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interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malov%C3%A1n%C3%AD_(Windows)" title="Malování (Windows) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Malování (Windows)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_(programm)" title="Paint (programm) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Paint (programm)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA" title="پینت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پینت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%B8%EB%A6%BC%ED%8C%90" title="그림판 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="그림판" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F" title="माइक्रोसॉफ्ट पेंट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="माइक्रोसॉफ्ट पेंट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint" title="Paint – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Paint" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8_(%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%94)" title="צייר (תוכנה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="צייר (תוכנה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pih mw-list-item"><a href="https://pih.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Norfuk / Pitkern" lang="pih" hreflang="pih" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Norfuk / Pitkern" data-language-local-name="Norfuk / Pitkern" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norfuk / Pitkern</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Microsoft Paint" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" 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4 months ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2024-06-25</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/IA-32" title="IA-32">IA-32</a>, <a href="/wiki/X86-64" title="X86-64">x86-64</a>, and <a href="/wiki/ARM_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="ARM architecture">ARM</a> (historically <a href="/wiki/Itanium" title="Itanium">Itanium</a>, <a href="/wiki/DEC_Alpha" title="DEC Alpha">DEC Alpha</a>, <a href="/wiki/MIPS_architecture" title="MIPS architecture">MIPS</a>, and <a href="/wiki/PowerPC" title="PowerPC">PowerPC</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Included with</th><td class="infobox-data">All <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> versions</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raster_graphics_editor" title="Raster graphics editor">Raster graphics editor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://microsoft.com/windows/paint">microsoft<wbr />.com<wbr />/windows<wbr />/paint</a></span> <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334046?uselang=en#P856" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Microsoft Paint</b> (commonly known as <b>MS Paint</b> or <b>Paint</b> for short) is a simple <a href="/wiki/Raster_graphics_editor" title="Raster graphics editor">raster graphics editor</a> that has been included with all versions of <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>. The program opens, modifies and saves image files in <a href="/wiki/BMP_file_format" title="BMP file format">Windows bitmap</a> (BMP), <a href="/wiki/JPEG" title="JPEG">JPEG</a>, <a href="/wiki/GIF" title="GIF">GIF</a>, <a href="/wiki/PNG" title="PNG">PNG</a>, and single-page <a href="/wiki/TIFF" title="TIFF">TIFF</a> formats. The program can be in color mode or two-color <a href="/wiki/Black-and-white" title="Black-and-white">black-and-white</a>, but there is no <a href="/wiki/Grayscale" title="Grayscale">grayscale</a> mode. For its simplicity and wide availability, it rapidly became one of the most used Windows applications, introducing many to painting on a <a href="/wiki/Computer" title="Computer">computer</a> for the first time. </p><p>In July 2017, Microsoft added Paint to the list of deprecated features of <a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a> and announced that it had become a free standalone <a href="/wiki/Application_software" title="Application software">application</a> in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Store" title="Microsoft Store">Microsoft Store</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Paint_3D" title="Paint 3D">Paint 3D</a> as its replacement. However, as a result of public demand from users, Paint has continued to be included with Windows 10 and even <a href="/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11">Windows 11</a>, with Microsoft instead deprecating Paint 3D. Windows 11 also includes an updated version of Paint in later versions that added, among others updates, a revamped UI and dark mode support.<sup id="cite_ref-darkmode_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-darkmode-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Paint&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paint was initially programmed, licensed and adapted from <a href="/wiki/PC_Paintbrush" title="PC Paintbrush">PC Paintbrush</a> made by ZSoft, by Dan McCabe at Microsoft for <a href="/wiki/Windows_1.0" title="Windows 1.0">Windows 1.0</a>, released in late 1985. PC Paintbrush had been previously licensed and published with the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Mouse" title="Microsoft Mouse">Microsoft Mouse</a> DOS drivers from version 4 (circa 1985), to compete with <a href="/wiki/Mouse_Systems" title="Mouse Systems">Mouse Systems</a> publishing <a href="/wiki/PCPaint" title="PCPaint">PCPaint</a> with its own mice in 1984. PC Paintbrush’s inclusion in version 4 of the DOS drivers replaced the previously included Microsoft bitmap color editing application “Doodle,” released in 1983 with the first version of the Microsoft Mouse drivers. With improved functionality over Doodle, it competed successfully against PCPaint and Mouse Systems. Paint included with the first version of Windows, <a href="/wiki/Windows_1.0" title="Windows 1.0">Windows 1.0</a> in November 1985, had 24 tools and could read and write files in the proprietary "MSP" format drawn in monochrome graphics. Aside from "pencil" and "shape" tools and a brush that draws in 24 "brush shapes and patterns", the toolset also contained two features unique for the time: one the ability to draw <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9zier_curve" title="Bézier curve">Bézier curves</a> and the other that forces lines to be drawn on three angles to create an <a href="/wiki/Isometric_projection" title="Isometric projection">isometric</a> three-quarter perspective.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Paint was later superseded by Paintbrush in <a href="/wiki/Windows_3.0" title="Windows 3.0">Windows 3.0</a>, with a redesigned user interface, true color support, and support for the <a href="/wiki/BMP_file_format" title="BMP file format">BMP</a> and <a href="/wiki/PCX" title="PCX">PCX</a> file formats. This version was also based on a newer licensed version of <a href="/wiki/PC_Paintbrush" title="PC Paintbrush">PC Paintbrush</a> by ZSoft. Paintbrush can only read MSP files; Microsoft has since deprecated the MSP format, using the extension .msp for the <a href="/wiki/Windows_Installer" title="Windows Installer">Windows Installer Package</a> format.