Microsoft Paint, the class idiot turned into a "super nerd" thanks to AI

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When it was first released back in 1985, Microsoft Paint was a mere (rather clumsy) emulator of the iconic MacPaint program that debuted on Macintosh computers just a year earlier. Microsoft's image-editing program, whose charm was almost always how ridiculously bad it was, evolved very little over the years. However, its perception by people did. Paint, initially a mere clone of a program that was actually much better, went on to become one of the most hated apps by Microsoft users. However, that hatred ended up turning into a passionate love. Paint became, not in vain, the canvas of countless "memes" and, although in 2017 it was on the verge of dying, it eventually gave the grim reaper and his sharp scythe the slip .

Despite its rocky path full of phone number database india ups and downs, Paint is an icon (and it is one in its own right). Perhaps for this reason Microsoft has decided to "tweak" the famous software to turn it into a powerful AI-powered image editor that is available completely free on Windows 11 and on Copilot+ PC , a computer specifically designed to compete head-to-head with Apple's powerful Macs.



The new AI-powered Paint lets users easily edit images by simply selecting the areas they want to alter . If you don't like the background of an image, for example, you can change it with just one click and a few words prompt. And if you want to remove the photobombers from your last vacation photos, you can do that with just one click and no image editing skills.

"With the addition of generative fill and erase, you can edit and alter images with great precision and creative freedom ," Microsoft says of the new Paint.

Is Paint the future of image editing?
Microsoft's flagship image editor allows users to add or remove objects, change backgrounds, and make much more subtle adjustments, bypassing the learning curve associated with more advanced image editing programs like Photoshop . In addition, it is a 100% free program and available on all computers with the Windows 11 operating system (which are counted in the millions across the globe).

An edition that once took several hours is now possible in just a few seconds thanks to a tool, Microsoft Paint, which until recently seemed completely obsolete, and which now, with the help of AI