<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
is	O
a	O
simple	O
raster	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
that	O
has	O
been	O
included	O
with	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
opens	O
,	O
modifies	O
and	O
saves	O
image	O
files	O
in	O
Windows	B-Device
bitmap	I-Device
(	O
BMP	B-Device
)	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
and	O
single-page	O
TIFF	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
its	O
simplicity	O
and	O
wide	O
availability	O
,	O
it	O
rapidly	O
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
used	O
Windows	B-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
introducing	O
many	O
to	O
painting	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
added	O
Paint	O
to	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
deprecated	O
features	O
of	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
and	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
become	O
a	O
free	O
standalone	O
application	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
had	O
envisioned	O
Paint	B-Application
3D	I-Application
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Paint	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
with	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
eventually	O
reversed	O
course	O
and	O
announced	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
Paint	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
11	I-Application
,	O
with	O
Paint	B-Application
3D	I-Application
being	O
deprecated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Paint	O
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
Dan	O
McCabe	O
and	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
,	O
in	O
November	O
1985	O
as	O
a	O
competitor	O
to	O
Macintosh	B-Device
's	I-Device
MacPaint	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
licensed	O
version	O
of	O
ZSoft	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
's	O
PC	B-Application
Paintbrush	I-Application
that	O
shipped	O
with	O
24	O
tools	O
and	O
can	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
files	O
only	O
in	O
the	O
proprietary	O
"	O
MSP	B-Application
"	O
format	O
drawn	O
in	O
monochrome	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
later	O
superseded	O
by	O
Paintbrush	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
redesigned	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
true	O
color	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
BMP	B-Device
and	O
PCX	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
had	O
deprecated	O
the	O
MSP	B-Application
format	O
,	O
and	O
Paintbrush	O
could	O
only	O
read	O
MSP	B-Application
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
shipped	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
Paint	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
,	O
which	O
allows	O
saving	O
and	O
loading	O
a	O
custom	O
set	O
of	O
color	O
wells	O
as	O
color	O
palette	O
(	O
.pal	O
)	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
–	O
98	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Me	I-Device
,	O
Paint	O
can	O
open	O
JPEG	O
,	O
GIF	O
and	O
48-bit	O
(	O
16-bpp	O
)	O
TIF	O
images	O
and	O
save	O
images	O
in	O
JPEG	O
and	O
GIF	O
formats	O
when	O
appropriate	O
graphics	B-Application
filters	I-Application
are	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
plug-ins	B-Application
are	O
included	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
PhotoDraw	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Windows	B-Device
Me	I-Device
,	O
the	O
canvas	O
size	O
expands	O
automatically	O
when	O
larger	O
images	O
are	O
opened	O
or	O
pasted	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
asking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
later	O
,	O
Paint	O
uses	O
GDI+	O
and	O
therefore	O
can	O
natively	O
save	O
images	O
as	O
BMP	B-Device
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
TIFF	O
and	O
PNG	O
without	O
requiring	O
additional	O
graphics	B-Application
filters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
the	O
toolbar	O
icons	O
and	O
default	O
color	O
palette	O
were	O
changed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paint	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
can	O
undo	O
a	O
change	O
up	O
to	O
10	O
times	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
3	O
in	O
previous	O
versions	O
;	O
it	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
slider	O
for	O
image	O
magnification	O
and	O
a	O
crop	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
of	O
Paint	O
in	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
and	O
later	O
features	O
a	O
ribbon	O
in	O
its	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
version	I-Application
of	O
Paint	O
mostly	O
corrects	O
a	O
long-standing	O
defect	O
from	O
previous	O
versions	O
involving	O
the	O
inability	O
to	O
scroll	O
the	O
window	O
when	O
editing	O
in	O
Zoom	O
view	O
over	O
100%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
April	O
2017	O
"	O
Creators	O
Update	O
"	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
Paint	B-Application
3D	I-Application
alongside	O
Paint	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
traditional	O
two-dimensional	O
drawing	O
tools	O
,	O
Paint	B-Application
3D	I-Application
can	O
import	O
and	O
manipulate	O
three-dimensional	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
day	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
wake	O
of	O
"	O
an	O
incredible	O
outpouring	O
of	O
support	O
and	O
nostalgia	O
"	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
clarified	O
that	O
Paint	O
would	O
become	O
a	O
free	O
app	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
even	O
though	O
Paint	B-Application
3D	I-Application
offers	O
the	O
same	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paint	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
remained	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
closest	O
Microsoft	O
ever	O
got	O
to	O
enacting	O
said	O
decision	O
was	O
adding	O
a	O
removal	O
notice	O
to	O
Paint	O
's	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
in	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
versions	O
1803	O
and	O
1809	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
Insider	O
build	O
21332	O
to	O
the	O
Dev	O
Channel	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
removed	O
Paint	B-Application
3D	I-Application
from	O
clean	O
installations	O
of	O
the	O
build	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
3D	O
Objects	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
Insider	O
build	O
21354	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
Paint	O
(	O
along	O
with	O
Snipping	O
Tool	O
)	O
updatable	O
from	O
the	B-Application
Microsoft	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2021	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
teased	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
Paint	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
11	I-Application
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
refreshed	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
UI	O
)	O
,	O
improved	O
font	O
picker	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
dark	B-General_Concept
theme	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
thicken	O
or	O
thin	O
a	O
line	O
either	O
before	O
or	O
simultaneously	O
while	O
it	O
is	O
being	O
drawn	O
via	O
(	O
NumPad	B-Device
only	O
)	O
or	O
(	O
NumPad	B-Device
only	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
versions	O
of	O
Paint	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
one	O
bundled	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
,	O
feature	O
a	O
color-replace	O
brush	O
,	O
which	O
replaced	O
a	O
single	O
color	O
underneath	O
the	O
brush	O
with	O
another	O
without	O
affecting	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
