dotPDN LLC

dotPDN LLC is the small, privately held company best known as the developer and steward of Paint.NET, a popular image- and photo-editing application for Microsoft Windows. Paint.NET began as a small project by lead developer Rick Brewster and over time evolved into a full-featured, lightweight graphics editor that supports layers, a variety of selection and drawing tools, adjustments, effects, and an extensible plugin architecture. The application is widely used as a free alternative to more complex editors for many everyday image-editing tasks.

The company maintains the official website (getpaint.net), the user forums and a plugin ecosystem where third-party developers share effects and utilities that extend the core product. dotPDN releases periodic updates to Paint.NET and distributes installers directly from its site; the product is targeted at casual and power users on Windows. While Paint.NET has roots in community-driven development, its current distribution model is centered o...