Microsoft has a long history of creating pioneering products but either getting them horribly wrong or launching them at a time when the market really wasn’t ready for them. The choice to bring 3D capabilities to Paint is interesting. Please accept marketing-cookies to view this media content. The fact that you can control each and every pixel also means that it’s perfectly feasible to create photorealistic art with the software. We recently interviewed Jim’ll Paint It who’s unique selling point is that he uses MS Paint for his creations. Conversely, others thrive on its limitations.

Most people who continue to show an interest in digital art will graduate to more powerful software, such as Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop. As a child, I, like many others, dipped my toe into the waters of digital design by creating countless (and mostly shit) pieces of “art” using Paint. The intention of Paint has always been to bring digital drawing/painting to the masses, and that’s exactly what it did. Screenshots from the 19 versions of Paint Although it has been updated over the years, it’s never evolved into a powerful graphics application, nor has it tried to. Microsoft Paint, aka MS Paint, aka Paintbrush, has existed in one form or another since 1984. I tried it out in that is was never intended to be used.

Paint 3D is the most significant update to the program in 30 years. Could Paint 3D create the next generation of 3D modellers?

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