
This isn't just a new version of Microsoft Paint. Expect these new paint features to be available to all in the coming months!įor breaking news and updates on all things Microsoft, and Windows, follow Laptop Mag on Twitter, Facebook, and Flipboard for the latest word as it arrives.Related: What's New in Windows 10's Creators Update The new Microsoft Paint features are already available to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels, with more updates being included based on user feedback.Ĭould this be the start of Paint’s journey to becoming a truly relevant image editor? Who knows, but this is the first wave of real support for the app in a long time and it’s getting people’s hopes up at the very least. Layers and transparency: An upcoming update for Paint will include full transparency support and the ability to work across multiple layers. Magic Paint: A generative AI tool powered by Dall-E (the same text-to-image AI tech behind Bing Chat) that turns prompts into on-canvas results in Paint. The following is everything we know to expect from the Microsoft Paint overhaul so far:īackground Removal Tool: A new tool that identifies the primary focus of an image and strips away the background with a single click. However, all of that is changing as Microsoft is poised to drop some impressive updates with a host of new features to breathe new life into the aging app. Seemingly, Microsoft abandoned all desire to take on that challenge long ago - having lost too much ground to the competition and with better things to focus on.

Having been long surpassed by the likes of Photoshop, and free alternatives such as GIMP, Photoshop, and even, the painful ascent back to any form of relevance for MS Paint is going to be a long, hard slog. (Image credit: Microsoft) A glow-up 40 years in the making
