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 asynchronously calling IDXGISwapChain[1]::Present[1]() instead of using the shared threadpool. This also fixes some weirdness at startup with canvas redrawing when a lot of plugins are installed, especially if antivirus decides to do a more in-depth security scan.
• Fixed: Could not copy 8-bit-or-less bit-depth images from Explorer into Paint.NET.
• Fixed: Copying a 4-bit PNG from Explorer into Paint.NET would have extremely bad performance.
• Fixed: Images with XYB LUT color profiles were not loading, or were loading incorrectly
• Fixed: GPU effect plugins will not default to Float32 precision when using IDeviceContext.CreateImageFromBitmap(). This was otherwise resulting in inconsistent rendering output or analysis results.
• Fixed: IImagingFactory.CreateColorTransformedBitmap() and IBitmapSource.CreateColorTransformer() are now available for plugins to make use of for color management purposes.
• New: Plugins may now use PixelFormat.[Try]CreateDefaultColorContext(), IImagingFactory.[Try]CreateDefaultColorContext(), and IDeviceContext.[Try]CreateDefaultColorContext() extension methods. These will create the default color context (color profile) for the given PixelFormat.
• New: Plugins may now use the PixelFormat.GetInfo() extension method to retrieve the corresponding IPixelFormatInfo object
• New: Plugins may now implement the managed ITextRenderer interface (corresponds to the native IDWriteTextRenderer1 interface), and use it when calling ITextLayout::Draw(…)
• New: Added ITextLayout methods Get/SetCharacterSpacing and Get/SetPairKerning
• New: Added ITextFormat properties LastLineWrapping, OpticalAlignment, and VerticalGlyphOrientation

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 Now button. You can also use the links below to download an offline installer or portable ZIP.

You can also download the installer here (for any supported CPU and OS), which is also where you can find downloads for offline installers, portable ZIPs, and deployable MSIs.