576 Simon Brown Superseded by a later release, use [topic="14845"]CustomBrushesMini[/topic].
CustomBrushesMini 1.0 RC3 14627 Simon Brown Superseded by a later release, use [topic="14845"]CustomBrushesMini[/topic].
CustomBrushesMini v1.0 14845 Simon Brown Draw with customized brushes. Replaces previous incarnations of Custom
Brushes. [topic="15218"]Simon Brown's Plugin Pack[/topic].
CustomFrame Plugin 1.5 9147 Simon Brown Add a pre-created frame to your image.
CustomTexture v1.0 10202 Simon Brown Apply a custom texture to an image while maintaining the saturation.
[topic="15218"]Simon Brown's Plugin Pack[/topic].
Cut Color 18769 xmario Cuts one color & shades of it from your image. Choose color to leave & pixels
of a different color are changed to transparent (or black and white).
Detect plugin problems v1.0 14720 Simon Brown [i]External resource[/i]. Diagnose the reason effects and filetypes may not be
working.
Diagonal Lines v2.0 5550 jsonchiu Renders diagonal lines, brushwidth, antialias & angle configurable.
Displacement and Alpha mask 9869 Bleek II Distorts an image based on the light values of the mask.
Dissolve 1.3 15982 APShredder Dissolves one image onto another.
Distorting Mirror 19440 MadJik Effect similar to the distorting mirror you find at a fairground.
Distortion Effects (4 effects) 925 Rick Brewster Bulge, Polar Inversion, Tile Reflection & Twist . Included PDN 2.70+
dpy's Pack 16643 dpy [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Effects: Black and Alpha+, Color Balance+, Multi-Threshold,
Perspective Effect, AA's Assistant, Metallize, Circle Text, Rotate Text, Spiral
Text & Wave Text, Speech Bubble.
DragFrom 21031 Simon Brown Lets you upload images using drag and drop. Requires a capable browser
such as Firefox and site such as Imgur or min.us.
Draw Triangles, Pentagons, Stars 2214 BoltBait Draws closed polygons & stars. [topic="8318"]BoltBait's Plugin Pack[/topic]
Drawing Arrows, Dashed Lines, Dotted 2900 BoltBait Included in PDN 3.07+
Lines, etc.
Drop Shadow 1143 KrisVDM Superseded by a later release [topic="8375"]Drop Shadow & Effects[/topic].
Drop Shadow, Color Accent, 8375 KrisVDM [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Drop Shadow: The "Drop Shadow" effect, under the Object
Gradient,…KrisVDM's plugin Pack effect menu. With offset, widening, blur, opacity and a color picker. Duotones:
"Duotone Light" and "Duotone Ink on Paper" adjustments. Monochromes:
"Cyanotype", "Sepia 2", "Grayscale on Colored Paper" and "Monochrome Ink
on Paper" adjustments. Blurs: "Average Blur" and "Smart Blur" effects, under
the Blurs effect menu. Color Accent: "Color Accent" adjustment.Fade Edge:
"Fade Edge" effect, under the Photo effect menu.Gradient: A four-color, non-
linear "Gradient" effect, with high quality color dithering.Gridlines: Draws a grid
with horizontal and vertical lines, under the render menu. Object Align: Aligns
the object in the selection to the selection.
Dull 17982 StormWare Dulls an image. Ranges from 0 (full color) to 170 (completely Grayscale).
Ed Harvey Effects v 3.5 18811 Ed Harvey The latest version of the Ed Harvey Effects package
Ed Harvey Effects v3.36 11520 Ed Harvey Superseded by a later release
Ed Harvey's FastFx 18819 Ed Harvey These are replacements for existing paint.net effects that have been optimised
for speed (Fast Blur, Pencil Sketch, Glow, Soften Portrait & Hue / Saturation).
Effect Addin for rounding the corners of 12678 dan9298 Round off square corners. Requires the .NET framework 3.5.
an image
Eigen Blur v1.3 16319 Neil Cassidy Improved Gaussian blur effect which uses brand new convolution code.
Engrave / Emboss 6809 Toli Emboss/Egnrave effect with configurable strength. [topic="6828"]Toli's
Effects[/topic].
Enhance Details Plugin 16610 BoltBait Kind of reverse "Soften Portrait".
Enormators Effects 4131 Enormator Stretch & DotAtCenter?
Erode / Dilate filter 3175 dake Dilatation is a simple way to remove scratches and noise from a uniform
background. Erode is similar to the Median Blur effect.
