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History of Microsoft Paint 1985 - 2017 [LGR Retrospective]
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Date: 2022-04-14
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fanjoy
MSPAINT still exists in the latest build of Windows. Yes it's not as widely mentioned in the OS but it's still there (oddly enough, Progman. exe, which was the Windows 3. x program manager was accessible in Windows versions up to Windows 7 I believe--it was just placed in the Windows directory but you could launch it. So MS doesn't really kill off apps (as in, remove them from the OS at least not for a while--and on Windows 10 it appears ProgMan is gone apparently, but it was installed as part of Win7 and earlier versions from what I recall.
I really only use Paint when I need to decraese the size of images or quickly put together a collage of several images (on a PC that doesn't have PS or GIMP on it) as it's quick and easy. Or I'd use it to edit images that I'd use in documents (such as instruction manuals) as I could quickly add text and boxes to screen shots.
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MSPAINT still exists in the latest build of Windows. Yes it's not as widely mentioned in the OS but it's still there (oddly enough, Progman. exe, which was the Windows 3. x program manager was accessible in Windows versions up to Windows 7 I believe--it was just placed in the Windows directory but you could launch it. So MS doesn't really kill off apps (as in, remove them from the OS at least not for a while--and on Windows 10 it appears ProgMan is gone apparently, but it was installed as part of Win7 and earlier versions from what I recall.
I really only use Paint when I need to decraese the size of images or quickly put together a collage of several images (on a PC that doesn't have PS or GIMP on it) as it's quick and easy. Or I'd use it to edit images that I'd use in documents (such as instruction manuals) as I could quickly add text and boxes to screen shots.
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Scoopta
Ehhhh, I'd argue that while insanely influential it's no longer what defines modern PCs. yes modern PCs are still IBM PC compatible. to an extent but that's slowly been changing to the point that most modern systems no longer are compatible enough to truly be considered compatible. The A20 gate is gone from intel CPUs, Idk about AMD, modern PCs no longer have a BIOS, PS/2 is relegated to laptop keyboards and rarely found on the desktop, when it is, almost no one uses it. While modern graphics cards are still usually VGA compatible that compatibility is undermined by the lack of a BIOS on the systems in which they're used. The compatibility is now broken and will only become more so.
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Ehhhh, I'd argue that while insanely influential it's no longer what defines modern PCs. yes modern PCs are still IBM PC compatible. to an extent but that's slowly been changing to the point that most modern systems no longer are compatible enough to truly be considered compatible. The A20 gate is gone from intel CPUs, Idk about AMD, modern PCs no longer have a BIOS, PS/2 is relegated to laptop keyboards and rarely found on the desktop, when it is, almost no one uses it. While modern graphics cards are still usually VGA compatible that compatibility is undermined by the lack of a BIOS on the systems in which they're used. The compatibility is now broken and will only become more so.
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Nardalis
I used Microsoft Paint back in Windows XP. By A LOT then. I was okay on paper too but prefered the digital drawing on MS Paint over it a lot. Cropping back then really was good too cuz unlike now in the new version that came with Windows 7, dragging the -paper- out would actually enlarge the picture of itself, not just make more space.
The reason why my mom went to install Windows XP on her laptop when she found out about the new version on Win7. She needed the cropping tools for her pics, and doing the cropping in Win7 was too problematic. I really don't blame her for that tbh, as I much more enjoyed drawing on the old version in Windows XP as well.
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I used Microsoft Paint back in Windows XP. By A LOT then. I was okay on paper too but prefered the digital drawing on MS Paint over it a lot. Cropping back then really was good too cuz unlike now in the new version that came with Windows 7, dragging the -paper- out would actually enlarge the picture of itself, not just make more space.
The reason why my mom went to install Windows XP on her laptop when she found out about the new version on Win7. She needed the cropping tools for her pics, and doing the cropping in Win7 was too problematic. I really don't blame her for that tbh, as I much more enjoyed drawing on the old version in Windows XP as well.
