Paint.NET: The best plugins
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Paint.NET offers a number of plug-ins for special effects, compatibility with other file types or extended functionality. We present the best plug-ins to you in this practical tip.
The best Paint.NET plugins
Paint.NET is available free of charge from CHIP. However, this software can be expanded at will by plug-ins. In special practical tips, we explain what a plug-in is and how to install Paint.NET plug-ins. In this article we present the best plug-ins - examples and application ideas can be found in the following picture gallery.
- With the free PSD plug-in, you can even import and edit Photoshop files in Paint.NET.
- You can now create an art that was painstakingly practiced manually by early programmers, hackers and cracker groups in Paint.NET: With "Another ASCII Art File Type Plugin" your graphics are saved as ASCII art files in text format, You can use a predefined character set or enter your own characters.
- The barcode plugin converts text entered in Paint.NET into a barcode. You can read this in with any commercially available barcode scanner or even with your webcam using this practical tip.
- Awaken childhood memories with the "Kaleidoscope Effect Plugin".
- The print tool "PrintIt" effect extends your print options by functions such as print and margin size or placement of the graphic on paper. The effect is not achieved via the normal print menu, but via "Effects" -> "Tools" -> "Print It".
- The package "Ed Harvey Effects v 3.5" contains a whole range of exciting color, shape, texture and lens effects.
In further practical tips, we will give you help on sharpening the image, smoothing the edges, coloring hair and creating flames in Paint.NET and provide you with a comparison to Photoshop.