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End of an era: Microsoft is planning to kill off Paint after 32 years
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theepicoftyler
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The Snipping Tool covers all of my former Paint needs.
RIP Paint
RIP Paint
It's a random move by Microsoft, but I'm well and truly in this^ camp. I haven't needed to use Paint for years.
Lunchbillion
Member
Microsoft just stabbed my childhood right through the heart :'(
jobrro
Member
This is kind of annoying.
Usually use GIMP when doing more complicated edits but if it is something super simple mspaint.exe is still quick and easy. I know they are including Paint 3D but plain old Paint's appeal is being super simple.
It's not a deal breaker, I am sure there are just as simple alternatives, but would still prefer they kept it included.
Usually use GIMP when doing more complicated edits but if it is something super simple mspaint.exe is still quick and easy. I know they are including Paint 3D but plain old Paint's appeal is being super simple.
It's not a deal breaker, I am sure there are just as simple alternatives, but would still prefer they kept it included.
sixteen-bit
Member
Does snipping make perfect shapes tho?
The Fall Update coming out in October, not the one that was just released.
BlazinSkatinAxel
Member
Extra Sauce
Member
Did they receive a brown envelope from Adobe?
If this is your primary concern, I strongly recommend Irfanview. It's extremely fast and can do all kinds of resizing/saving/cropping/etc. operations on images. It can also do very basic visual editing like placing text, but that's not really what it's for.
Windows key + PrtScn will automatically save the screenshot in your Pictures folder. Alternatively you can press Windows key + Shift + S to instantly crop a portion of the current screen and copy it to the clipboard.
Oh man, that screenshot, right in the childhood.Oh, if it's just a program upgrade it doesn't really count as killing Paint and saying it was 32 years old, does it.
Before Paint there was Paintbrush, and I was there too as I child.
Paint only shipped since Windows 95, and was a pretty big overhaul. It's "just" 22 years old.
Seems like inaccurate reporting.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-or-deprecated-in-windows-10-fall-creators-up
Paint is deprecated, not removed.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-or-deprecated-in-windows-10-fall-creators-up
Paint is deprecated, not removed.
yes, and gifs too
Mr. Giggles
Member
I was raised on MS paint.
My kids were raised on MS paint.
MS paint was at my wedding.
MS paint was with me for every major history event in the past 30 years.
RIP MS paint
My kids were raised on MS paint.
MS paint was at my wedding.
MS paint was with me for every major history event in the past 30 years.
RIP MS paint
Oooh your link doesn't work in the OP for me and I read it as the creators update with paint3d. OOPS.
I still use Paint weekly because it's just so quick for the easy tasks. I tried using Paint 3D but starting that program always prompts me to "Back up your file encryption certificate and key". I want nothing to do with file encryption and I've no idea why Paint 3D would have something to do with that so I basically refuse to use Paint 3D. Google hasn't been of much help with this issue either but if anyone knows what's up, do tell.
That's on Windows 10, right?
AdventureMike
Member
Yeah what the fuck. I use Paint almost daily at work for quick screenshot, crop and email jobs while troubleshooting for people.
I'm also a federal employee, so our government workstations are restricted on what software we can and cannot just download to use off the internet.
PaulBizkit
Member
well, damn. MSPaint is so practical. I use it all the time for quick "editings" and cropping. I love how fast it loads.
I know there are a lot of other alternatives. But, windows key + R, "mspaint", [enter] and that's it.
I know there are a lot of other alternatives. But, windows key + R, "mspaint", [enter] and that's it.
QuantumSquid
Member
Paint.NET is free and millions of times better.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
There are better free options for the extremely basic stuff you can do in Paint, so eh. Nothing of value was really lost here.
TBF, the snipping tool does exactly this
megarockexe
Member
I think that last shortcut was added in the most recent update, right?
You can already save the whole desktop, an arbitrary region, and a window to a file. What have people needed Paint for? The built-in screenshot shortcuts and Snipping Tool should serve most needs.
And it was around for 32 years.
That is a hell of a run on one hand. On the other hand it's amazing they did not replace it sooner.
strangedopamine
Member
Bit sad about potentially losing MS Paint soon as I make art using it. I know quite a few people that still use it as well for that reason too but I assume they'll move to other programs eventually.
I use Paint to recreate scenes from anime and it's served me really well for that. I could do it with other programs but it's just so much easier and simple to do with Paint.
Here's my stuff if anyone's interested and yeah, RIP MS Paint.
I use Paint to recreate scenes from anime and it's served me really well for that. I could do it with other programs but it's just so much easier and simple to do with Paint.
Here's my stuff if anyone's interested and yeah, RIP MS Paint.
And why can't you use paint 3D next time?
Oh, if it's just a program upgrade it doesn't really count as killing Paint and saying it was 32 years old, does it.
Before Paint there was Paintbrush, and I was there too as I child.
Paint only shipped since Windows 95, and was a pretty big overhaul. It's "just" 22 years old.
Damn...that brought back some memories!
i haven't used paint 3d but the best thing about Paint is that it starts in less than half a second. Unless a replacement launches just as fast it's useless. Considering the bloat and lousy engineering of modern apps I'm not feeling optimistic about finding a good replacement.
FireBeaver
Banned
Man, I can't believe Microsoft is losing another exclusive.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Paint is useful for quick edits to images I don't give a shit about quality for. Major boo on this news
woopWOOP
Member
Yeah :/
Print screen, load up MS Paint, paste, crop and save. Quick and easy!
Does Paint 3D load pretty fast? I don't need it to load all those fancy features like Photoshop tends to when I just want to do a quick paste/crop job.
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