Month: December 2023

paint.net 5.0.12 is now available

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This is a small update that fixes a handful of bugs, and updates both the AvifFileType and WebPFileType bundled plugins to include support for loading the first frame of an animation (similar to how GIF works).

Get the Update

There are two releases of Paint.NET:

  • Microsoft Store release (recommended)
  • Classic Desktop release
    • Download the installer from the website. This is the recommended download if you don’t have Paint.NET installed. It can also be used to update the app.
    • If you already have it installed, you should be offered the update automatically within the next few days, but you can also get it immediately by going to ⚙ Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
    • Offline Installers and Portable ZIPs are available over on GitHub.

Change Log

Changes since v5.0.11:

  • Fixed a silent crash that was preventing the app from opening when double-clicking an image in Explorer, due to a bug in .NET’s ProfileOptimization class
  • Fixed some canvas navigation keyboard shortcuts that have some overlap with the new tab movement shortcut keys (Ctrl+Shift+PageUp/PageDown)
  • Fixed a crash in the Move Selected Pixels tool when the GPU does not support Direct3D Feature Level 11
  • Fixed another rare crash when rapidly undoing changes made with the Move Selected Pixels tool
  • Fixed a few typos, inconsistencies, and bugs in some plugin APIs
  • Updated the bundled AvifFileType plugin to v1.1.27.0, which now supports loading the primary image of an animated/multi-frame AVIF (thanks @null54!)
  • Updated the bundled WebPFileType plugin to v1.3.21.0, which now supports loading the first frame of an animated WebP image instead of saying the file is not supported (thanks @null54!)