When you will SVG file, you will get an SVG Import pop-up as shown in the screenshot below. You can cross check support for opening SVG file by checking the file types from file uploading window as shown in the screenshot below. When you have completed all 4 steps, then you can open SVG file in Paint.NET. Note: If you have any other SVG file plugin installed, then remove them from Paint.NET>FileTypes> folder. Step 4: Copy OptionBasedLibrary vxxx.dlc and OptionBasedLibrary vxxx.dll files to Paint.NET main directory (xxx refers to version number it is 0.6 at time of writing of this tutorial). Step 3: From the extracted files, copy and to FileTypes folder available in Paint.NET installation directory of your system. Step 2: It will be downloaded in ZIP format. Step 1: Download ImSVG.FileType plugin for Paint.NET using the link given at end of this tutorial. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (over 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF. For following this tutorial, you will need ImSVG.FileType plugin for Paint.NET (see link below). In this tutorial, I have explained how to open SVG file in Paint.NET. The SVG file is a Scalable Vector Graphics file, which is not supported by Paint.NET. So, if you are a big fan of Paint.Net and want to work with SVG files, Paint.Net won’t be able to open SVG file by default. This tutorial explains how to open SVG file in Paint.NET.