The big picture: Microsoft continues to add new features to Paint, a program the company had considered discontinuing some years ago. Now, Paint is receiving updates that include some intriguing new ...

Paint has been part of Windows since time immemorial, but it's never been able to hold a candle to more robust image editors like Photoshop. It's making an important step in the right direction, ...

Microsoft has prepared another update for Paint, one of the oldest stock Windows apps. The latest preview release introduces layers and transparency support, and it is now rolling out to Insiders.

With support for transparency and layers, Microsoft Paint will get Photoshop’s most essential feature for doing actual image editing work. With support for transparency and layers, Microsoft Paint ...