technology After 32 years, Microsoft will discontinue MS Paint this fall

[Mesme Rize 15,683]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/07/24/microsoft-killing-legendary-paint-32-years/

Kind of a shame. Alot of people got into arts during their childhood with MS Paint. But considering there are other free art tools, that are even better then MS Paint, it dosen't matter to hold on to it.

[Guest]

It's pretty bad. I'm gonna be honest here. Not a huge loss tbh, but you the memories are still here, and feels kinda bad that it's gonna die.

[Yumekai 735]

NOOOO, how else could I crappily Photoshop things, a legend falls... 

Edited July 24, 2017 by Yumekai

[Nerdy Luigi 2,065]

RIP Paint. I used Paint to make my sig, too...

[cmarston1 5,959]

Well that's weird, but I guess it isn't that huge of a loss.

[Altscar 49]

Eh, Paint.net is better anyhow. 

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,465]

My immediate reaction to this was 'They were still supporting it?' XD Had no idea it was still getting any sort of priority after all these years. They are better off moving on though. If they can make a newer, much better program that becomes default with Windows 10, that would be a good addition.

[PinkiePie97 913]

Turns out they're not getting rid of it. It will just soon be on the Windows Store for free.

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/07/24/ms-paint-stay/#8msLjV0VWEWplg48.97

Edited July 25, 2017 by PinkiePie97

[Hierok 11,831]

As long a 'paint.net' is still avaible I'm not gonna be mad about it.

[LunarShadow 397]

Well this sucks. I always remember MS Paint being a staple of my childhood. Whenever I used to goof around on my dad's computer it always included some time playing with MS Paint.

I have to admit I never used MS Paint a whole lot but I still found it useful, especially when it came to converting images to different formats or adjusting dimensions and resolutions to accommodate avatars.

Edited July 25, 2017 by DayShadow

[Celli 4,338]

There are better alternatives like sai at least.

[Fluttershy Friend 25,446]

The legend has gone. Maybe Paint was one of the eldest or even the elder graphic programs? 

Edited July 25, 2017 by Fluttershy Friend

[PinkiePie97 913]

I don't mean any offense to anyone, but do any of you read the other posts?

2 hours ago, PinkiePie97 said:

Turns out they're not getting rid of it. It will just soon be on the Windows Store for free.

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/07/24/ms-paint-stay/#8msLjV0VWEWplg48.97

 

[Luminance 2,186]

Its good that it remains. I never thought how much Microsoft Paint has introduced and helped me in my interest in digital art. 

[Tao 7,753]

I never did to much MS paint,  which I got paint.net for my pony needs!   Still, it is a little sad to see it go like this.