MS Paint’s ubiquity and its ease of use meant that anyone who didn’t have the budget for a professional used it for everything — from elementary-school kids creating school projects to ...

Since MS Paint was released for free alongside Windows in 1985, the program has received relatively little support, only getting a few aesthetic updates that have mostly lacked new features.

A game developer and software modder has done what Microsoft has steadfastly refused to do for years: Add a layers function to Microsoft Paint. That's right, you can now arrange separate parts of ...

You should see the elevators at Microsoft's big London office. No buttons in them. Not a one. I raced in, bound for the fifth floor, and realised after an awkward pause that this elevator was only ...

For most of us, MS Paint brings waves of nostalgia and memories of spending hours trying to be Picasso. Back then, you had a pencil, brushes, a handful of colors and not much else.

Microsoft is significantly expanding the functions of Paint in Windows 11. The app is also getting a new version. The outdated program is to become a modern image editor that also contains AI ...

Microsoft Paint with Co-creator feature is pictured during a demonstration following the Microsoft Briefing event in Redmond, Washington on May 20, 2024. Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images.

It’s hard to complain about Microsoft Paint. After all, it’s bundled with Windows for free and provides the basics for annotating a screenshot with boxes, arrows, and text. It’s OK, but ...