Paint.NET Plug-ins

You are able to add effects to Paint.NET. Here are some options that were found on the internet.

Simply save the file in your Paint.NET\Effects\ folder. Once you restart Paint.NET, you will see that the new effects are there.

AlignObject	This effect allows you to justify (left, right & center) an object on a layer or within a selection. It works in both the vertical and horizontal directions. The background has to be transparent for this to work.
AlphaMask	This effect allows you to create a mask using a PNG file that is saved on your hard drive.
Dents & Sphere	This file adds two effects. The dents effects allows you to add many little dents all over your picture resembling water’s surface. The sphere effect makes your image look like a sphere.
Shape3D	This effect allows you to make either a sphere, cube or cylinder our with your image. It has a abundance of options!
Water	This effect creates a water reflection of your image.
Frame	This effect allows you to add a picture frame around your image.
Steganography	This effect allows you to hide an image within another image (encode). It then allows you to reveal a hidden image (decode). Very neat!
Ed Harvey Pack File 1 File 2	This package contains various effects including Fragment, Dents, Solarize, Lens and much more. You need both files!
Gradient Bars	Makes an effect in your gradient.
Panelling	Allows one to move selections.
Sine Waves	Makes sine waves.
Grid Maker	Makes grids.
Gradient Mapping File 2 (needed)	Allows more customized gradients
MultiColorGradient	Create waves of different gradients with different colours!

Here are other effects that seem less useful or that don’t seem to work as well as one would like.

Toon	This effect converts a photo into a cartoon.