Paint.NET v2.70
Released: August 2nd, 2006 - Download
This is a small interim release that includes many of the popular effect plugins we have written that users have enjoyed using with Paint.NET v2.6x. We have decided to release this as a ".1" update now so that more users may benefit from these plugins, as opposed to waiting until the final release of v3.0 to include them (which could be awhile).
With this release we have also refreshed Paint.NET's system requirements. We now list 256 MB as the minimum memory required instead of 128 MB. This is in line with what we have seen to be a more reasonable minimum system for using Paint.NET. Also, Windows XP users must now have SP2 installed (SP1 was required before), Windows 2000 users must have SP4 installed (SP3 was required before), and Windows Server 2003 users must have SP1 installed (no SP was required before).

New effect: Glow
New effect: Bulge
New effect: Polar Inversion
New effect: Tile Reflection
New effect: Twist

v2.72 Released: August  31st, 2006 - Download
This small release adds a new effect and fixes a few small bugs.

    * New effect: Zoom Blur
    * Fixed: DPI was not being saved or loaded correctly for file types other than PDN and JPEG
    * Fixed: Text Tool now works with Alt+#### special character entry without moving the cursor
    * Fixed: Loading PNG images with alpha was often resulting in incorrect, off-by-1 color values