paint project files

Microsoft Paint has quietly gained a Photoshop‑style workflow: Windows Insiders can now save layered, editable projects as a single .paint file and reopen them later to continue exactly where they left off, while Pencil and Brush tools gain an opacity slider for semi‑transparent strokes—changes...

Microsoft has quietly given Paint a workflow upgrade that moves the app from a quick doodle tool toward a genuinely useful, session-aware image editor: Paint can now save editable project files (.paint) and offers an opacity slider for Pencil and Brush strokes — features rolling out to Windows...

Microsoft is rolling meaningful updates to three of Windows 11’s most-used inbox apps — Paint, Snipping Tool, and Notepad — delivering editable project files, faster in-capture markup, and local AI capabilities on Copilot+ hardware that together nudge these utilities from “basic” toward...

Microsoft’s Paint has quietly taken a meaningful step toward becoming a lightweight, session‑aware image editor: the latest Insider update (app version 11.2508.361.0) adds editable project files using a new .paint container and introduces a per‑tool opacity slider for the Pencil and Brush tools...

Microsoft Paint’s long, slow transformation from a nostalgic Windows toy into a lightweight, modern image editor reached a pragmatic milestone this week with the arrival of editable Project files (.paint) and a per‑tool Opacity slider — changes that make everyday sketching, shading, and...

Microsoft’s latest Paint update reframes the long‑running app as a serious low‑friction image editor by adding an editable project file format and per‑tool opacity controls — features that put Paint squarely in the conversation as a free, entry‑level alternative to Photoshop for everyday tasks...