Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Plugin for Paint.NET

This is a Paint.NET filetype plugin for loading SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) and its compressed variant SVGZ files. SVG elements can be rendered as a flat image file or each on a separate layer.

The plugin is a wrapper around the SVG.NET Library which does the actual SVG reading.

Tested on Paint.NET v4.2.16 & Paint.NET v4.3.2.

Download links

Here are the download links for latest release:

How to install

🔴 Note: Before install make sure you don't have any other file type plugin installed handling the same file types as this plugin.

To auto install (recommended) the plugin perform the following steps:

• Download and run SvgFileTypePlugin_setup.exe
• Follow the steps of the setup wizard.

To manually install the plugin perform the following steps:

• Download and extract SvgFileTypePlugin.zip
• If you're using Paint.NET 4.3 or later:
  • If you're using Classic version of Paint.NET:
    • Copy the SvgFileTypePlugin folder with its contents to the <Paint.NET>\FileTypes directory (default location is C:\Program Files\paint.net\FileTypes).
  • If you're using Microsoft Store version of Paint.NET:
    • Copy the SvgFileTypePlugin folder with its contents to the <Documents>\paint.net App Files\FileTypes directory.
• If you're using Paint.NET 4.2:
  • If you're using Classic version of Paint.NET:
    • Copy the contents of SvgFileTypePlugin folder to the <Paint.NET>\FileTypes directory (default location is C:\Program Files\paint.net\FileTypes).
  • If you're using Microsoft Store version of Paint.NET:
    • Copy the contents of SvgFileTypePlugin folder to the <Documents>\paint.net App Files\FileTypes directory.
• Restart Paint.NET.