midora Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) 'PNG Animations and Images' FileType Plugin (.PNG, .APNG) Download Find the latest version of the plugin here: ImAPNG.FileType v1.4.zip [2022-01-07] Thumbnail support for .apng file type: ImAPNG.Thumbnail v1.0.zip [2022-01-07] ImXYZ.Thumbnail.dll Installer for ImAPNG.Thumbnail: See 'GIF Animations and Images' FileType Plugin Summary Loads and saves[not supported] PNG animations and images. Animated images contain a sequence of images called frames which a viewer application can show as an animation. Because paint.net decides on the file extension which file loader will be used you have to change the extension of the PNG file to .apng. On load the plugin loads all frames from the file and adds them as layers to a new Paint.NET document. Frame 1 will become the bottom layer and so on. Some information from the file (like frame durations or comments) will be stored in the layer names after the marker '//'. [not supported] On save the plugin will convert all layers to frames respecting the information found after the marker '//' in the layer names. The plugin does its best to reduce the size of the final file. The size depends on various settings. See also 'GIF Animations and Images' FileType Plugin 'WEBP Animations and Images' FileType Plugin Author / Copyright Martin Osieka 2015-2022, Martin Osieka, Switzerland You may use this plugin together with Paint.NET w/o any restriction. Installation Follow the instructions carefully Unzip the archive Copy the folder ImAPNG.FileType together with its content (ImAPNG.FileType.dll/.dlc/.deps.json) into the FileTypes folder of paint.net. The location of the FileTypes folder depends on the installed variant of paint.net. To verify the installation you should restart Paint.NET and check that in the filetype popup of the open file selector dialog is an entry starting with APNG. Compatibility paint.net >= 4.3.2, 64bit and 32bit Supported languages English, Deutsch You may add your own translation to the .dlc file. Keywords FileType, PNG, APNG, Animated PNG, Animation History 1.4 [2022-01-07] Updated to libpng 1.6.37 Requires paint.net >= 4.3.2 0.3 [2015-04-06] (12218 downöoads) First public test release Only loading is supported. The plugin uses an unmanaged dll based on libpng with apng patch plus modifications. There is a variant for 32-bit and 64-bit environments. Edited January 16, 2022 by midora 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 Finally moved the plugin from the 'Plugin Developer's Central/Animated Images' to the 'FileType Plugins' section 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGrey Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Not working. There is no ".apng" format availalbe. I have tried putting the files into the Effects folder directly as well as into Effects/ImAGIF.Examples v1.0 Paint.Net version 4.3.10 (no updates are available, even after enabled pre-release and re-checking). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 You have to copy the files into the FileTypes folder and not into the Effects folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDutchJewel Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I tried to use the latest version of this filetype plugin in paint.net v4.3.12. I copied the folder ImAPNG.FileType together with its content into the FileTypes folder of paint.net and started paint.net. 'APNG - PNG Animations and Images (*.png; *.apng)' is availble as an entry in the open file selector dialog: but no in the save as file selector dialog: Am I overlooking something? Quote thedutchjewel.freehostia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null54 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 47 minutes ago, TheDutchJewel said: Am I overlooking something? From the first post in the thread it appears that saving is not supported. On 1/7/2022 at 3:25 PM, midora said: saves[not supported] 1 Quote Plugin Pack | PSFilterPdn | Content Aware Fill | G'MIC | Paint Shop Pro Filetype | RAW Filetype | WebP Filetype The small increase in performance you get coding in C++ over C# is hardly enough to offset the headache of coding in the C++ language. ~BoltBait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 @TheDutchJewel Save as .png, then rename the file extension to .apng. 🙂 Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDutchJewel Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 38 minutes ago, lynxster4 said: @TheDutchJewel Save as .png, then rename the file extension to .apng. 🙂 The idea of an .apng is that each image is saved in a separate layer. When saving as .png, all the layers are merged, and so it is no longer an animated image. Quote thedutchjewel.freehostia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 This is how I see the use of .apng: When you want to save a GIF from the web, you copy the GIF address using "SAVE AS" and select "All Files" in the Save As type. Then you append to it .apng and save it. Open Paint.net and navigate to where you saved it (most times it's a blank image) and open it in Paint.net. All the layers of the Gif will then appear. But, you won't save it as a .png - unless you want to save all the layers. To finish the Animated Gif you will choose Save As AGIF. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDutchJewel Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I know it is possible to make an animated image with GIF and WEBP, but I wanted to make an animated image in the same quality from a number of screenshots in .png format. I thought I had found a paint.net plugin that made that possible but it turns out that it can't be done. Therefore I did it withAPNG Assembler. Quote thedutchjewel.freehostia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 4 hours ago, TheDutchJewel said: I thought I had found a paint.net plugin that made that possible But you can make a GIF with .png. Here is a video of How To: Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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