7 Useful Paint.NET Plug-ins for Web and UX Designers — February 16, 2009 (1 Comment)
Paint.NET (paint-dot-net, or PDN) is probably the best freeware out there for quick and easy pixel manipulation for Windows. Although it doesn’t boast Photoshop or GIMP like features, simplicity and super-fast startup time makes it a modest substitute for a fully blown graphic application. The PDN plug-in repository makes it even more interesting with a whole array of great plug-ins. This post is about ten interesting plug-ins I stumble upon while exploring the plug-in repository (Forum) that may be potentially useful web designers and UX designers alike.
Note:
I use Paint.NET 3.36 on a Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64-bit workstation with 2GB of DDR2 RAM and ATI FireGL V3300 Dual-head display adapter. Installing a plug-in is a snap. Just copy the plug-in DLL to the relevant directory. For example, if the installation path of PDN is C:\Program Files\Paint.NET, then effects plug-ins should be copied to the Effects folder and file type plug-ins should be copied to the FileTypes folder.
1. Buttons
2. Rounded Corners
Forum | Author: dan9298 | Download
3. Borders and Shapes
4. Checkerboard
5. Multi-Color Gradient
6. Gradient Bars
Forum | Author: Pyrochild | Download
I’d just like to point out a couple things while I’m here.
First and foremost, the Rounded Corners plugin you list is actually not written by me, it’s by “dan9298.” I’d hate it if someone else got credit for my work, so I always feel bad when I get credit for someone else’s.
I’m sure the other developers whose work has been featured here would also appreciate a non-direct link to their downloads as well. Thank you for understanding!
I hope to see more articles here featuring Paint.NET in the future.