RIP MS Paint (Please remain RESPECTFUL!)

izzop · 24 Jul 2017 at 16:01

As per title...

Microsoft have announced that it's the end of Paint : -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40705466

Microsoft's graphics program Paint has been included in a list of Windows 10 features that will be either removed or no longer developed.

Paint has been part of the Windows operating system since its release in 1985 and is known for its simplicity and basic artistic results.

Paint's successor, Paint 3D, will still be available.

SC0TTRS · 24 Jul 2017 at 16:03

Nostalgia reasons only to keep it, time to move on me thinks.

izzop · 24 Jul 2017 at 16:05

Apparently there's a Paint 3D, I didn't even know.

I only fire it up to do quick resizing of images before posting.

beachBOYken · 24 Jul 2017 at 16:05

FoxEye · 24 Jul 2017 at 16:06

Paint was always crap. We only used it because it was there.

For everything beyond bad crayon drawings you had to install GIMP or Paint.NET or something.

adolf hamster · 24 Jul 2017 at 16:10

paint was never really good, but it was free, and built in, so it was used.

i always used it because the graphical editing i do (on the very rare occasion i find graphical editing a requirement) can be done by it, but it's not the be all and end all.

mostly i used it to convert picture formats for devices that didn't accept the original.

Freefaller · 24 Jul 2017 at 16:12

Paint wasn't good. But it was easy to use.

Psymonkee · 24 Jul 2017 at 16:18

Time for a 'Paint a news headline' redux thread?

malachi · 24 Jul 2017 at 18:15

beachBOYken said:
Who?

Paint....Clippys ginger step child.

metachi · 24 Jul 2017 at 18:19

can you still draw like paint in Paint 3D?

nutcase · 24 Jul 2017 at 18:42

I use it daily

~>Dg<~ · 24 Jul 2017 at 18:46

just like movie maker which was the worlds most used video prog.ah deer.

D3K · 24 Jul 2017 at 18:48

nutcase said:
I use it daily

Same, it's great for a quick edit of Snipping Tool grabs. Deleting out bits you couldn't exclude with the rectangle selection, for example.

We're all using ScreenPresso for screen snips at work which is really great in every way, except for the above.

antijoke · 24 Jul 2017 at 18:54

Long live Paint 3D

chaparral · 24 Jul 2017 at 19:08

nutcase said:
I use it daily

Same here

This is really sad news ...

smogsy · 24 Jul 2017 at 19:12

adolf hamster said:
paint was never really good, but it was free, and built in, so it was used.

i always used it because the graphical editing i do (on the very rare occasion i find graphical editing a requirement) can be done by it, but it's not the be all and end all.

mostly i used it to convert picture formats for devices that didn't accept the original.

paint 3D is terrible.

i used to create stuff like below in paint (not my work) i need to look through the internet archive for my work

i remember as a kid i spent my 6 weeks holiday building an entire City in paint. it was 8000x10000 pixels. you just cant do the same level of detail in paint 3D. it got me into art.

i used the pencil tool, dot by dot getting it just perfect, it taught me a lot. perspective, gradients Among other things

stopper · 24 Jul 2017 at 19:33

Must be great you BBC tax payers knowing your hard earned money is going into printing worthwhile news...

Sudden · 24 Jul 2017 at 19:36

Wow. That is insane for MS Paint!

FrenchTart · 24 Jul 2017 at 19:38

Delvis · 24 Jul 2017 at 19:52

Dang, that's a shame.

Did look at paint 3d for a laugh but barely touched it, kinda the same just more options and some weird 3d characters

Anyway, this is all paint: http://jimllpaintit.tumblr.com

https://m.imgur.com/gallery/issgEF1