Evan's Effects v1.1 13003 evanolds [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Effects: Mirror over line, Conditional Hue/Saturation,
Quadrilateral Reshape, Polygonal Transparency, 3D Object (BETA).
Extend Border v1.0 18290 Simon Brown Extends the border of an image.
Extract Color v1.0 16425 APShredder Allows user to change an image to grayscale, while keeping a certain color
range in color (automates the [topic="12188"]Pleasantville Effect[/topic]).
Eyeshine (animal red-eye) removal 18085 Tanel This plugin removes animal eyeshine from photos caused by direct flash.
Gradient Plugin v2.0 1957 Illnab1024 Apply a variety of configurable gradients. Co-Authored by
[url=http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/user/44727-]BoltBait[/url].
Grain Noise (Film Grain) 19479 Tanel This effect generates "film grain" (or luminance grain). Use it to add some
character to otherwise boring-smooth digital image.
Gralpha 17943 Vermiculus Grayscale to Alpha Adjustment.
Graph Maker Plugin 15476 dsplaisted Uses (and builds on) the [topic="4175"]Grid Maker[/topic] plugin to render
graphs.
Gravity 7968 MadJik Treats pixels as if they were sand, dragging them down until they have
supporting pixels under them. [topic="7186"]Magical Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Grayscale+ 17982 StormWare Instead of averaging RGB like normal Grayscale, Grayscale+ retains the
greatest of the RGB values.
GREYCstoration Wrapper *BETA* 6790 Crazy Man Dan Replaced by the built-in "Reduce Noise".
Greyscale channel mixer 4012 andersbursjoo Converts images to greyscale with luminescence control.
Grid Maker 4175 MadJik Draws grids, also checkerboard and dots.
Grid Maker v2.0 1964 Illnab1024 Superseded. Use MadJik's [topic="4175"]Gridmaker[/topic].
Grim Color Reaper 15595 Jotaf Remove a color (ie background) from an image while maintaining the alpha
information.
Hardware Accelerated Blur Pack 19364 Bruce Bowyer- Uses your video card’s GPU to process images at a potentially huge
Smyth performance leap. The blurs in this pack are: Channel Blur, Gaussian Blur,
Motion Blur, Radial Blur & Zoom Blur.
HD Photo plugin - BETA 3508 Rick Brewster Support for HD imaging. Note: beta. .NET Framework 3.0 required
Heightmap 21224 radobot Transforms an image to a heightmap. Imagine shining a light on an uneven
surface. Lightness of each pixel represents it's height.
Hexagonal Grid v3 3078 MadJik Creates a hexagonal grid. Includes brushwidth & Antialias controls.
High Pass 19837 cookies High pass filter - used to correct (sharpen) images in much the same way as
Unsharp Mask
Icon, Cursor, and Animated Cursor 927 evanolds [i]Filetype[/i]. Support for Icon & cursor filetypes, including animated cursors.
Format
Illnab1024's Plugins. (v1.1) 8677 Illnab1024 [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Alpha Mask, Cutout Effect, Advanced Greyscale, Point
Warp, Polar to Rect.
Image To Code (AKA Image To C) 2965 ShayEr Convert image to C/C++ data structure.
Increase Local Contrast 14204 MichaelVinther Improve badly lit photos or dramatize dull photos. Requires .NET Framework
3.5 SP1.
Ink Sketch 3474 BoltBait Converts image to inked sketch version. Included PDN 3.1+
IntenColor 17484 P13Darksight Takes the intensity of the current pixel & performs mathematical operations on
it to adjust the color.
Interlace 3573 tunedude Adds horizontal/vertical stripes of color/transparency to the image.
Invert Alpha 9625 Mike Ryan Inverts the Alpha Channel based off of your set tolerance.
Invert Alpha 15736 person_321 Deleted by Author as another plugin of this nature exists: use
[topic="15736"]Invert Alpha[/topic].
Invert around primary color 14623 Enormator Invert colors around other colors.
Invert Channels 15754 person_321 Invert the intensity of any of the RGB channels.
Isolate Black / White 17865 Mike Ryan Generates a B&W copy of the layer then applies it as an alpha mask.
Isolate Lineart 13535 silverhammer Converts a B/W image (like a pencil drawing) to a "black and transparent"
image.
Jesse Chunn Plugin Pack 8408 jchunn [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Effects: Soften edges, Focal point, Stencil, Color Replace,
Varicose, Bricks.
