I'm Rick Brewster, author of Paint​.NET! I'll be tweeting about .NET, C#, Paint​.NET, graphics, Windows things. https://paint.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3muiv4pheo22gAlright everyone, message received. I was not expecting this response, I honestly had no idea before I made the post Like I said, the code is experimental. A proof of concept showing that PDN-on-WINE is possible. It's not finished. I can literally just delete it. It won't be part of the next build. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiv4pheo22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3mssxe36zek2gA new alpha of Paint​.NET 5.2 is now available, build 9719, and has 8 new effects along with some bug fixes. Check it out! https://forums.paint.net/topic/134545-paintnet-52-alpha-build-9719/11 Aug 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssxe36zek2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3mqdrqk2mwk2gI just pushed a new alpha build for Paint​.NET 5.2! This is the build that adds support for CICP metadata and HDR->SDR tone mapping when opening HDR images of a supported type (AVIF, HEIC, JPEG XL, JPEG XR, PNG) https://forums.paint.net/topic/134511-paintnet-52-alpha-build-9688/11 Jul 2026 04:02 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqdrqk2mwk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3mplx7ujotk2aSome new functionality I'm adding for the upcoming paint.net v5.2 release, which will be in the next alpha build: - CICP metadata support - HDR -> SDR tone mapping support when loading images http://Paint.NET01 Jul 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplx7ujotk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3mmz73u6lzs2tI GOT THE DOMAIN! I FINALLY GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!1 🥳🎉 Paint​.NET is now at paint.net! Well, it will be just as soon as I push all the buttons to migrate content and set up redirects from getpaint​.net etc. For now it's just a "hey go here" redirect page.29 May 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmz73u6lzs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3mlhmfd4htc2mThe first public alpha of Paint​.NET v5.2 is now available! Lots of performance and quality-of-life improvements, and some major infrastructure upgrades that are laying the groundwork for v6.0. Enjoy! 😊 https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/134381-paintnet-52-alpha-build-9625/10 May 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhmfd4htc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3mgkzh4c3qk2lPaint​.NET 5.1.12 is now available! This is a small update that adds a new translation (Kazakh) and updates the bundled DDS and JPEG XL plugins to their latest versions. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/134336-paintnet-5112-is-now-available/08 Mar 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkzh4c3qk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3m5amyy2iic2kPaint​.NET 5.1.11 is now available! This is a hotfix for the just-released 5.1.10 to fix the new IDxgiAdapterService2 that didn't land correctly for some reason. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/134168-paintnet-5111-is-now-available/10 Nov 2025 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5amyy2iic2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3m5acg3akkc2uPaint​.NET 5.1.10 is now available! Just a few bug fixes, a new translation (Romanian), and updates to the bundled FileType plugins (AVIF, JPEG XL, and WebP). Enjoy! https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/134166-paintnet-5110-is-now-available/09 Nov 2025 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5acg3akkc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3lvbnjpzcis2kPaint​.NET 5.1.9 is now available! This is mostly a maintenance release with some important bug fixes, but it also adds a new Bulgarian translation. Enjoy! https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/133998-paintnet-519-is-now-available/31 Jul 2025 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbnjpzcis2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3lpkx2hltzk23Paint​.NET 5.1.8 is now available. This is mostly a maintenance release that fixes some bugs and updates the bundled DDS FileType plugin. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/133570-paintnet-518-is-now-available/20 May 2025 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpkx2hltzk23https://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3lkyugifwys2yPaint​.NET 5.1.7 is now available. It's a hotfix for brush rendering to not occasionally have segments that are drawn twice. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/133433-paintnet-517-is-now-available/22 Mar 2025 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkyugifwys2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3lklusuxuw22wFor the rest of March, Paint​.NET is on sale on the Microsoft Store for $9.99 instead of the usual price of $14.99 😁 Buying it on the Store is a great way to help fund development of the app, and you also get automatic updates. No more update prompts! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/paintnet/9nbhcs1lx4r0?cid=pdn_sale2503_bsky17 Mar 2025 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklusuxuw22whttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3lkbida5xfc2xPaint​.NET 5.1.6 is now available. It's hotfix for a memory leak, and for a crash on ARM64 with the bundled JpegXLFileType plugin. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/133399-paintnet-515-is-now-available/13 Mar 2025 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbida5xfc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3lk4gcgcggc23Paint​.NET 5.1.5 is now available! JPEG XL (*.jxl) support has been added, quantization color quality has been improved, and AVIF HDR->SDR tone mapping is also improved. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/133399-paintnet-515-is-now-available/11 Mar 2025 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4gcgcggc23https://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3ljdp3ompps2aI just pushed out a beta for Paint​.NET 5.1.5 -- this update includes JPEG XL (*.jxl) support, quality improvements for quantization and for AVIF HDR image loading, and of course some more bug fixes. Check it out! https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/133371-paintnet-515-beta-build-9191/01 Mar 2025 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljdp3ompps2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3li6dcy52hs2aPaint​.NET 5.1.4 is now available! This update is mostly a hotfix that fixes installation on Windows Server systems. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/133318-paintnet-514-is-now-available/14 Feb 2025 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3li6dcy52hs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3lhp3l74x6c27Paint​.NET 5.1.3 is now available! Lots of small improvements and bug fixes in this release. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/133303-paintnet-513-is-now-available/08 Feb 2025 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhp3l74x6c27https://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3lhjofkrj6s2zI just posted a beta for Paint​.NET v5.1.3 -- this update has a whole bunch of general improvements, performance optimizations, and bug fixes. Check it out! https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/133299-paintnet-513-beta-build-9168/06 Feb 2025 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjofkrj6s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3ldouecrz622rPaint​.NET 5.1.2 is now available! Fixed some more bugs, particularly the flickering and mouse trails caused by NVIDIA's "Fast VSync" option. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/133147-paintnet-512-is-now-available/19 Dec 2024 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldouecrz622rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3ldmkizho4c2fIf you're getting black and white flickery/glitchy artifacts in Paint​.NET since version 5.1, I finally figured it out: TURN OFF NVIDIA'S "FAST VSYNC" This isn't a PDN bug, it's just NVIDIA giving everyone a footgun that sounds really cool. Apparently it's a nasty hack.18 Dec 2024 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldmkizho4c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3lcjmvtiz5k2fPaint​.NET 5.1.1 is now available! Mostly bug fixes from 5.1, including workarounds for a crash and hang caused by Sentinel One (enterprise AV), and display issues on some NVIDIA GPUs w/ VRR displays. Also added a Fill option to Image->Canvas Size. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/132777-paintnet-511-is-now-available/05 Dec 2024 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcjmvtiz5k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3lccampefe22kIf you've been experiencing crashes, screen blanking, or visual artifacts with Paint​.NET 5.1, please try the 5.1.1 Beta (build 9102) that I've posted: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/132717-paintnet-511-beta-build-9102/02 Dec 2024 04:04 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lccampefe22khttps://bsky.app/profile/rickbrew.bsky.social/post/3lbcv7ziijw2jLooks like I'm on Bluesky now too 👍19 Nov 2024 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:tx5mvosoyunwonvwsqs2m2g5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcv7ziijw2j