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Windows_9x">Windows 9x</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Paint&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Windows 9x"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Microsoft shipped an updated version of Paint with <a href="/wiki/Windows_95" title="Windows 95">Windows 95</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_NT_4.0" title="Windows NT 4.0">Windows NT 4.0</a>, which allows saving and loading a custom set of color wells as color palette (.pal) files.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This functionality only works correctly if the <a href="/wiki/Color_depth" title="Color depth">color depth</a> of images is 16-bits per pixel (bpp) or higher. Later versions of Paint do not support this feature. At this point Microsoft began updating the source code entirely internally, and did not license any further code or versions of <a href="/wiki/PC_Paintbrush" title="PC Paintbrush">PC Paintbrush</a>. </p><p>In Windows 95–98, <a href="/wiki/Windows_2000" title="Windows 2000">Windows 2000</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Me" title="Windows Me">Windows Me</a>, Paint can open JPEG, GIF and 48-bit (<a href="/wiki/Color_depth" title="Color depth">16-bpp</a>) TIF images and save images in JPEG and GIF formats when appropriate <a href="/wiki/Plug-in_(computing)" title="Plug-in (computing)">graphics filters</a> are installed. Such plug-ins are included with <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft Office</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_PhotoDraw" title="Microsoft PhotoDraw">Microsoft PhotoDraw</a>. This also allows Paint to use transparent backgrounds.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Support for <a href="/wiki/PCX" title="PCX">PCX</a> files was dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-kb186967_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kb186967-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Starting with Windows Me, the canvas size expands automatically when larger images are opened or pasted instead of asking like in previous versions of Windows. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Windows_XP_and_Vista">Windows XP and Vista</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Paint&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Windows XP and Vista"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> and later, Paint uses <a href="/wiki/GDI%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="GDI+">GDI+</a> and therefore can natively save images as BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF and PNG without requiring additional graphics filters.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Support for saving and loading custom color palettes was dropped. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a>, the toolbar icons and default color palette were changed. Paint in Windows Vista can undo a change up to 10 times, compared to 3 in previous versions; it also includes a slider for image magnification and a crop function. This version saves in <a href="/wiki/JPEG" title="JPEG">JPEG</a> format by default.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Windows_7_and_8.x">Windows 7 and 8.x</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Paint&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Windows 7 and 8.x"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MS_Paint_Win7_PaintBrush_types.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/MS_Paint_Win7_PaintBrush_types.png/220px-MS_Paint_Win7_PaintBrush_types.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/MS_Paint_Win7_PaintBrush_types.png/330px-MS_Paint_Win7_PaintBrush_types.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/MS_Paint_Win7_PaintBrush_types.png/440px-MS_Paint_Win7_PaintBrush_types.png 2x" data-file-width="976" data-file-height="234" /></a><figcaption>Artistic brushes in Paint for <a href="/wiki/Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The version of Paint in <a href="/wiki/Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a> and later features a <a href="/wiki/Ribbon_(computing)" title="Ribbon (computing)">ribbon</a> in its user interface.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also features "artistic" brushes composed of varying shades of gray and some degree of transparency that give a more realistic result. To add to the realism, the oil and watercolor brushes can only paint for a small distance before the user must re-click (this gives the illusion that the paintbrush has run out of paint). In addition, Paint can now undo up to 50 subsequent changes. It also has anti-aliased shapes, which can be resized freely until they are rasterized when another tool is selected. This version supports viewing (but not saving) transparent <a href="/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics" class="mw-redirect" title="Portable Network Graphics">PNG</a> and <a href="/wiki/ICO_(file_format)" title="ICO (file format)">ICO</a> file formats and saves files in the .png file format by default. </p><p>Text can now be pasted into text boxes that don't have enough room to display the text. A text box can then be enlarged or reshaped appropriately to fit the text if desired. Previous versions of Paint would display an error message if a user tried to paste more text than there was room for.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a> version of Paint mostly corrects a long-standing defect from previous versions involving the inability to scroll the window when editing in Zoom view over 100%. However, when users insert text in Zoom view, they cannot move the text beyond the zoomed viewport while the text window is in edit mode with either the mouse or keyboard. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Windows_10">Windows 10</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Paint&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Windows 10"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the April 2017 "Creators Update" for Windows 10, Microsoft released <a href="/wiki/Paint_3D" title="Paint 3D">Paint 3D</a> alongside Paint. In addition to the traditional two-dimensional drawing tools, Paint 3D can import and manipulate three-dimensional models.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three months later, on July 23, 2017, Microsoft added Paint to the list of deprecated Windows features.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day, in the wake of "an incredible outpouring of support and nostalgia", Microsoft clarified that Paint would become a free app on <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Store_(digital)" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Store (digital)">Microsoft Store</a>, even though Paint 3D offers the same functionality.