Portable Document Format (PDF) Plugin for Paint.NET

This is a Paint.NET file type plugin for opening and saving Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
It also has ability to open Adobe® Illustrator® Artwork (AI) files saved with PDF compatibility option.

Compatible with Paint.NET 4.2.16 and later.

Download links

The easiest and recommended way to install the plugin is using the installer. It supports Store and Classic versions of Paint.NET.
If you're using the Portable version of Paint.NET please use the manual installation method.

Installer (Classic/Store)	Manual Installation (Portable)
PdfFileTypePlugin_setup.exe	PdfFileTypePlugin.zip

How to install

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

To auto install the plugin perform the following steps:

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

To manually install the plugin perform the following steps:

• Download and extract PdfFileTypePlugin.zip

• If you're using Paint.NET 4.3 or later:

  • If you're using Classic (All users) or Portable version of Paint.NET:
    • Put the PdfFileTypePlugin folder with its contents in the <Paint.NET>\FileTypes directory (default location is C:\Program Files\paint.net\FileTypes).
  • If you're using Classic (Just for yourself) or Store version:
    • Put the PdfFileTypePlugin folder with its contents in the <Documents>\paint.net App Files\FileTypes directory.

• If you're using Paint.NET 4.2.16:

  • If you're using Classic (All users):
    • Put the contents of PdfFileTypePlugin folder in the <Paint.NET>\FileTypes directory (default location is C:\Program Files\paint.net\FileTypes).
  • If you're using Classic (Just for yourself):
    • Put the contents of PdfFileTypePlugin folder in the <Documents>\paint.net App Files\FileTypes directory.

• Optional steps:

  • If you want to disable Save PDF functionality, create an empty text file named PdfFileType.DisableSave.txt in the same directory.
  • If you want to disable Adobe® Illustrator® Artwork (.ai) support, create an empty text file named PdfFileType.DisableAi.txt in the same directory.

• Restart Paint.NET.