Download Paint.NET 4.0.18

Version 4.0.18 of Paint.NET has been released. This drawing and image editing program bridges the gap between the Paint supplied with Windows and expensive but very extensive programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Coral Draw. Since version 4.0, the program performs a lot better, especially on multicore processors, but has at least Windows 7 as a system requirement. From this version, the program is also offered via the Windows Store. The release notes for this release can be found below.

Paint.NET 4.0.18 is now available

This update has two main changes: a big improvement for startup performance, and availability on the Windows Store. The “Classic” release is still available, of course, and will continue to be updated and maintained on roughly the same schedule as the Store release. I will be publishing another blog post discussing the Store release very soon (edit: here you go).

Here’s the official changelog:

• Improved: Startup performance has been improved by about 25%
• New: Now available on the Windows Store!
• Improved: Plugins can now be installed per-user into “Documents\paint.net App Files” into folders named Effects, FileTypes, and Shapes. This is required for using plugins with the Store release. To disable this (eg for administrators), set the “Plugins/AllowLoadingPluginsFromUserLocations” key to “false” (HKLM\Software\paint.net).
• Improved: When using Portable Mode, custom palette files are stored next to the EXE instead of in Documents
• Fixed: There was a crash on some systems that may have prevented the app from starting up (MissingMethodException for “System.GC.Collect”)