Plugins don't work following upgrade to 4.0.12 (help)

[joylynn68]

helppppp my paint.net upgraded to 4.0.12 and now none of my plugin work. did this happen to anyone eles

[MJW]

When you say none of your plugins work, do you mean they no longer show up in the menus? they show up, but when you attempt to select them, they don't run? or they run, but they don't do the correct things? Also, when you say "none," do you mean that literally? That not a single one of the plugins now works? You need to be more specific

 

Speaking of specific, please change the thread title to something more descriptive. You're violating forum rule 6:

 

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[joylynn68]

they show up but none of them work at all i can't even make a pic B&W

[MJW]

Have you tried more than once; that is, closed down PDN and rerun it? The most common causes of something like that are having the wrong layer active, or having a selection (often a tiny one) so the effect doesn't change most of the visible pixels.  If you run an effect with a menu, does the menu appear? Also, when you say the plugins don't work, does that include the built-in effects? You say you can't make a picture black and white. The "Black and White" adjustment is built in to PDN, not a plugin.

[joylynn68]

i tryed everything i could think of and nothing is working about about to delete it and try to start all over

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Hi Joylynn68 - Welcome to the forum

 

First try to update to 4.0.13. It's the latest release.

 

Here's a list of all the incompatible plugins: 

 

If you find any - delete them. Then seek out the replacement if there is one.

 

Note: one of the biggest problems with incompatible plugins is users mistakenly installing garbage like the Megalo pack. If you did that then you need to read this:

 

I've edited this thread title for you. Please make thread title descriptive so others can use them to search the forum more effectively. Thanks

[Rick Brewster]

There were a few plugins that were broken in 4.0.11 and 4.0.12 and which should now work in 4.0.13.

 

However, those plugins were already obsolete and had updates, so really you should update the plugins.

 

The affected plugins (that I know of) were the PSD file format plugin, and at least 1 of pyrochild's popular plugins.