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Paint.NET Studio Deck

Paint.NET puts several tools behind one letter key, so landing on the one you want takes however many presses it takes. Selecting through the app's own accessibility interface means the key you press is the tool you get.

71commands
9categories
6dials
6bundled profiles

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What it does

Nineteen tool keys that select through Paint.NET's accessibility interface rather than its cycle keys, so a key always lands the tool on its label.
Brush size and the primary color are written through Paint.NET's own accessibility surface and read back, so the dial moves the value the app is actually holding.
The touch screens show what Paint.NET reports: the live tool name, brush size in pixels, the real zoom level, the exact hex of the primary color, and whether undo, redo and layer moves are available right now.
The Stream Deck + XL profile opens on a tool bar hub with all nineteen tools across the six screens, category jump keys and a twenty-key number pad on the keys.
Six bundled profiles, one per deck, with Easy Link built in.

What you need

Windows 10 or later, Stream Deck software 6.9 or newer, and Paint.NET 5.1.12, the classic desktop edition from getpaint.net.

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Good to know

Built for Paint.NET 5.1.12, the classic desktop edition from getpaint.net, on Windows 10 and 11. Requires the Windows Stream Deck app 6.9 or later. Profiles are bundled for six decks: the 15-key Stream Deck, the Stream Deck +, the Stream Deck + XL, the 32-key Stream Deck XL, the Mini, and the Neo.
Exact tool selection needs Paint.NET's Tools panel open. With it hidden, five of the nineteen tool keys say so rather than guessing, the other fourteen fall back to their plain keyboard shortcut, and the Tool Cycle dial face goes blank because the tool is genuinely unknown.
The Primary Color dial needs the Colors window open, and the Brush Size dial only acts while a brush-family tool is active. In both cases the dial says so and changes nothing, rather than writing a value blind.
A blank dial face means not readable, never zero. That is a non-brush tool, a hidden Tools panel, or Paint.NET closed or sitting in a modal. The first face after a profile switch can also take a beat to populate.

True of every plugin we make

Every key ships with the app's stock default shortcut, and every key is remappable. Type your combination into the property inspector or click Capture and press it once.
Keystrokes go to the active window. The plugin never steals focus or targets a window, so keep the target app in front when you press.
Every command has its own drawn key art, so the deck reads at a glance instead of listing shortcuts.

Read the full quick fixes, or see this plugin on the support hub.

Still stuck? Email [email protected] with the plugin name, your Stream Deck software version, and what you pressed versus what happened. A human answers.