Most people think of Windows Paint as the plucky image editor responsible for most stick figures drawn on a PC, or that app you paste your screenshots into. Microsoft would like to make it a lot more ...

Microsoft introduced Paint 3D in 2017 as part of a creator-focused update to its Windows 10 operating system. Representing a modern take on the Microsoft Paint app that dates back to 1985, the ...

Strange is it sounds, Microsoft Paint is once again a Windows focal point. Thirty-one years after its introduction with the first version of the operating system, the software giant has given the ...

Microsoft's bold reinvention brought AI and Windows 11, but orphaned beloved apps. Five beloved staples were retired: Movie ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Microsoft Paint has been around since 1985, and has always been a simple way for anyone to make some quick doodles on their computer. That just changed — Microsoft has ...

Today, Microsoft unveiled Paint 3D, its biggest upgrade ever to its classic Paint app. Hooray nostalgia! But don't get too wistful: This is not the MS Paint of your childhood. Sure, the fundamentals ...

Paint 3D was a surprise. Even longtime Microsoft watchers had no idea the company was working on a 3D spin on Paint, and it seemed like a left-field choice for most consumers. But after diving into ...

I’ll admit it—I simply can’t draw. Stick figures push my creative limits. Imagine my surprise, then, when I found that creating 3D objects and dioramas is actually easier in Microsoft’s Paint 3D than ...

Removing features to streamline Windows is no easy task. Microsoft's casual threat to remove Paint highlights the frustrating dynamic of progress versus our collective nostalgia for simpler times.