would be nice if the upcoming Paint.NET 4.0 supported this technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Imaging_Component http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee719654(v=vs.85).aspx why? it will make it simple to officially support filetypes such as RAW using the codecs by the camera manufacturers note: most people will be sendt to the manufacturer to download the wic codec when viewing a raw picture in windows photo viewer Nikon RAW/NEF WIC Codec http://www.nikonimglib.com/nefcodec