Paint

MS Paint is a simple image editor to offers all basic editing processes while working as a default utility on the Windows operating system. It offers multiple editing tools and a wide canvas to create your own image. It is a free-to-use and lightweight utility developed by Microsoft.

The simplicity of the app enables the users, even new learners, to easily start the creation and editing process, and avail awesome outputs within a few clicks. You can find all essential tools, including pencils, pre-defined shapes, text, font, brushes, and color palettes, on the intuitive interface.

What is Paint?

Paint, or commonly known as MS Paint, is a simple yet powerful image editor developed by Microsoft and has been included in Windows operating systems by default since 1985. In fact, it isn’t an advanced utility, as compared to other big wizards, but a must-have utility, and is used by millions of users across the world for personal and business activities. 

The software, with a simple and versatile interface, offers ground-breaking graphic creation as well as editing capabilities. It is integrated into all Windows versions and supports multiple formats for opening, adjusting, and saving your images. It is available in two types of modes: color mode and two-color mode.

MS Paint Features

Simple & Intuitive 

The app offers a simple and intuitive interface with straightforward access to image editing. The simplicity of the program proves to be the best choice for both the professional and the new learner as well. The layout has a minimal toolbar at the top of the screen that is embedded with multiple tasks, including cropping, resizing, and other essential tools. You can use brushes, erasers, and freehand drawing to create your own images. 

Seamless Adjustments

The app allows the users to make changes in the images reliably such as you can use increase as well decreasing the image size while using the Zoom feature. Use the Flip & Rotate feature to turn your image into different directions, and add colors to your image with the help of the “Fill with Color” feature, so you can select the Pencil icon and any color from the tool, and draw the image in your required color, and use brushstrokes in the specific colors 

Add Text

Adding text to your images is another key feature of the app. You can select text size, font, and other formalities more reliably. Moreover, you can also change the color of your text using the Fill to Color feature. It helps you to enhance your image while adding the text in a color that better suits your image.

Paint 3D

Microsoft also introduced a 3D painting feature within Windows 10, which allows users to manage their image editing and create their masterpiece while using 3D Paint. It was decided by Microsoft that Paint was removed from Windows permanently in the 90s, and it will be part of Windows Store products. But the decision was postponed, and Paint is still part of the Windows operating system.

Multi-format Integration

The support of a wide variety of formats, such as Windows Bitmap (BMP), JPEG, PNG, GIF, and TIFF, and the app also facilitates connecting a scanner for digitizing your images for editing in MS Paint, and you can also use external cameras to capture images for editing. Moreover, the addition of a facelift to MS Paint by Microsoft for Windows 11 is another key feature to make the Paint modern. 

Pre-defined Shapes

 You will find pre-defined shapes of all types, such as circle, triangle, rectangular, etc, and other objects for your ease to select, and create your own images. An external stylus tool is also compatible for your ease to create pixel art, edit your screenshot, and multiple others.

Cross-platform Compatibility

Paint is basically designed for the Windows operating system, which offers awesome versatility for Windows users. The flexibility and versatility offered by the app offer seamless compatibility for Windows versions up to Windows 11 version 22000.0 or higher. It is also integrated with x64 and Arm64 architectures. 

Accurate & Perfect

The software offers multiple awesome tools to make your workflow accurate and perfect. The crop tool helps to cut extra parts of your screenshot. The app also includes rulers and gridlines to make your perfection awesome, as it will enhance the quality and accuracy of your images. However, the removal of color modes in “Image Properties” has dissatisfied the users who depend on the feature for perfection, and the addition of some unnecessary artifacts is also another frustrating issue to get a more polished piece. 

Web Browser Integration

The software is a perfect pair not only for the Windows operating system, but also integrated with multiple major web browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, and so on. The support of web browsers for SVG enables users to open and edit SVG files as well. 

Pros

• Offers all basic editing tools, including cropping, rotating, Redo, Undo, etc
• Compatible with all Windows operating systems
• Simple to use interface with a toolbar
• Integrated into various types of formats
• Support multiple web browsers

Cons

• Lack of advanced editing tools
• Filters and effects aren’t available