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Rick Brewster

@rickbrew.bsky.social
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I'm Rick Brewster, author of Paint​.NET! I'll be tweeting about .NET, C#, Paint​.NET, graphics, Windows things. paint.net

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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The first beta for Paint​.NET v5.2 is now available! There's a few small additions and some bug fixes since the last alpha build. Check it out 😊 forums.paint.net/topic/134583...
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Paint.NET 5.2 Beta (build 9762)
Welcome to the first beta for the 5.2 update! This new version has new effects and also has a big focus on performance, quality-of-life, and infrastructure improvements which prepare for the big 6.0 v...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Alright everyone, message received. I was not expecting this response, I honestly had no idea before I made the post Like I said, the code is experimental. A proof of concept showing that PDN-on-WINE is possible. It's not finished. I can literally just delete it. It won't be part of the next build.
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A new alpha of Paint​.NET 5.2 is now available, build 9719, and has 8 new effects along with some bug fixes. Check it out! forums.paint.net/topic/134545...
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Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9719)
This new alpha build introduces 8 new effects, fixes some crashes and other glitches, fixes compatibility with some old plugins, and adds some debugging options to assist with the WINE effort. You can...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I just pushed a new alpha build for Paint​.NET 5.2! This is the build that adds support for CICP metadata and HDR->SDR tone mapping when opening HDR images of a supported type (AVIF, HEIC, JPEG XL, JPEG XR, PNG) forums.paint.net/topic/134511...
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Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9688)
This new alpha build has a quality of life improvement for the Move tools, support for CICP metadata, and good quality HDR->SDR tone mapping when opening HDR images with supported file types (includin...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Some new functionality I'm adding for the upcoming paint.net v5.2 release, which will be in the next alpha build: - CICP metadata support - HDR -> SDR tone mapping support when loading images
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Paint.NET - Free Software for Digital Photo Editing
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows.
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I GOT THE DOMAIN! I FINALLY GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!1 🥳🎉 Paint​.NET is now at paint.net! Well, it will be just as soon as I push all the buttons to migrate content and set up redirects from getpaint​.net etc. For now it's just a "hey go here" redirect page.
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The first public alpha of Paint​.NET v5.2 is now available! Lots of performance and quality-of-life improvements, and some major infrastructure upgrades that are laying the groundwork for v6.0. Enjoy! 😊 forums.getpaint.net/topic/134381...
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Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9625)
Welcome to the first alpha for the 5.2 update! This new version is focused on performance, quality-of-life, and infrastructure improvements which prepare for the big 6.0 version that will be coming la...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Paint​.NET 5.1.12 is now available! This is a small update that adds a new translation (Kazakh) and updates the bundled DDS and JPEG XL plugins to their latest versions. forums.getpaint.net/topic/134336...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Paint​.NET 5.1.11 is now available! This is a hotfix for the just-released 5.1.10 to fix the new IDxgiAdapterService2 that didn't land correctly for some reason. forums.getpaint.net/topic/134168...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Paint​.NET 5.1.10 is now available! Just a few bug fixes, a new translation (Romanian), and updates to the bundled FileType plugins (AVIF, JPEG XL, and WebP). Enjoy! forums.getpaint.net/topic/134166...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Paint​.NET 5.1.9 is now available! This is mostly a maintenance release with some important bug fixes, but it also adds a new Bulgarian translation. Enjoy! forums.getpaint.net/topic/133998...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Paint​.NET 5.1.8 is now available. This is mostly a maintenance release that fixes some bugs and updates the bundled DDS FileType plugin. forums.getpaint.net/topic/133570...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Paint​.NET 5.1.7 is now available. It's a hotfix for brush rendering to not occasionally have segments that are drawn twice. forums.getpaint.net/topic/133433...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
For the rest of March, Paint​.NET is on sale on the Microsoft Store for $9.99 instead of the usual price of $14.99 😁 Buying it on the Store is a great way to help fund development of the app, and you also get automatic updates. No more update prompts! www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/pain...
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Paint.NET - Download and install on Windows | Microsoft Store
Paint.NET® is image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide var...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Paint​.NET 5.1.6 is now available. It's hotfix for a memory leak, and for a crash on ARM64 with the bundled JpegXLFileType plugin. forums.getpaint.net/topic/133399...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Paint​.NET 5.1.5 is now available! JPEG XL (*.jxl) support has been added, quantization color quality has been improved, and AVIF HDR->SDR tone mapping is also improved. forums.getpaint.net/topic/133399...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I just pushed out a beta for Paint​.NET 5.1.5 -- this update includes JPEG XL (*.jxl) support, quality improvements for quantization and for AVIF HDR image loading, and of course some more bug fixes. Check it out! forums.getpaint.net/topic/133371...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Paint​.NET 5.1.4 is now available! This update is mostly a hotfix that fixes installation on Windows Server systems. forums.getpaint.net/topic/133318...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Paint​.NET 5.1.3 is now available! Lots of small improvements and bug fixes in this release. forums.getpaint.net/topic/133303...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I just posted a beta for Paint​.NET v5.1.3 -- this update has a whole bunch of general improvements, performance optimizations, and bug fixes. Check it out! forums.getpaint.net/topic/133299...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Paint​.NET 5.1.2 is now available! Fixed some more bugs, particularly the flickering and mouse trails caused by NVIDIA's "Fast VSync" option. forums.getpaint.net/topic/133147...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
If you're getting black and white flickery/glitchy artifacts in Paint​.NET since version 5.1, I finally figured it out: TURN OFF NVIDIA'S "FAST VSYNC" This isn't a PDN bug, it's just NVIDIA giving everyone a footgun that sounds really cool. Apparently it's a nasty hack.
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Paint​.NET 5.1.1 is now available! Mostly bug fixes from 5.1, including workarounds for a crash and hang caused by Sentinel One (enterprise AV), and display issues on some NVIDIA GPUs w/ VRR displays. Also added a Fill option to Image->Canvas Size. forums.getpaint.net/topic/132777...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
If you've been experiencing crashes, screen blanking, or visual artifacts with Paint​.NET 5.1, please try the 5.1.1 Beta (build 9102) that I've posted: forums.getpaint.net/topic/132717...
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Paint.NET 5.1.1 Beta (build 9102)
This beta build has some more fixes, particularly for systems with NVIDIA GSYNC enabled. Change Log Changes since 5.1.1 Beta (build 9098): Fixed Edit->Cut and Edit->Crop to Selection not zeroing out t...
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Rick Brewster @rickbrew.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Looks like I'm on Bluesky now too 👍
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