Jitter v3.0 4681 pyrochild "Jitters" each row of pixels by a random amount, giving a shimmy type effect.
[topic="7291"]Pyrochild's Plugins[/topic]
JPEG 2000 910 Gumboot [i]Filetype[/i]. Jpeg 2000 file format reader/saver.
JPEG Effect 15554 Simon Brown No longer supported: distorts an image by running it through the JPEG codec.
Lomography 11785 BoltBait Simulate the effects of a Lomo camera : high contrast, twisted colors and a
noticeable vignette..
Low Color Filetype (bmp, gif, png) 15317 jxp [i]Filetype[/i]. Save images as 16 color bitmaps or gifs. Previously known as
"16 Colors".
MadJik' all plugins 7186 MadJik [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Effects: Color Zoom Blur, Gradient Blur, Color Aberation,
Distorting Mirror, Gravity, Kaleidoscope, Magnifier, Motion sharpen, Oblique,
Page Curl, Panelling, Polar transformation, Seamless Texture Maker, Sine
Wave Distort, Tiles Reflection, Tube Effect, TwistZ, Water Reflection, Waves,
Wet Floor Reflection, Auto Chrome Noise, Bars, Buttons, Frames,
GenTree/TreeGen, Grid Maker, Hexagonal Grid, KaleidGen, Light Rays,
Mazes, Randome lines generator, Rosaces, Sparkles, Spiral, SpiroGraph,
Splashes, Volutes, Majority Color, Over Liner, Star Glow, Moire, Perlin
Texture, Radial Colors, Rainbow Twist Colors. BONUS in the Package:
Displacement, Lens Flare, XY Coords, Matrice, Nebulous, NewtonFractal,
Vibrato.
Magnifier (Lens+) 19514 MadJik An evolution of the Ed Harvey's Lens effect, with enhanced features & options.
Majority Color 3978 MadJik Each pixel takes the value of its neighbours that have the majority.
[topic="7186"]Magical Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Make Colour Transparent 10841 Simon Brown Superseded, use [topic="10494"]Color to Alpha Advanced[/topic].
Make Transparent 9667 GoldenCrystal Make an image transparent in respect of the chosen color.
Mirror / Rotate 6686 Toli Mirror selection horizontally, vertically, or over a diagonal. Rotate a selection.
[topic="6828"]Toli's Effects[/topic].
Moire 8450 MadJik This texture plugin replaces the selection (or the active layer if no selection)
with colourful concentric rings.
Monochrome 5512 hollander Convert image to monochrome (black, white & color supported).
Mosaic Effect - v1.0.0.0 14354 Tim! Converts a drawing into a mosaic pattern, using the Secondary colour as the
adhesive or grout between the tesserae. [topic="14145"]Tim's Effects[/topic].
Mosaic Maniac Collage Paint 14969 MosaicManiac Paint with whole collections of images! Creates a unique non repeatable
pattern of images.
Multi Color Gradient 8527 romein Create / edit a multi-color Gradient.
Multi-Threshold 18368 dpy Run multiple "threshold" filters at once.
Night Vision 20643 pleabo Create a Night Vision and Inverted Night Vision
Noise Reduction 18490 ncoquard Noise reduction plugin, written specifically to reduce the artifacts in JPG
images.
Normal Map 2534 stinger Height field (gray scale) to normal map (creates a much better illusion of
height).
Normalize, Egalize 8631 PhilipLB Normalize stretches the histogram (entire color range is used). Egalize
modifies the colors, so they are used in the same amount.
NormalMap 1.1 13362 harold Calculate the first order derivatives of the image (think: emboss). Light angle is
adjustable. Incompatable with PDN 3.5x, use [topic="17010"]NormalMapPlus
v1.0[/topic].
NormalMapPlus v1.0 17010 Simon Brown PDN 3.5x version of NormalMap 1.1.
Object Reflections - Wet Floor Effect 2161 BoltBait Superseded, use [topic="7185"]Wet Floor Reflection[/topic].
Oblique Effect 2524 MadJik Incline texts or images, vertically horizontally or both. [topic="7186"]Magical
Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Octagonal/Quad reshape/matte 2642 evanolds Reshape the image or crop to an arbitrary quad or octagonal region.
Olden 1.5 11068 Simon Brown Applies and aged look to your image. [topic="15218"]Simon Brown's Plugin
Pack[/topic].
OpenRaster Filetype 20984 Zagna [i]Filetype[/i]. Ora file support.
