This plugin was built for the video games ArmA & DayZ. They use an image type called .paa and .pac. These files must be converted to .png usually before editing, with this plugin you can open the .paa and make edits. This removes one less step for modding.
Looking to contribute or add a feature? Feel free, this is open source!
https://github.com/PackJC/Paint.NET-PAA-PAC-Importer
Previously, I had made a post built with an older version of .NET and referencing third party libraries. I have now upgraded the project to .NET 7 and now reference Paint.NETs current libraries. I appreciate all of the advice regarding the old versions. The reason it was using an older version of .NET is because this is continued work from an old plugin. It was referencing 3rd party DLLs on nuget because 1: I added the first option when i searched for paint.net 2: it seemed to be the only that worked with the .net 4.7, I was dumb and didn't know i just had to make a new project and add the files.
OpenPAA.zip