Editing Paint.NET (section)

==Plugins==
Paint.NET supports [[Plugin (computing)|plugins]], which add image adjustments, effects, and support for additional file types. They can be programmed using any [[.NET Framework]] programming language, though they are most commonly written in [[C sharp (programming language)|C#]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.boltbait.com/pdn/codelab/|title=CodeLab: Paint.NET Plugin Development Environment|date = August 16, 2014 <!-- CodeLab 2.3 Released -->}}</ref> 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 [[DirectDraw Surface]] 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.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Hundreds of plugins have been produced;<ref name="pluginindex">{{Cite web|url=http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/15260-plugin-index/|title=Plugin Index|date=28 June 2009 }}</ref> 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.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Examples of file type plugins include an ''Animated Cursor and Icon'' plugin and an ''Adobe Photoshop file format plugin''.<ref name="pluginindex" /> Several of these plugins are based on existing open source software, such as a [[raw image format]] plugin that uses [[dcraw]] and a PNG optimization plugin that uses [[OptiPNG]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}