OptiPNG 6305 I Like Pi [i]Filetype[/i]. Integrates OptiPNG with Paint.NET, optimizes PNGs to make
them smaller (http://optipng.sourceforge.net/).
OtherFarmColorReplacer :: Color 13000 OtherFarm Remove/change a color (with a tolerance). Useful for changing
Replacer Effect background/text color.
Outline Object v2.6 4923 pyrochild Place a border around object/area. Note: object must be surrounded by
transparency. [topic="7291"]Pyrochild's Plugins[/topic]
Outline Selection 9870 Aziz Outline the outside/inside of a selection.
Overliner 19441 MadJik Scans the image to find breaks in the colors between pixels. If the break is
from dark to light then the pixel is replaced with the light color (otherwise the
dark color).
Page Curl Effect 10020 MadJik Creates a curl on a corner of your image, just like a curling page.
Paint.NET Bulk Image Processor v1.0 18936 Corillian Batch process images <removed by Rick for not playing nicely with PDN>
Paint.NET Effect Installation Right-Click 10329 Simon Brown [i]Depreciated[/i]. Simplifies plugin installation by adding “install” option to right
Menu Option 1.3 click menu on plugin ZIP file.
Paint.net Plugin Installer 6859 Powerslave UK Removed due to Licenses.
Paint.Net Plugin Manager 9897 Braiden Add or remove plugins from the Paint.NET/Effects folder.
Paint.NET Search for Firefox 12410 Simon Brown [i]External resource[/i]. Adds the Paint.NET search engine
(http://www.searchpaint.net/) to Firefox.
Palette from image tool 15318 jxp Extracts the palette from the current image & saves it to (or creates) a
paint.net palette file.
PaletteConverter BETA 14582 Simon Brown [i]External resource[/i]. Converts and edits palettes. Requires Windows XP &
.NET framework 3.5. Note: Beta
Panelling Effect 2617 MadJik Allows the moving of selection, vertically, horizontally or both.
[topic="7186"]Magical Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Pastel/Water Color 2045 BoltBait Pastel/Water color filter. [topic="8318"]BoltBait's Plugin Pack[/topic]
PCX Plug-In 2135 Joshua Bell [i]Filetype[/i]. Load & save PCX images.
PDN File Info viewer 10849 harold [i]External resource[/i]. View information about a PDN file (dimensions,
number of layers and the version of PDN used to save the image).
PdnBench for Paint.NET v3.0 2771 Rick Brewster Superseded by new version
PdnBench for Paint.NET v3.20 7256 Rick Brewster PDN benchmarking utility (speedtest). External resource
PdnFF 20380 null54 Allow filters from Adobe's Filter Factory (for Photoshop) to be run by
Paint.NET.
PDNWatermark 14517 Simon Brown No longer supported: add watermarks to your image.
Perlin Texture 19495 MadJik Creates brilliantly colored patterns
Person_321's texture and color plugins 16103 person_321 [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Effects: Invert Channels, Rainbow loom, Sound wave & X
Rainbow bars.
Perspective Effect (Beta) 16197 dpy Trapezoid transform of your image by adjusting the height &/or width of the
sides. [topic="16643"]dpy's Pack[/topic]
Perspective Lines 17864 tzachs Draws vanishing points & guidelines to help you with drawing in perspective.
Photo Flood Fill 1292 pleska Takes an image and "flood-fill" it into the selection region, repeating it over and
over.
Photoshop file plugin (obsolete) 1001 frankb Plugin for loading and saving Photoshop files. Obsolete, use
[topic="18128"]Photoshop PSD file plugin[/topic].
Photoshop PSD file plugin (1.0.7 and 18128 taoyue [i]Filetype[/i]. Plugin for loading and saving Photoshop files.
later)
Pixelate+ v1.0 9590 pyrochild Enhanced pixelate effect, adds a new sampling mode (the one GIMP uses) as
well as the ability to use non-square cells. [topic="7291"]Pyrochild's
Plugins[/topic]
PixelatedFrame 9303 Simon Brown No longer supported: adds a frame to an image that is a pixelated version of
the image itself.
PixelLab Beta 1 9797 Simon Brown Provides a simplified programming language in which to create effects/plugins.
Note: Beta status.
Plugin Effect Installer 1.0 19359 Hunter Installer for plugins.
PNG Preprocessor 19648 niwax Prepares images being saved as PNG by optimizing the image. Size of the file
can be 40-80% of the original size.
