Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Plugin for Paint.NET

This is a paint.net filetype plugin for loading SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) and its compressed variant SVGZ files. SVG files can be rendered as a flat image or each element/group on a separate layer. This plugin also provides basic image tracing (raster to vector conversion) functionality which works best with black and white drawings. You may export the tracing result as SVG or Paint.NET Shape.

Prerequisites

paint.net 5.0.9 or later

Download links

Here are the download links for latest release:

Installer1 (Recommended)	Manual Installation
💾 SvgFileTypePlugin_setup.exe	💾 SvgFileTypePlugin.zip

How to install

⚠️ Note: Before install make sure you don't have any other file type plugin installed handling the same file extensions: .svg, .svgz

👉 To automatically install the plugin perform the following steps:

• Make sure paint.net is not running.
• Download and run SvgFileTypePlugin_setup.exe
• Follow the steps of the setup wizard.

👉 To manually install the plugin perform the following steps:

• Make sure paint.net is not running.
• Download and extract SvgFileTypePlugin.zip
• If you're using Classic version of paint.net:
  • Copy the SvgFileTypePlugin folder into the <paint.net>\FileTypes directory (Default location is C:\Program Files\paint.net\FileTypes).
• If you're using Microsoft Store version of paint.net:
  • Copy the SvgFileTypePlugin folder into the <Documents>\paint.net App Files\FileTypes directory.
• Done. You may start paint.net.

Footnotes

1. The portable version of paint.net is not supported by the installer. ↩