pdn-ddsfiletype-plus

A Paint.NET filetype plugin that adds support for some of the DDS formats introduced in DirectX 10 and later.

This plugin is bundled with Paint.NET 4.2.2 and later.

If you need the features from a newer version you can still install the plugin.
The plugin will override the bundled version if it has higher version number.

Installing the plugin

1. Close Paint.NET.
2. Place DdsFileTypePlus.dll, DdsFileTypePlusIO_ARM64.dll, DdsFileTypePlusIO_x86.dll and DdsFileTypePlusIO_x64.dll in the Paint.NET FileTypes folder which is usually located in one the following locations depending on the Paint.NET version you have installed.

3. Restart Paint.NET.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT License.
See License.txt for more information.

Source code

Prerequsites

• Visual Studio 2022
• Paint.NET 4.3.7 or later

Building the plugin

• Open the solution
• Change the PaintDotNet references in the DDSFileTypePlus project to match your Paint.NET install location
• Update the post build events to copy the build output to the Paint.NET FileTypes folder
• Build the solution

3rd Party Code

This project utilizes the following code (located under 3rdParty folder)

• DirectXTex (March 24, 2022 release)