PNM File Type Plugin 17202 zeeshanejaz [i]FileType[/i]. Plugin to read and write PNM Images. PNM is a portable bitmap
format used in legacy software (more common in LINUX / UNIX Platforms).
Point Blur 19908 boude Does the reverse of Zoom Blur (Zoom Blur blurs away from a certain point,
Point Blur blurs towards the centre point).
Point Warp / Engorged smudge 7684 Illnab1024 Similar to the ‘bulge’ effect but in the horizontal plane instead of the vertical.
[topic="8677"]Illnab1024's Plugins[/topic].
Polar transformations 9364 MadJik Translate image from rectangular to polar coordinates and vice versa.
[topic="7186"]Magical Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Polaroid Frame 11694 Ego Eram Overlays a frame with the correct size ratios to form a polariod.
Reputo
Polygon Tool 9381 Simon Brown A line tool - which will draw another line from the last drawing postion to the
current position. Tools menu.
Portrait Effect 3484 BoltBait Soften portraits to look more professional. Included PDN 3.1+
Posterize Alpha 15654 jxp Based on the standard Posterize adjustment, with enhancements.
Posterize in HSV Space 12940 MJW Enhanced posterize effect that converts the color into HSV space, truncates
the values, then converts back to RGB.
Power Stretch 2.0 Beta 8209 pyjo Warp images by appearing to bend their surface. Note: Beta
Primary Color Difference to Alpha 5536 Enormator Calculates the difference between the pixel and primary color. The more they
are equal, the more transparency will result.
Printer+ v1.0 13070 Simon Brown Enhanced Paint.NET printing interface (Effects>Tools>Printer+).
PS Emboss 20556 cookies Emboss effect. Simulates the one in Photoshop.
PSFilterPDN 20622 null54 This plug-in hosts Photoshop Filter plug-ins under Paint.NET.
Psychedelic 8475 romein Filter creates a variety of psychedelic color effects.
Pure Black and White converter 16049 AdamCG Converts to COMPLETELY black and white (& NOT grayscale). Action can be
done with B&C tool.
pyrochild plugins 7291 pyrochild [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Effects: Curves+, Borders ‘N Shapes, Gradient Bars, Film,
Jitter, Outline Object, Stitch, Scriptlab, Gradient Mapping, Splatter, Pixelate+,
Color Match, Random Effect, Random Shape Fill, Smudge, Trail, Gradient
Blocks, Twist, Liquify.
Radial Colors 7181 MadJik Predefined formulas (sinusoid curves) define and mix Red, Green, Blue colors.
[topic="7186"]Magical Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Rainbow 5975 spongey437 Fills selection with a rainbow colored gradient.
Rainbow Loom 15799 person_321 Renders a pre-defined pattern.
Rainbow Twist 7182 MadJik Rainbow twist the three basic color Red, Green, Blue. [topic="7186"]Magical
Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Random Effect v1.2 10632 pyrochild Chooses a random plugin (or built-in effect), and renders it with randomized
settings. [topic="7291"]Pyrochild's Plugins[/topic]
Random lines Generator 7630 MadJik Create/add straight & curved lines. [topic="7186"]Magical Plugins
Megapack[/topic].
Random mazes 8448 MadJik Draw horizontal/diagonal maze with configurable size, wall chance, brush
width & more.
Random Shape Fill v1.0 10633 pyrochild Draws random (predefined) shapes on the canvas. 17 shape modes & 9 color
modes plus many options.
RAW File 15611 Pebal [i]Filetype[/i]. Dcraw based raw file reader.
Rawload v1.0 17525 avatare [i]Filetype[/i]. Load *.raw files with metadata using the Windows Imaging
Component and preserving the image metadata.
RawLoader 3201 rpetrich [i]Filetype[/i]. Decode RAW camera images and make them available for use
in Paint.NET.
RawReader 8099 Ivn [i]Filetype[/i]. Dcraw based RAW file reader.
Reduce Noise 7257 Tom Jackson Reduces the noise in an image while maintaining detail. Included PDN v3.22+
Reflection - effect 12913 dS810 Create mirror/water type reflections of an existing image.
Refocus Filter v1.0 18665 alexb Sharpens a blurred image using algorithm with deconvolution element.
Render Color Wheel 12951 MJW Draws a HSV color wheel, centered in the current selection.
Resource translator v1.0 BETA 15810 Simon Brown Convert between *.resource files and a type of txt file. Aids development of
PDN Language packs. Note: Beta status.
