Microsoft built the Paint 3D app with a focus on 3D modeling. But aside from that, it also introduced layers, transparency effects, background removal, PNG support, and more.

The redesigned Paint is rolling out to Windows Insider testers in both the Dev and Canary channels, the two bleeding-edge and less-stable versions of Windows 11.

Paint made its debut in 1985 in Windows 1.0 as a direct competitor to Apple's MacPaint, and Microsoft considered killing it off in the late 2010s: in 2017, it announced that Paint would no longer ...

Since MS Paint was released for free alongside Windows in 1985, ... while older versions have become relatively incompatible with modern operating systems. However, in 2021, ...

Microsoft recommends the Paint and Photos apps for viewing and editing 2D images and the 3D Viewer app for viewing 3D models. Creating and editing 3D images will be left to third-party software.