# Paint.NET changelog

> Image and photo editing software for Windows.

- Vendor: dotPDN LLC
- Category: Design Tools
- Official site: https://paint.net
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/paint-net)
- Harvested from: Blog (https://blog.paint.net/category/update-news/feed/)
- Entries below: 10 (newest first)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

## Releases

### Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9688)

- Date: 2026-07-11
- Original notes: https://blog.paint.net/2026/07/10/paint-net-5-2-alpha-build-9688/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/paint-net/releases/feed-http-rickbrewster.wordpress.com-p-1242

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…

- **added** — Support for CICP metadata
- **added** — HDR to SDR tone mapping when opening HDR images with supported file types
- **changed** — Move tools improved with quality of life enhancements

### Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9650)

- Date: 2026-06-03
- Original notes: https://blog.paint.net/2026/06/03/paint-net-5-2-alpha-build-9650/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/paint-net/releases/feed-http-rickbrewster.wordpress.com-p-1237

​ This is an updated alpha build for 5.2 that fixes some more bugs and crashes. You can read more about 5.2 and what it includes by reading the release notes for the first alpha. Change Log Changes si…

- **fixed** — Fixed bugs and crashes in the alpha build

### Paint.NET 5.2 Alpha (build 9641)

- Date: 2026-05-25
- Original notes: https://blog.paint.net/2026/05/25/paint-net-5-2-alpha-build-9641/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/paint-net/releases/feed-http-rickbrewster.wordpress.com-p-1232

​ This is an updated alpha build for 5.2 that fixes a handful of issues and crashes. You can read more about 5.2 and what it includes by reading the release notes for the first alpha. Change Log Chang…

### Paint.NET 5.1.12 is now available

- Date: 2026-03-08
- Original notes: https://blog.paint.net/2026/03/08/paint-net-5-1-12-is-now-available/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/paint-net/releases/feed-http-rickbrewster.wordpress.com-p-1226

This is a small update that adds a new translation (Kazakh) and updates the bundled DDS and JPEG XL FileType plugins to their latest versions. Get the Update There are two releases of Paint.NET: Micro…

### Paint.NET 5.1.11 is now available

- Date: 2025-11-10
- Original notes: https://blog.paint.net/2025/11/09/paint-net-5-1-11-is-now-available/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/paint-net/releases/feed-http-rickbrewster.wordpress.com-p-1223

This is a hotfix for 5.1.10 that fixes the DxgiAdapterService, which is used by plugins that initialize DirectX using their own interop. The 5.1.10 update was a maintenance release that added a Romani…

### Paint.NET 5.1.10 is now available

- Date: 2025-11-09
- Original notes: https://blog.paint.net/2025/11/09/paint-net-5-1-10-is-now-available/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/paint-net/releases/feed-http-rickbrewster.wordpress.com-p-1221

This is a maintenance release that adds a Romanian translation, fixes some important bugs, and updates the bundled FileType plugins. Get the Update There are two releases of Paint.NET: Microsoft Store…

### Paint.NET 5.1.9 is now available

- Date: 2025-07-31
- Original notes: https://blog.paint.net/2025/07/31/paint-net-5-1-9-is-now-available/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/paint-net/releases/feed-http-rickbrewster.wordpress.com-p-1219

This is a maintenance release that adds a Bulgarian translation and fixes some important bugs. Get the Update There are two releases of Paint.NET: Microsoft Store release (recommended) You can purchas…

### Paint.NET 5.1.8 is now available

- Date: 2025-05-20
- Original notes: https://blog.paint.net/2025/05/19/paint-net-5-1-8-is-now-available/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/paint-net/releases/feed-http-rickbrewster.wordpress.com-p-1217

This is a simple maintenance release that mostly fixes a few small bugs, and updates the bundled DDS FileType plugin. Get the Update There are two releases of Paint.NET: Microsoft Store release (recom…

### Paint.NET 5.1.7 is now available

- Date: 2025-03-22
- Original notes: https://blog.paint.net/2025/03/22/paint-net-5-1-7-is-now-available/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/paint-net/releases/feed-http-rickbrewster.wordpress.com-p-1215

This is a hotfix for brush rendering to not occasionally have segments that are drawn twice. The 5.1.6 update was a hotfix for a memory leak, and also updated the bundled JPEG XL plugin to fix a crash…

### Paint.NET 5.1.6 is now available

- Date: 2025-03-13
- Original notes: https://blog.paint.net/2025/03/13/paint-net-5-1-6-is-now-available/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/paint-net/releases/feed-http-rickbrewster.wordpress.com-p-1213

This is a hotfix for 5.1.5 that fixes a memory leak, and also updates the bundled JPEG XL plugin to fix a crash on ARM64. The 5.1.5 update added JPEG XL (*.jxl) support, improved quantization color qu…