Reverse Colors 21527 MadJik Selectively reverse the values of any of the RGBA channels.
RGB to CMYK 3763 BoltBait Conversion between RGB (RedGreenBlue) and CMYK
(CyanMagentaYellowblacK) color formats.
RGB565 Android splash screen format 16747 ejohnson0547 [i]Filetype[/i]. Read and write to the RGB565 or RAW565 format.
Rotation Bilinear v1.1 16741 alexb Precision rotation of selection using bilinear algorithm.
Rounded Rectangle Effect - v1.2.0.0 14355 Tim! Uses the Primary and Secondary colours and the current brush width to draw
a rectangle with rounded corners into the current selection.
[topic="14145"]Tim's Effects[/topic].
Sabrown100 Plugin Pack 8339 Simon Brown Superseded by later release: [topic="15218"]Simon Brown's Plugin
Pack[/topic].
ScreenPixel 9059 Bleek II Takes a pixelated image and breaks the blocks into RGB components.
Requires Pixelate.
ScriptLab v2.4 6091 pyrochild Create compilations of other Paint.NET effects, adjustments, and plugins. You
can save, load, and share your scripts. Includes Batch Processor.
[topic="7291"]Pyrochild's Plugins[/topic]
Seamless Texture Helper 2244 BoltBait Makes a given image seamlessly repeatable.
Seamless Texture Maker 4591 MadJik An updated version of BoltBait’s [topic="2244"]Seamless Texture
Helper[/topic]. Create textures with no apparent edge when tiled.
[topic="7186"]Magical Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Segment Image 16962 Neil Cassidy Analyzes image and groups pixels that are relatively close together in the
image and have roughly the same color.
Selection Tools - Feather, Outline, Bevel 11514 BoltBait Mini pack of tool for working on a selection. (feather = fade edge, bevel = add
shadow/highlights).
Selective Enhancement Plugin v1.1 13522 HiPhiSch Spread out or push together colors close to the selected one.
Selective Toning v1.0 13554 HiPhiSch Apply toning corrections. With blending mode selector and alpha channel
support. Similar to Advanced Color Replacement.
Shadow / Highlight Recovery v2.2 5578 Tanel Fix excessively contrasty photos, by brightening shadows and/or darkening
highlights. [topic="11619"]Tanel's Plugin Pack[/topic].
Shadow effect 1900 ryanr23 Generates shadows with angle and transparency options. Like Google Map.
Shape(ray, arrow, circle, etc) 3713 myxlplyx Draw rays, arrows & circles with "tv snow" effect (similar to chalk drawing)
added to the shapes.
Shape3D 18968 MKT Wrap your image around a 3D shape (with appropriate lighting).
Shaped Gradient v1.5 19669 niwax Creates a gradient in the shape of the selection
Sharpen+ (Advanced Unsharp Mask) 5456 Tanel Sharpen photos with an unsharp mask. Yields finer results than the built-in
v3.1 sharpen effect.
Shoot Paint.NET (aka Bullet?) 11917 Simon Brown No longer supported: renders bullet holes in your image.
Silhoette Plugin v2.1 9299 Simon Brown Silhouettes images with partial transparency; turns the RGB to 000000 while
preserving alpha. Silhouette(sp?)
Silhouette Plus 11035 Mike Ryan Converts the entire canvas into your selected color while preserving the alpha
levels of each pixel.
Simon Brown's plugin pack 15218 Simon Brown [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Effects: CustomBrushesMini, ThatOtherApp, Upload to,
Printer+, Animated Image, Find Edges, Olden, Editable Text, Extend Border,
DragFrom.
Simple Lines Plugin 5972 spongey437 Draw vertical /horizontal lines across a selection.
Simulate Color Depth 20096 cookies Reduces the color depth of an image as if they had x bits of color data. Both
monochrome and RGB options are included.
Sine Curves 7647 MadJik Depreciated, use [topic="8043"]Equation[/topic] from [topic="8043"]Curtis'
Plugin Pack[/topic].
Sine Wave Distort 4878 MadJik Uses sine function to apply a horizontal &/or vertical shift.
[topic="7186"]Magical Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Smart Sharpen 15128 Pebal Dedicated to sharpening images after reduction size. Uses an adaptive
algorithm, optimized for maximum reduction of halo effect.
Smooth 6776 Toli Selected Area is Smoothed internally, as if there were no surroundings.
[topic="6828"]Toli's Effects[/topic].
