Microsoft Paint
Paint is a simple raster graphics editor that has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows. The program opens, modifies and saves image files in Windows bitmap (BMP), JPEG, GIF, PNG, and single-page TIFF formats. The program can be in color mode or two-color black-and-white, but there is no grayscale mode. For its simplicity and wide availability, it rapidly became one of the most used Windows applications, introducing many to painting on a computer for the first time.
Paint on Windows 11, with the Layers and Cocreator panel open on the side. | |
| Other names | Paintbrush (1985–1995) |
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
| Stable release | 11.2309.28.0
/ November 2, 2023 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64, and ARM (historically Itanium, DEC Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC) |
| Included with | All Microsoft Windows versions |
| Type | Raster graphics editor |
In July 2017, Microsoft added Paint to the list of deprecated features of Windows 10 and announced that it had become a free standalone application in Microsoft Store. Microsoft envisioned Paint 3D as a replacement. However, Paint had continued to be included with Windows 10. Microsoft eventually reversed course and announced an updated version of Paint in Windows 11, with Paint 3D being deprecated.