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v3.5.11</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Freeware graphics editor</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive 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title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">dotPDN, LLC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">May 6, 2004<span class="noprint">; 20 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2004-05-06</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">5.1 / November 12, 2024<span class="noprint">; 12 days ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2024-11-12</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B/CLI" title="C++/CLI">C++/CLI</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a> or later<sup id="cite_ref-officialDownload_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialDownload-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.NET_Framework" title=".NET Framework">.NET Framework</a><sup id="cite_ref-officialDownload_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialDownload-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/.NET" title=".NET">.NET</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/File_size" title="File size">Size</a></th><td class="infobox-data">78.9 MB</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">34 languages</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raster_graphics_editor" title="Raster graphics editor">Raster graphics editor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a><sup id="cite_ref-license-2009-11-06_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-license-2009-11-06-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://getpaint.net">getpaint<wbr />.net</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Paint.NET</a></b> (sometimes stylized as <b>paint.net</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">freeware</a> general-purpose <a href="/wiki/Raster_graphics_editor" title="Raster graphics editor">raster graphics editor</a> program for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, developed with the <a href="/wiki/.NET_platform" class="mw-redirect" title=".NET platform">.NET platform</a>. Paint.NET was originally created by Rick Brewster as a <a href="/wiki/Washington_State_University" title="Washington State University">Washington State University</a> student project,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has evolved from a simple replacement for the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint">Microsoft Paint</a> program into a program for editing mainly graphics, with support for <a href="/wiki/Plugin_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Plugin (computing)">plugins</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paint.NET&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paint.NET originated as a <a href="/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science">computer science</a> senior design project during spring 2004 at <a href="/wiki/Washington_State_University" title="Washington State University">Washington State University</a>. Version 1.0 consisted of 36,000 lines of code and was written in fifteen weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast, version 3.35 has approximately 162,000 lines of code. The Paint.NET project continued over the summer and into the autumn 2004 semester for both the version 1.1 and 2.0 releases. </p><p>Development continues with one programmer who worked on previous versions of Paint.NET while he was a student at WSU. As of May 2006 the program had been downloaded at least 2 million times,<sup id="cite_ref-msdn2million_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msdn2million-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at a rate of about 180,000 per month.<sup id="cite_ref-betanews_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-betanews-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially, Paint.NET was released under a modified version of the <a href="/wiki/MIT_License" title="MIT License">MIT License</a>, with the exclusion of the installer, text, and graphics.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, citing issues with the open source code being <a href="/wiki/Plagiarism" title="Plagiarism">plagiarized</a> by others that had rebranded the software as their own and bundled user content without their permission, the availability of the source code was restricted, in December 2007 Brewster announced his intent to restrict access to components of the program (including its installer, resources, and user interface).<sup id="cite_ref-backspaceware_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-backspaceware-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2009, the software was made <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">proprietary</a>, restricting the sale or creation of derivative works of the software.<sup id="cite_ref-backspaceware_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-backspaceware-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting with version 4.0.18, Paint.NET is published in two editions: A classic edition remains <a href="/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">freeware</a>, similar to all other versions since 3.5. Another edition, however, is published to <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Store_(digital)" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Store (digital)">Microsoft Store</a> under a <a href="/wiki/Trialware" class="mw-redirect" title="Trialware">trialware</a> license and is available to purchase for US$7. According to the developer, this was done to enable the users to contribute to the development with more convenience, even though the old avenue of donation was not closed.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paint.NET&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paint.net is primarily programmed in the <a href="/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C# programming language</a>. Its native image format, .PDN, is a <a href="/wiki/Data_compression" title="Data compression">compressed</a> representation of the application's internal <a href="/wiki/Object_(computer_science)" title="Object (computer science)">object</a> format, which preserves layering and other information.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plugins">Plugins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paint.NET&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Plugins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paint.net supports <a href="/wiki/Plugin_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Plugin (computing)">plugins</a>, which add image adjustments, effects, and support for additional file types. They can be programmed using any <a href="/wiki/.NET_Framework" title=".NET Framework">.NET Framework</a> programming language, though they are most commonly written in <a href="/wiki/C_sharp_(programming_language)" class="mw-redirect" title="C sharp (programming language)">C#</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are created by volunteer coders on the program's discussion board, the Paint.NET Forum. Though most are simply published via the discussion board, some have been included with a later release of the program. For instance, a <a href="/wiki/DirectDraw_Surface" title="DirectDraw Surface">DirectDraw Surface</a> file type plugin, (originally by Dean Ashton) and an Ink Sketch and Soften Portrait effect (originally by David Issel) were added to Paint.net in version 3.10.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Hundreds of plugins have been produced;<sup id="cite_ref-pluginindex_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pluginindex-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as Shape3D, which renders a 2D drawing into a 3D shape. Some plugins expand on the functionality that comes with Paint.net, such as Curves+ and Sharpen+, which extend the included tools Curves and Sharpen, respectively.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Examples of file type plugins include an <i>Animated Cursor and Icon</i> plugin and an <i>Adobe Photoshop file format plugin</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-pluginindex_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pluginindex-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several of these plugins are based on existing open source software, such as a <a href="/wiki/Raw_image_format" title="Raw image format">raw image format</a> plugin that uses <a href="/wiki/Dcraw" title="Dcraw">dcraw</a> and a PNG optimization plugin that uses <a href="/wiki/OptiPNG" class="mw-redirect" title="OptiPNG">OptiPNG</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Forks">Forks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paint.NET&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Forks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="paint-mono">paint-mono</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paint.NET&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: paint-mono"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paint.net was created for Windows, and has no native support for any other system. With its previous open-source nature, the possibility for alternate versions was available. In May 2007, <a href="/wiki/Miguel_de_Icaza" title="Miguel de Icaza">Miguel de Icaza</a> officially started a <a href="/wiki/Porting" title="Porting">porting</a> project called <i>paint-mono</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-paint-mono_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paint-mono-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This project had partially ported Paint.net 3.0 to <a href="/wiki/Mono_(software)" title="Mono (software)">Mono</a>, an open-source implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Common_Language_Infrastructure" title="Common Language Infrastructure">Common Language Infrastructure</a> on which the .NET Framework is based. This allowed Paint.net to be run on Mono-supported platforms, such as <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>. This port is no longer maintained and has not been updated since March 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-paint-mono_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paint-mono-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Newer Mono runtime 6 versions are able to run original Paint.NET releases up to 3.5.11 almost perfectly.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pinta">Pinta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paint.NET&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pinta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pinta_(software)" title="Pinta (software)">Pinta (software)</a></div> <p>In 2010, developer Jonathan Pobst started a project called <a href="/wiki/Pinta_(software)" title="Pinta (software)">Pinta</a>, describing it as a clone of Paint.net for Mono and <a href="/wiki/Gtk_Sharp" class="mw-redirect" title="Gtk Sharp">Gtk#</a>. Pinta reused the adjustments and effects code from Paint.net but otherwise is original code.<sup id="cite_ref-ref-osnews_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref-osnews-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paint.NET&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Image_editing" title="Image editing">Image editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_raster_graphics_editors" title="Comparison of raster graphics editors">Comparison of raster graphics editors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_raster_graphics_editors#List" title="Comparison of raster graphics editors">List of raster graphics editors</a></li> <li><a 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