Smudge v2.2 10634 pyrochild Use custom brushes (*.png format) to smudge along the mouse path.
[topic="7291"]Pyrochild's Plugins[/topic]
Soften Edges 8586 jchunn Detect "rough" edges and softens them. [topic="8408"]Jesse Chunn Plugin
Pack[/topic].
Sound Wave 16129 person_321 Renders a wave pattern. [topic="16103"]Person_321's Texture & Color
Plugins[/topic]
Sparkle, Glitter & Stars 5942 kshotts Generate glowing spheres, diamonds, and flares, with lots of parameters.
Sparkles Effect 9293 MadJik Scans the image to find the bright highlights then adds some sparkle to them.
[topic="7186"]Magical Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Speech Bubble 18378 dpy Write speech bubbles directly to your canvas.
Spiral Text ver 1.2 16496 dpy Writes text on a spiral. [topic="16643"]dpy's Pack[/topic]
Spirals 7963 MadJik Simple spiral plugin. Use it to create/add spirals to your images.
[topic="7186"]Magical Plugins Megapack[/topic].
SpiroGraph 5121 MadJik Draws alternated centered polygons and rotates/reduces each of them. Uses
Primary & Secondary colors. [topic="7186"]Magical Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Spiroshapes 2949 MadJik Draws repeating polygon shapes to create a more complex shape. Similar to
"spirograph". [topic="7186"]Magical Plugins Megapack[/topic].
SpriteSheet Animation v1.3 14848 SeriousSam Test and design Sprite Sheets.
Star Glow 19363 MadJik Use it to add some high lustre sparkle to your image.
Starry Sky 17641 mcamp14 Creates a starry sky (utilizes Pixellab).
Stars Effect 9295 MadJik Create/add polygon based stars. [topic="7186"]Magical Plugins
Megapack[/topic].
Steganography (Hidden Images) 4786 BoltBait Hide / show a second image in your original image. [topic="8318"]BoltBait's
Plugin Pack[/topic]
Stencil 8410 jchunn Convert an image (or selection) into a two color image similar to a stencil.
[topic="8408"]Jesse Chunn Plugin Pack[/topic].
Stewien Filters 14283 John Stewien Apply a range of filters to your image.
Stitch 5936 pyrochild Distorts base image with a “splintered” appearance. [topic="7291"]Pyrochild's
Plugins[/topic]
StockLibrary1.5 10521 Simon Brown No longer supported: manage your stock images from within PDN.
Stus Effects 17732 sradforth Four effects: Advanced Rotate, Vignette, iPhone TabBar Icon Maker, RGB
remapper & Alpha Contrast.
SubtleEffect 10784 Simon Brown No longer supported: allows you to select a plugin and independently adjust
the opacity that the effect will hold over the original image.
SVGImport 11537 Simon Brown No longer supported: [i]Filetype[/i]. Adds support for SVG files. Note: requires
InkScape be installed.
Take screen shots and paint it in 11196 pamkkkkk Screen shot utility to take screen images and send them to Paint.NET.
Paint.NET
Tanel's Photo and Color Plugins 11619 Tanel [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Effects: Sharpen+, Shadow/highlight recovery, Local contrast
enhancement, Color to alpha, Color mixer, Red eye quick fix, Basic
adjustments, Black & White Converter, Hue/saturation+, Alpha blur.
Text Pro (free trial) 17056 romein Word Art for PDN. Registration is required to remove watermark protection.
Text Steganography BETA 7792 I Like Pi Encodes hidden text within an image. The plugin is also needed to view the
text. Note: Beta status.
Texturize effect 14278 MichaelVinther Add a texture to a photo or image by changing the pixels brightness (based on
the gradient of the texture). Requires .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.
That other app v1.0 13005 Simon Brown Adds an item to the tools menu which allows you to shell out to another
application (GIMP, Photoshop, etc..,) to edit the current layer. On Save &
Close the changes will appear in Paint.NET.
Thermal Heat Map 20672 Ego Eram Create a thermal representation of an image where brightness becomes 'heat'
Reputo and dimness becomes 'cool'.
Threshold 9324 Simon Brown The threshold effect will change all pixels over the specified number to white,
and the rest black.
Tile Fill Addin 12831 dan9298 Fills the current image with a tiled version of another image (held in the
clipboard).
Tiles Reflection XL 6322 MadJik Enhanced version of “Tiles Reflection” from Paint.net v3.1.
Tim's Effects 14145 Tim! [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Contains: Rounded Rectangle v1.2 & Mosaic Effect v1.0.
