olavrb 0 Report post Posted March 24 (edited) Would be cool if both the exe installer version and the Microsoft Store version of Paint.NET could use the codecs available in the Microsoft Store to open special image file types. This will mostly be decoding, AFAIK there is no encoder in these "codecs". Examples of codecs that would be relevant: AV1 Video Extensions https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9mvzqvxjbq9v HEIF Image Extensions https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9pmmsr1cgpwg HEVC Video Extensions (Software decoder for all hardware, $$$) https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nmzlz57r3t7 HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manfufacturer (Hardware decoder for supported hardware, free) https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9n4wgh0z6vhq RAW Image Extension https://microsoft.com/store/apps/9nctdw2w1bh8 WebP Image Extensions https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9pg2dk419drg Edited March 24 by olavrb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SodiumEnglish 35 Report post Posted March 24 I don't think the video codecs would be relevant for an image editor. The image extensions you have listed would be the ones to use: HEIF, RAW, WebP. As for plugins already existing, there are already user-made plugins for RAW and WebP that you can use for both classic and Windows Store versions: RAW WebP Though, I have no idea how easy or possible it would be use those Windows Store items and could still be an option. However, how many image extensions are available in the store? If there are enough it may make sense to try and support them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olavrb 0 Report post Posted March 24 (edited) 3 hours ago, SodiumEnglish said: I don't think the video codecs would be relevant for an image editor. The image extensions you have listed would be the ones to use: HEIF, RAW, WebP. As for plugins already existing, there are already user-made plugins for RAW and WebP that you can use for both classic and Windows Store versions: RAW WebP Though, I have no idea how easy or possible it would be use those Windows Store items and could still be an option. However, how many image extensions are available in the store? If there are enough it may make sense to try and support them. HEIF image extension uses the HEVC video extension for the actual decoding. I think AV1 video decoder will be used for AVIF aswell. HEIF and AVIF are only containers, HEVC and AV1 are the format/ codec they use (yes, HEIF can take many other formats aswell). I also know of the user-made ones. But support for using Microsoft Store codecs for special image format decoding would be much easier to implement for users not that tech savvy. Plus "normal" users don't need to export to webp, avif and other fancy formats, they'll just be happy if they can open and edit photos from their phone and internet. I'm realising that I'm generalising much here, but yeah. Edited March 24 by olavrb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick Brewster 1,303 Report post Posted March 24 Not a bad idea, although I'm not sure the Store plugins are necessary. I'm already planning an update with upgraded and expanded file type support, including HEIF and WEBP. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SodiumEnglish 35 Report post Posted March 24 I guess I don't know the codecs all too well, good points! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olavrb 0 Report post Posted Sunday at 09:46 AM (edited) New Paint.NET v4.2 uses HEVC video extension on Microsoft Store to encode and decode HEIC images containing HEVC. Neat Can the "free" version of the HEVC video extension (free because license is included in hardware) be used as well?https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9n4wgh0z6vhq Edited Sunday at 09:56 AM by olavrb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
