Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

[TheWindWalker]

A lot of you seem to be mistaking the extreme speed up of "hit paint [few seconds later] paste, select area, crop, save" as oppose to the loading of 100 fonts and a library the size of congress of other options.

Paint is for tossing in a screenshot to screw with in a hurry. Gimp/Photoshop is for actually editing. This would be like giving up a motorcycle for one that requires you to get off and crank it with a front-lever everytime you want to drive around.

[Heladys]

Yup, or Gimp, or Krita

Obligatory "Fuck GIMP" is obligatory.

Dunno the other tho.

[Malacrass]

Dumb move no matter how you look at it.

Hard to comprehend why they would drop an iconic, now historic, aspect of their software.

[Blood Raven]

Wow, end of an era.

[nox597]

A lot of you seem to be mistaking the extreme speed up of "hit paint [few seconds later] paste, select area, crop, save" as oppose to the loading of 100 fonts and a library the size of congress of other options.

Paint is for tossing in a screenshot to screw with in a hurry. Gimp/Photoshop is for actually editing. This would be like giving up a motorcycle for one that requires you to get off and crank it with a front-lever everytime you want to drive around.

Have you tried using the built in Snipping Tool? I find it to be far more efficient for my screenshotting needs. Just hit the start menu, type in "Snipping" and it should show up pretty quickly. Give it a shot!

[Xjev]

best image cropping tool out there lol

[Ryme]

RIP. Tbh, I used it almost entirely for cropping, but damn will I oddly miss it if I ever move on from Windows 7. As tribute:

[Deleted]

That's sad news. I do most of my drawing in paint. A friend and I exchange poorly drawn pictures quite regularly.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

RIP. Tbh, I used it almost entirely for cropping, but damn will I oddly miss it if I ever move on from Windows 7. As tribute:

sweet jesus thats amazing.

[Flextt]

Obligatory "Fuck GIMP" is obligatory.

Dunno the other tho.

Glad I am not the only one who feels very conflicted about GIMP.

[Deleted]

There is Paint.NET for anyone who needs a replacement for his basic painting skills.

[Simca]

Paint.net is basically a 1:1 replacement with many improvements. The UI is inspired by Paint (very similar toolbox setup) as are the menus.

Probably the best choice if you really liked Paint and want something similar.

[Aeula]

It's literally the only image software thing I use. What the hell do I use now without buying something?!

I MADE MY AVATAR IN PAINT GODDAMN IT!

You had something great and you blew it up, Microsoft. Damn you! Damn you all to hell!

[I Push Buttons]

A lot of you seem to be mistaking the extreme speed up of "hit paint [few seconds later] paste, select area, crop, save" as oppose to the loading of 100 fonts and a library the size of congress of other options.

Paint is for tossing in a screenshot to screw with in a hurry. Gimp/Photoshop is for actually editing. This would be like giving up a motorcycle for one that requires you to get off and crank it with a front-lever everytime you want to drive around.

This.

I use paint almost daily...

Hit start > type p > click paint > control+v > save. Literally 3 seconds to save a screen shot of my screen.

Compared to loading all those libraries and tools just to do the same thing.

[Jimson]

There is Paint.NET for anyone who needs a replacement for his basic painting skills.

Paint.net is basically a 1:1 replacement with many improvements. The UI is inspired by Paint (very similar toolbox setup) as are the menus.

Probably the best choice if you really liked Paint and want something similar.

For anyone curious, the website is https://www.getpaint.net/. Don't be like me and just go to paint.net assuming it will work.

[Orby]

But we still have notepad 0,0

[Dartz1979]

Let's boycot microsoft and say no to it's update.

[Yvaelle]

But how will /pol/ survive without their Spicy Meme creation software?!


For real though, check out the new Paint tool, it's pretty legit

[Squishy Tia]

This.

I use paint almost daily...

Hit start > type p > click paint > control+v > save. Literally 3 seconds to save a screen shot of my screen.

Compared to loading all those libraries and tools just to do the same thing.

I still don't get why MS didn't do what Apple does and just directly save a screenshot to your desktop in the preferred format (JPEG, PNG, etc). You'd think it'd be a no-brainer after 32 years in the OS business, but apparently not. Unfortunately, quality of life has never been Microsoft's forté.

[Yvaelle]

RIP. Tbh, I used it almost entirely for cropping, but damn will I oddly miss it if I ever move on from Windows 7. As tribute:

Dear lord..... 900 hours later...

This is why I always wished I could draw but never could, if anything takes me more than 20 minutes to draw I give up: so my drawings are confined to quick sketches, stickmen, and diagrams.