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About this mod
A Paint.NET FileType plugin that supports BC7 and other modern DDS formats.
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This plugin allows Paint.NET to load and save DDS files that use BC7 and other modern DDS formats.
The plugin is bundled with Paint.NET, but if you need the features from a newer version you can still install the plugin into the Paint.NET FileTypes folder.
The installed plugin will override the bundled version if it has higher version number.
The plugin supports loading and saving DDS files that contain single images and cube maps, texture arrays and volume maps are not supported.
If the file contains mipmaps only the main image will be loaded, the plugin has the option to generate mipmaps when saving.
Supported DDS Formats
The plugin can read most DDS formats, but only the following formats are supported when saving:
Compressed:
Uncompressed:
Legacy DirectX 9:
Installation
The Paint.NET forum thread for the plugin: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/111731-dds-filetype-plus
Source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/0xC0000054/pdn-ddsfiletype-plus
The plugin uses a customized fork of the DirectXTex library: https://github.com/0xC0000054/DirectXTex/tree/pdn-customizations
The plugin is bundled with Paint.NET, but if you need the features from a newer version you can still install the plugin into the Paint.NET FileTypes folder.
The installed plugin will override the bundled version if it has higher version number.
The plugin supports loading and saving DDS files that contain single images and cube maps, texture arrays and volume maps are not supported.
If the file contains mipmaps only the main image will be loaded, the plugin has the option to generate mipmaps when saving.
Supported DDS Formats
The plugin can read most DDS formats, but only the following formats are supported when saving:
Compressed:
- BC1 (Linear and sRGB)
- BC2 (Linear and sRGB)
- BC3 (Linear and sRGB)
- BC4 (Unsigned)
- BC5 (Signed and Unsigned)
- BC6H (Unsigned 16-bit Float)
- BC7 (Linear and sRGB)
Uncompressed:
- R8G8B8A8 (Linear and sRGB)
- R8 (Unsigned)
- R8G8 (Signed and Unsigned)
- R32 (Float)
- B8G8R8A8 (Linear and sRGB)
- B8G8R8X8 (Linear and sRGB)
- B4G4R4A4
- B5G5R5A1
- B5G6R5
Legacy DirectX 9:
- R8G8B8X8
- B8G8R8
- ATI1 (BC4 Unsigned)
- ATI2 (BC5 Unsigned)
- RXGB (A BC3/DXT5 variant used for normal maps)
- DDS files that contain texture arrays or volume maps are not supported.
- Manually editing mipmaps is not supported, but the plugin can generate them when saving.
- You have to know the correct DDS format and options to use when saving an existing file, the plugin cannot automatically configure this information.
Installation
- Close Paint.NET.
- Place DdsFileTypePlus.dll, DdsFileTypePlusIO_ARM64.dll and DdsFileTypePlusIO_x64.dll into the Paint.NET FileTypes folder which is
usually located in one the following locations depending on the Paint.NET version you have installed.
Classic: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\FileTypes
Microsoft Store: Documents\paint.net App Files\FileTypes
Portable: <Paint.NET folder>\FileTypes
3. Restart Paint.NET
The Paint.NET forum thread for the plugin: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/111731-dds-filetype-plus
Source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/0xC0000054/pdn-ddsfiletype-plus
The plugin uses a customized fork of the DirectXTex library: https://github.com/0xC0000054/DirectXTex/tree/pdn-customizations