But today Microsoft announced that it is finally adding two features that could make the app a bit more useful for power users: support for Photoshop-esque image layers and the ability to open and save transparent PNGs.
What kind of person is an MS Paint power user. I just use it to paste screenshots into if I’m not intending fine editing, otherwise it might as well not exist as a program.
The only person who seriously uses MS Paint for artwork is that one guy who recreated the Mona Lisa out of hundreds of pieces of variously burnt toast. Real, usable art tools would destroy the purpose and make that guy sad.
Really, if they kept this kind of momentum up for the next 20 years, it might put it on par with Fire Alpaca. It’s an interesting move, they’re just so incredibly late to the game that even other free programs are still leagues better than they are and no one will ever take them seriously again.
I forgot about people who do pixel art, and I’m terrible. People like you are invaluable to the gaming industry and the ornate ones are their own skillset I’m kind of always awed by
Some older folks that aren’t as tech savvy have made some impressive pieces with it if memory serves. There’s also those that use it unironically for its constraints to produce pieces with a classic MS Paint style produced from those limitations. In a way this update kind of flies in the face of that a little, maybe, but eh.
Transparency and layers is hardly a power user feature. Any common person wanting to make a meme worth half a chuckle will need both of those features. MS paint always starts up super fast compared to PS or GIMP so I’m looking forward to these features for fast meme creation.
I’d consider myself a paint power user. My job (QA) gives us a NUC and wants us to edit screenshots and videos on said NUC. It’s not going to be a fun time with Photoshop, online tools are expressly forbidden, and alternative software needs manual approval by GIS.
What kind of person is an MS Paint power user. I just use it to paste screenshots into if I’m not intending fine editing, otherwise it might as well not exist as a program.
The only person who seriously uses MS Paint for artwork is that one guy who recreated the Mona Lisa out of hundreds of pieces of variously burnt toast. Real, usable art tools would destroy the purpose and make that guy sad.
Really, if they kept this kind of momentum up for the next 20 years, it might put it on par with Fire Alpaca. It’s an interesting move, they’re just so incredibly late to the game that even other free programs are still leagues better than they are and no one will ever take them seriously again.
I use Paint almost daily.
Especially when I can’t be arsed opening Steam/Aseprite. Paint is a pixel art work horse.
I forgot about people who do pixel art, and I’m terrible. People like you are invaluable to the gaming industry and the ornate ones are their own skillset I’m kind of always awed by
Reading about other peoples workflows is always really cool. Thanks for re-contextualizing a tool :)
Some older folks that aren’t as tech savvy have made some impressive pieces with it if memory serves. There’s also those that use it unironically for its constraints to produce pieces with a classic MS Paint style produced from those limitations. In a way this update kind of flies in the face of that a little, maybe, but eh.
Transparency and layers is hardly a power user feature. Any common person wanting to make a meme worth half a chuckle will need both of those features. MS paint always starts up super fast compared to PS or GIMP so I’m looking forward to these features for fast meme creation.
I’d consider myself a paint power user. My job (QA) gives us a NUC and wants us to edit screenshots and videos on said NUC. It’s not going to be a fun time with Photoshop, online tools are expressly forbidden, and alternative software needs manual approval by GIS.
Washington State Department Of Transit’s twitter feed is pretty awesome because of it
https://twitter.com/wsdot_traffic/status/746373350864232448
and
https://twitter.com/wsdot_traffic/status/1398301020606787586
Glorious. This alone has swayed me. Whoever runs this account, I’m glad they haven’t been yelled at by some soulless office robot
The Big Lez Show graphics are drawn entirely in MS Paint. Every. Frame.
check it out