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Chris
Honestly, I continue to use MSPaint plenty often as well. I would call Inkscape my main graphics editor, but MSPaint is so freaking lightweight and quick to crop photos, it's often just fastest to use MSPaint. The newer Windows -Photos- does have cropping capabilities, but it's still heavier, and confusingly hides editting capabilities (to crop a photo you have to right click -> -Open with- Photos, not right click -> -Edit with Photos-; I have yet to find where the crop button is when you use -Edit with Photos-. However, MSPaint not supporting PNG transparency stops me from using it more.
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Honestly, I continue to use MSPaint plenty often as well. I would call Inkscape my main graphics editor, but MSPaint is so freaking lightweight and quick to crop photos, it's often just fastest to use MSPaint. The newer Windows -Photos- does have cropping capabilities, but it's still heavier, and confusingly hides editting capabilities (to crop a photo you have to right click -> -Open with- Photos, not right click -> -Edit with Photos-; I have yet to find where the crop button is when you use -Edit with Photos-. However, MSPaint not supporting PNG transparency stops me from using it more.
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54K4N4
I painted an anime girl in MS Paint. It was in Computer Class. My friends sit next to me, both share the computer. My friend was drawing my other friend resting. My friend showed it to me. I said ''Hold my beer. '. I drew some random blue circles and lines as guidelines. Then, I drew a black line and two eyes. My friend liked it. It's not finished yet.
Regardless of what app you use, you would still be good at it. Lol.
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I painted an anime girl in MS Paint. It was in Computer Class. My friends sit next to me, both share the computer. My friend was drawing my other friend resting. My friend showed it to me. I said ''Hold my beer. '. I drew some random blue circles and lines as guidelines. Then, I drew a black line and two eyes. My friend liked it. It's not finished yet.
Regardless of what app you use, you would still be good at it. Lol.
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nikodidurmom
dang the 95 ms paint was my whole childhood, my parents had an old enourmous PC, and I loved drawing my imagination friend on that paint version, playing pinball, learning with that one pooh game and playing the game of that field full of bombs (idk how to say it in english) and when my parents got rid of the computer i got so sad; -;
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dang the 95 ms paint was my whole childhood, my parents had an old enourmous PC, and I loved drawing my imagination friend on that paint version, playing pinball, learning with that one pooh game and playing the game of that field full of bombs (idk how to say it in english) and when my parents got rid of the computer i got so sad; -;
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LevoGAMES
I opened Paint 3D on my office workplace once where they have Win10 (which I don't.
Tried creating something. I think the interface is way too complicated and difficult to understand.
The only functions I'm missing in Paint is the ability to rotate things, transparent backgrounds or shapes and gradual transparency.
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I opened Paint 3D on my office workplace once where they have Win10 (which I don't.
Tried creating something. I think the interface is way too complicated and difficult to understand.
The only functions I'm missing in Paint is the ability to rotate things, transparent backgrounds or shapes and gradual transparency.
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LGR
If you're still confused about what Microsoft is doing with Paint: _it is not being removed from Windows, yet. _ Development was halted in favor of Paint 3D, original Paint is no longer considered a core part of Windows for the future, original Paint will be on the Windows Store later on but will not be updated or supported.
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If you're still confused about what Microsoft is doing with Paint: _it is not being removed from Windows, yet. _ Development was halted in favor of Paint 3D, original Paint is no longer considered a core part of Windows for the future, original Paint will be on the Windows Store later on but will not be updated or supported.
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fanjoy
I use Paint many times everyday, to quickly crop a screenshot, or add a comment to one real fast. or if copying an image from Google to strip whatever crap code it is they inject into their images out of it. extremely useful little application. and the fact that it opens and works instantaneously is also very nice.
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I use Paint many times everyday, to quickly crop a screenshot, or add a comment to one real fast. or if copying an image from Google to strip whatever crap code it is they inject into their images out of it. extremely useful little application. and the fact that it opens and works instantaneously is also very nice.
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Connor's
I remember having seen the paintbrush ui faintly when i was in elementary school, but i only remember the computers that were there. The GX110, GX240, and then they replaced them all with Optiplex 745, but kept some of them because they were already running Windows XP pro, of course the GX110s were running Win2k.
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I remember having seen the paintbrush ui faintly when i was in elementary school, but i only remember the computers that were there. The GX110, GX240, and then they replaced them all with Optiplex 745, but kept some of them because they were already running Windows XP pro, of course the GX110s were running Win2k.
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