Toli's Effects 6828 Toli [i]Plugin Pack[/i]. Effects: Mirror/Rotate, Engrave/Emboss, Smooth.
Toon Filter 1671 ownage Extracts pencil / line type drawing from an image (based on edge detection).
Toon Shader 15306 Smoke_Dev42 Simplifies image colors using code based on DirectX toon shaders.
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Trail 18653 pyrochild Echos' an object on an otherwise transparent layer, so that it appears to have
a 'trail'.
Trail 3d 19870 nd Creates a "trail" from the object to center point.
TransitionalBrush 10672 Simon Brown No longer supported: allows users to select two colours and have a brush that
gradually changes colour between them.
Transparency Adjustment Effect 2800 BoltBait Adjust the opacity of a selection independent of the entire layer.
[topic="8318"]BoltBait's Plugin Pack[/topic]
Triangular Gradient 18395 Enormator Makes a triangular gradient in selection (or on the full image when nothing is
selected) from primary to secondary color (including alpha).
Tube Effect (aka tube oblique?) 3491 MadJik Distort an image as if you wrapped it around a cylinder. [topic="7186"]Magical
Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Twainable - Acquire from TWAIN 15384 NisseBosseLas Add TWAIN support for scanners. Should be compatible with all scanners that
sources v0.2 se are TWAIN compliant.
Twistz / Twist + 6189 MadJik Transform an image by applying a spiral twist. [topic="7186"]Magical Plugins
Megapack[/topic].
Unsharp Mask 8415 romein Corrects blurring introduced during photographing, scanning, resampling, or
printing.
Upload to... V2.0 13242 Simon Brown Upload images direct to the internet from within Paint.Net.
Vantage Preview Images (.VBP) 14711 mchansy [i]Filetype[/i]. Support for Vantage Sat Receiver Preview Images.
Varicose 8179 jchunn Wibbly line creator. [topic="8408"]Jesse Chunn Plugin Pack[/topic].
Vibrato 3691 MadJik Texturing / distorting effect.
Vignetting Filter 20012 alexb Radial Vignetting Photo Filter. Due to the similarity to Ed Harvey's
[topic="18811"]Vignette[/topic] plugin, this plugin has been locked.
Volutes 14478 MadJik Draws random curves. The curve is pre-calculated and then resized to fit in the
image, so start and end points are at random positions. [topic="7186"]Magical
Plugins Megapack[/topic].
VTF Plug-In (1.0.4) 3254 Nem [i]Filetype[/i]. VTF file support. File format used by the Source engine (Half-Life
2 etc.).
Water Reflection 2482 MadJik Render a reflection as if your image was reflected in water.
[topic="7186"]Magical Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Wave Text v1.0 16634 dpy Writes a string of text along a sine curve. [topic="16643"]dpy's Pack[/topic]
Wavelet Haar 2-tap 21212 hindol Performs a Haar 2-tap transformation of an image
Waves 3625 MadJik Wave distortion effect.
Wet Floor Reflection 7185 MadJik Renders a reflection similar to a wet floor.
WhichSymbol / WhichSymbolPlus 10684 Ego Eram Character & symbol browser/writer for installed fonts. Co-authored by
Reputo [url=http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/user/48996-]Simon Brown[/url].
WMF (Windows Metafile) v1.1.1 17950 Bruce Bowyer- [i]Filetype[/i]. Opens WMF files as a raster image. NOTE: OPENS FILES
Smyth ONLY - will not save as *.WMF
X Rainbow bars 16094 person_321 Renders horisontal bars of rainbow hues. [topic="16103"]Person_321's Texture
& Color Plugins[/topic]
XPM File Type plugin 14512 naylorjs [i]Filetype[/i]. XPM support in Paint.NET. Doesn't handle every XPM option.
XY Coords 4175 MadJik Creates a grid with the text giving the position of the cell in this grid with X,Y
coords. Useful to understand the transformation done by other distort effects.
Note that the link given here points to the Gridmaker plugin thread, you will
find XY Coords on the second page of that thread or just
[url=http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/4175-grid-maker-plugin-
ymd070614-v32/page_view_findpost_p_66433]Click Here[/url].
[topic="7186"]Magical Plugins Megapack[/topic].
Zigzag ray 3852 myxlplyx Creates shapes/lines using scales.
Zoom Blur Deluxe (aka Fast zoom blur) 3122 dake Improved zoom blur effect.