Dark Zarosia Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Hey, I'm new to Paint.NET and I see a bunch of cool plugins around here. I've downloaded a few that are already in the .dll form, but most come in the .zip form. I have no clue how to unzip these... I really wish I did, there's some epic looking stuff out there! Anyways, the question is how do I unzip the plugins and download them succesfuly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonlychad Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 There are many ways to conquer this task of which you speak. To clarify it would help if you said what version of windows you are using. If you have windows vista it has its own built in unzipper that handles .zip extension files. If you have windows xp you will have to find a unzipper program. I suggest winrar but it has a 40 day free trial and you would have to purchase a license after the 40 days to continue using the program. Here is a good start to find a program to unzip the plugins Click here! After you unzip your files you must put them in the effects folder in your paint.net program files. This is how you get to the program files for paint.net Step 1 open my computer step 2 click on local disk C: step 3 click on program files step 4 click on paint.net step 5 click on the effects folder To install the effect copy it to the effects folder. Quote "Clearly it's a very serious and literal meaning. If you're not solving physics equations then get off my lawn!-Rick Brewster Paint.net Lead Developer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 A free open-source zip utility. http://www.7-zip.org/download.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 I'm pretty sure XP has the Windows Extraction wizard built in as well - every version of XP I've ever used has had it. Right-click on the ZIPped folder, and you should see "Extract All..." in the list there. If you do have to go with a third-party archive management utility, I wholeheartedly second Sarkut's suggestion of 7-Zip - I've been using it for years, and it's brilliant. Nothing against WinRAR, of course, but 7-Zip is legally free forever, and it can handle decompression of a myriad of archive formats, including ZIP, GZIP, RAR, and TAR. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Here is a good start to find a program to unzip the plugins Click here! I'd be careful though, because a few of the top results don't score well with WOT and SiteAdvisor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Zarosia Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 Awesome! I downloaded a few just now, and it worked perfectly. Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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