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-paint-msstore_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paint-msstore-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the deprecation, Paint continues to be a part of all versions of Windows 10 up to version 22H2. The closest that Microsoft has ever got to enacting said decision was adding a removal notice to Paint's user interface in Windows 10 versions 1803 and 1809.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2021, with the release of Windows 10 Insider build 21332 to the Dev Channel, Microsoft removed Paint 3D from clean installations of the build, in addition to the 3D Objects app.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2021, Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider build 21354, which made Paint (along with <a href="/wiki/Snipping_Tool" title="Snipping Tool">Snipping Tool</a>) updatable from the Microsoft Store. It had also been moved from the Windows Accessories folder of the <a href="/wiki/Start_menu" title="Start menu">Start menu</a> to its own section.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Windows_11">Windows 11</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Paint&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Windows 11"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2021, Microsoft teased an updated version of Paint for <a href="/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11">Windows 11</a>, featuring a refreshed <a href="/wiki/User_interface" title="User interface">user interface</a> (UI), improved font picker, and a <a href="/wiki/Light-on-dark_color_scheme" title="Light-on-dark color scheme">dark theme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-darkmode_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-darkmode-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This newly updated version of Paint was released with Windows 11 Insider build 22468 in September 2021, and was officially released as part of the Windows 11 2022 Update in September 2022. In September 2023, Microsoft released an update that added <a href="/wiki/Layers_(digital_image_editing)" title="Layers (digital image editing)">layers</a>, support for transparent <a href="/wiki/PNG" title="PNG">PNG</a> files, <a href="/wiki/DALL-E" title="DALL-E">AI art generator</a> and other AI tools and a background removal tool.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite new features being added into Paint in Windows 11, some older features have disappeared. Paint in Windows 11 automatically anti-aliases all fonts that are inputted using the "Text" feature, even those that are aliased by design, such as <a href="/wiki/Courier_(typeface)" title="Courier (typeface)">Courier New</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smaller images are harder to manipulate and work with in newer versions of Paint, as it blurs images when they are resized or re-copied. This is especially noticeable when working with <a href="/wiki/Sprite_(computer_graphics)" title="Sprite (computer graphics)">video game sprites</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pixel_art" title="Pixel art">pixel art</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These issues are due to interpolation algorithms that Paint is using, according to Microsoft. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Paint&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paint has a few functions not mentioned in the help file: a <i>stamp mode</i>, <i>trail mode</i>, <i>regular shapes</i>, and moving pictures.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the stamp mode, the user can select a part of the image, hold the <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1249182868">.mw-parser-output .keyboard-key{border:1px solid #aaa;border-radius:0.2em;box-shadow:0.1em 0.1em 0.2em rgba(0,0,0,0.1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom,var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0),var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa),var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0));color:var(--color-base,#202122);padding:0.1em 0.3em;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.85em}</style><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Control_key" title="Control key">Ctrl</a></kbd> key, and move it to another part of the canvas. 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The trail mode works exactly the same, but it uses the <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">⇧ <a href="/wiki/Shift_key" title="Shift key">Shift</a></kbd> instead of the <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Ctrl</kbd> key. </p><p>It is also possible to thicken or thin a line either before or simultaneously while it is being drawn via <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">+</kbd> (<a href="/wiki/NumPad" class="mw-redirect" title="NumPad">NumPad</a> only) or <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">-</kbd> (NumPad only). </p><p>To crop whitespace or eliminate parts of a graphic, the blue handle in the lower right corner can be dragged to increase canvas size or crop a graphic. Users can also draw perfect shapes (which have a width equal to the height) using any shape tool by holding down the <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249182868"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">⇧ Shift</kbd> while dragging. </p><p>Older versions of Paint, such as the one bundled with <a href="/wiki/Windows_3.1x" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows 3.1x">Windows 3.1</a>, featured a color-replace brush, which replaced a single color underneath the brush with another without affecting the rest of the image. In later versions of Paint, the color erase brush was removed as an option, however it can still be simulated by selecting the color to be replaced as the primary color, and the one it is replaced with as the secondary color, and then right-click dragging the erase tool. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Support_for_indexed_palettes">Support for indexed palettes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Paint&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Support for indexed palettes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By default, almost all versions of Paint are generally unable to properly downgrade created images to indexed palettes using fewer than 24 bits per pixel. When saving an image in a format that uses indexed palettes with fewer than 24 bits per pixel, a warning message appears about the loss of quality. Paint does not utilize binary, color or grayscale <a href="/wiki/Dither" title="Dither">dithering</a> or palette optimization, and the image will be saved with usually irreversibly scrambled colors. </p><p>Paint is nonetheless able to correctly load and save indexed palettes in any of the supported formats if an image is opened as an 8-bit or otherwise indexed palette image. In that case, the image's palette is preserved when saving. 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Full_Tilt!_Pinball#3D_Pinball_for_Windows_–_Space_Cadet" title="Full Tilt! 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