Change history

• Version 5.0.5 was released on March 23, 2024
  Fix a bug in the Make Color transparent adjustment.
• Version 5.0.4 was released on March 18, 2024
  Performance improvements in the DropShadow effect and Make Color transparent adjustment.
  Added a circular mode to the Fade Edge effect.
  Improved compatibility with portable Paint.NET installations.
• Version 5.0.3 was released on August 27, 2023
  Significant performance improvements in the DropShadow effect.
• Version 5.0.2 was released on April 22, 2023
  All effects and adjustments have significant performance improvements.
• Version 5.0.1 was released on January 22, 2023
  Two new adjustments have been added: Monochrome Recolor and Duotone Recolor.
  Drop Shadow is faster, and now supports widening and blur up to 120 pixels.
  A few minor bugs have been fixed, and all effects have been updated for Paint.net 5.0.
• Version 4.3.3 was released on June 6, 2022
  Drop Shadow has been completely rewritten and is a lot faster than the previous version.
  Some other effects have minor performance improvements as well.
• Version 4.3.2 was released on March 19, 2022.
  Version 4.3.2 brings new performance improvements in all effects.
  Drop Shadow is up to 8 times faster than the previous version, depending on hardware and image characteristics. It now supports widening and blur up to 100 pixels wide.
  
• Version 4.3.1 was released on February 12, 2022.
  Version 4.3.1 is again a lot faster than previous versions.
  All effects benefit from the optimizations, especially Drop Shadow, which now supports wider shadows.
  The Gradient effect (in the Render effect menu) has been improved and now supports transparency.
  
• Version 4.3 was released on January 20, 2022.
  Version 4.3 adds a new adjustment: Make Color Transparent.
  All effects have been optimized and have significant speed improvements.
  Version 4.3 now also supports the Windows Store version of Paint.NET.