have all plugins I could find. from here and every external website, I could 'put my hands on'.
finally,
I've got this compatibility check for every 'Effect' (=plugin), so you can check down the list (whom ever you are..),
to find out what plugin (a.k.a DLL file) will not work in the new 3.5 beta 3 version (was out in oct, 12).
first of all- list of all dll files installed in effects folder:
AlignPlugin, Alpha-Displacement Mask, AlphaMaskBrush, Anaglyph, Bars, Borders N' Shapes, Boutons, Bullet, Burninate, Centerlines 2, Channels, CircleText, CodeLab, Color Match, ColorBalance, ColorModulo, ConditionalPen, CreateImageMap, CurtisBlack.Common, CurtisBlack.Effects, CurtisBlack.Resources, Curves+, CustomBrushesMini, CutoutEffect, DesktopBackgroundPreview, Displacement, Dissolve, DotAtCenter2, EdHarvey.Edfects.Common, EdHarvey.Effects, EditableText, EigenBlur, EOEffects, Feather, Film, FilmNoir, FindEdges, Fire, Flags, Flip, Frame, GaussianBlurPlus, GenTree, Gradient Bars, Gradient Blur, Gradient Mapping, Gravity, GridMaker, HexaGrid, ImageShackUpload, jchunn, Jitter, JPEGEffect, KaleidoGen, Kaleidoscope, LensFlare, LightRays, Lomography, Majority, Moire, MotionSharpen, Nebulous, NewtonFractal, Oblique, Olden, Outline Object, Outline, PageCurl, Panelling, Pastel, PDNWatermark, Perspective, Pixelate+, PixelatedFrame, Polar, Polygon, Polygones, PrimColOnly, PrinterPlus, pyrochild.effects.common, Radialcolors, RainbowTwist, Random Effect, Random lines, Random Maze1, Random Maze2, Random Shape Fill, random, Rosaces, RotateText, SBCommon, ScriptLab, SeamlessTextureMaker, SelectionTools, Shape3D, SinWaves, Smudge, Sparkles, Spiral, SpiralText, SpiroGraph, SpiroShapes, Splashes, Splatter, Stars, Steganography, Stitch, StockLibrary, Stretch, SubtleEffect, Texture, ThatOtherApp, ThreadsMarker, Tiles, TJacksonEffects, Transitional Brush, Transparency, TreeGen, TubeOblique, TwistZ, Vibrato, Volutes, WaterReflection, Waves, WetFloor, WhichSymbolPlus, XYCoords .
Next, The "What won't work with your 3.5b3" (using the error log):
1 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\CurtisBlack.Common.dll
Effect Name: PaintDotNet.IProgressEvents`1
Full error message: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'PaintDotNet.IProgressEvents`1' from assembly 'PaintDotNet.Base, Version=3.50.3572.37533, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
2 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\pyrochild.effects.common.dll
Effect Name: PaintDotNet.UserControl2
Full error message: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'PaintDotNet.UserControl2' from assembly 'PaintDotNet.Core, Version=3.50.3572.37540, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
3 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\pyrochild.effects.common.dll
Effect Name: PaintDotNet.SurfaceBoxGraphicsRenderer
Full error message: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'PaintDotNet.SurfaceBoxGraphicsRenderer' from assembly 'PaintDotNet.Core, Version=3.50.3572.37540, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
4 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\Curves+.dll
Effect Name: pyrochild.effects.curvesplus.CurvesPlus
Full error message: This plugin is incompatible with this version of Paint.NET.
5 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\EdHarvey.Effects.dll
Name: EdHarvey.Edfects.Effects.DentsWarpPlusEffect
Version: 3.36.3160.38013
Author: Ed Harvey
Copyright: Copyright © 2006-2008, Ed Harvey
Website: viewtopic.php?f=16
Full error message: This plugin is now built-in to Paint.NET.
6 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\EdHarvey.Effects.dll
Name: EdHarvey.Edfects.Effects.SurfaceBlurEffect
Version: 3.36.3160.38013
Author: Ed Harvey
Copyright: Copyright © 2006-2008, Ed Harvey
Website: viewtopic.php?f=16
Full error message: This plugin is now built-in to Paint.NET.
7 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\EdHarvey.Effects.dll
Name: EdHarvey.Edfects.Effects.CrystalizeEffect
Version: 3.36.3160.38013
Author: Ed Harvey
Copyright: Copyright © 2006-2008, Ed Harvey
Website: viewtopic.php?f=16
Full error message: This plugin is now built-in to Paint.NET.
8 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\EdHarvey.Effects.dll
Effect Name: EdHarvey.Edfects.Effects.LensBlurEffect
Full error message: This plugin is now built-in to Paint.NET.
9 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\EOEffects.dll
Effect Name: PaintDotNet.Effects.PDNOctagonal
Full error message: This plugin is known to cause stability problems.
10 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\Flags.dll
Effect Name: Flags.EffectPlugin
Full error message: This plugin is known to cause stability problems.
11 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\Gradient Mapping.dll
Effect Name: pyrochild.effects.gradientmapping.GradientMapping
Full error message: This plugin is incompatible with this version of Paint.NET.
12 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\Random Effect.dll
Effect Name: pyrochild.effects.randomeffect.RandomEffect
Full error message: This plugin is incompatible with this version of Paint.NET.
13 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\ScriptLab.dll
Effect Name: pyrochild.effects.scriptlab.ScriptLab
Full error message: This plugin is incompatible with this version of Paint.NET.
14 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\Smudge.dll
Effect Name: pyrochild.effects.smudge.Smudge
Full error message: This plugin is incompatible with this version of Paint.NET.
15 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\Splatter.dll
Effect Name: pyrochild.effects.splatter.Splatter
Full error message: This plugin is incompatible with this version of Paint.NET.
16 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\StockLibrary.dll
Effect Name: StockLibrary.EffectPlugin
Full error message: This plugin is known to cause stability problems.
17 of 17
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File: C:\Program Files\PaintNET\Effects\SubtleEffect.dll
Effect Name: EffectCaller.EffectPlugin
Full error message: This plugin is incompatible with this version of Paint.NET.
This log is basically notifying about problematic/incompatible or simply dlls that combined with the paint.net.
hope that would help developers & users.
Paint.Net rocks !!!