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Microsoft Announces Paint 3D, the Biggest Update Ever To the Classic App (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the 3d-things dept.

Microsoft is releasing a revamped and modernized Paint app for Windows 10 that let people draw and convert things in 3D. The company announced the app at its keynote today where it stressed the future of making things in 3D. The Verge adds:Users can take photos and easy turn portions of the photo into 3D objects. Along with the app, users can also share work in a new community online that comes with a focus on Minecraft. People can directly export from the game and 3D print whatever they make. The new version of the Paint app was put online earlier this month and available for anyone to download. The app is a Universal Windows app that comes with pen and touch-friendly features, as well as support for 3D objects. The new app stays true to the original Paint app in that it's a basic editing and creating app but with some added 3D effects.

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  1. About time! by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The first version is from 1985... so for 30 years MS paint has been this nauseously crappy application. About time!

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    1. Re:About time! by Penguinisto · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Actually, Microsoft did try to take a stab at Photoshop back in 1998-1999 or so, using (IIRC) the same name - "Paint 3D". They included an application CDs in their TechNet subscription packages for awhile; it stopped showing up in 2000-ish.

      The interface blew goats, it was slow and occasionally quite buggy (at least on NT 4), but it did have some ideas in it worth exploring; I think it most likely died a quiet death due to the monopoly lawsuit...

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    2. Re:About time! by AnAirMagic · · Score: 3, Interesting

      They also bought ImageComposer, which was a really powerful piece of image editing software with a (deceptively simple) UI that made it look like paint.

  2. Not really new, folks... by Penguinisto · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Microsoft could have saved themselves some coding time by going into Corel's Graveyard and buying the source for Canoma (originally made by the same folks who made Poser and Bryce, so the codebase is more than a little yucky and tangled, but still...)

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    1. Re:Not really new, folks... by Quirkz · · Score: 2

      Ah, man, I miss Bryce. I played with that program for endless hours in college, and made what at the time seemed like amazing images of things I couldn't have ever drawn on my own.

      Actually, I've still got some of that stuff online:
      http://quirkz.com/art.php

      It's dated now, but in '97 it seemed relatively impressive.

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  3. And why are they doing that after all this time..? by evolutionary · · Score: 2, Interesting

    MS is funny. That application has been so outdated compared to half a dozen open source apps or even relatively simple javascript apps, it was embarrassing. I went to GIMP/GIMPshop awhile back. If they had done this 10 years ago, I might have been impressed. Now, I'll stick to my GIMP or perhaps Blender if I want serious 3D "painting". (A 7 year old taught himself to use this program a couple years ago, he'll never go to MS Paint again. LOL)

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  4. Would prefer a seperate app by ninthbit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Give paint all the crap you want, but for the most basic and quick stuff, it got the job done. I would have preferred them do the notepad/wordpad thing and had the "advanced" version be a separate app. Knowing the them, the bloated version will take forever to load as it pulls in 3d libraries and a horde of other garbage inheritance/dependencies.

    1. Re:Would prefer a seperate app by Penguinisto · · Score: 2

      Ugh. No, no it does not.

      Okay, that's probably the artist in me talking, but seriously - outside of some really non-professional home stuff (or the occasional semi-dank meme that makes fun of childish actions), MS Paint falls way, way, way short for illustration. No, really... I'd rather masturbate with a handful of glass shards than use MS Paint for *anything* work-related... and no, I'm not a professional artist.

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  5. Nadella knows! by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm glad Microsoft finally put someone in charge that knows what people really want. Do people want proper patch testing, privacy or improved security? NO! People want a better version of MSPaint! Let's hear it for Nadella! ;)

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  6. That's great by DrXym · · Score: 2, Informative
    Now how about updating notepad, fax & scan, regedit, msconfig, et al. Some of these tools which are still necessary in Windows are positively arcane and have barely changed in years. Notepad in particular is so antiquated it can't even convert line endings. Tools like fax & scan is riddled with usability issues.

    But hey we have some crappy 3d painting functionality in MS Paint! Hooray?

  7. MS Paint XP by Topwiz · · Score: 2

    I have been using MS Paint XP on Windows 10 and it works great. http://www.mspaintxp.com/

  8. Useless by SeriousTube · · Score: 2

    Great. They add in some 3d stuff but you can't even do basic things like make a selection.

  9. Why do this? by Beezlebub33 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ugh. Is it as good as Paint.net? If I want to do real work, I use Gimp or Photoshop. If its minor / quick, I use paint.net. That's been my go-to for years. I really, really don't think that they should be doing a 3D app until they get 2D right. Looking at the demo video, this latest iteration reminds me of TuxPaint!

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  10. Re:And why are they doing that after all this time by NotAPK · · Score: 2

    Paint.NET is to Paint as Notepad++ is to Notepad.