Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by Clubber on Monday July 24, 2017 @04:02PM (#14842122)

I still use Paint to crop screen shots when I need to send them to people. Quick and gets it done, on any Windows computer.

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by freehunter on Monday July 24, 2017 @04:39PM (#14842458)

I still haven't found anything similar on Mac. It's the biggest thing I miss after making the switch. Preview is close, but still not the same. And Gimp, the usual recommendation, is far, far far far too heavyweight to be a valid comparison to Paint.

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by tracker1 on Monday July 24, 2017 @05:13PM (#14842738)

You can take a look at Pinta[0] I don't recall if it's a clone or a port of Paint.Net, but works for me as a quick tool... the OS integration (open with) needs some work though. It uses Mono as a portable runtime and is decent enough, again for most work. IMHO easier to use than Gimp, though not as feature rich.

https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by cakedoggie on Monday July 24, 2017 @07:23PM (#14843655)

You don't need it on a mac. You can take a screenshot of a part of the screen only, and it saves it to an image on your desktop, you can send to anyone.

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by freehunter on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:13PM (#14844255)

Anything similar to Paint in general, not just this specific use case. Paint covers a lot of uses that Preview doesn't.

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by captaincrowbar on Monday July 24, 2017 @07:25PM (#14843663)

I'm liking Paintbrush: https://paintbrush.sourceforge.io/

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by slantyyz on Monday July 24, 2017 @04:59PM (#14842633)

You should try Greenshot (free). It also lets you annotate your screenshots in a fashion similar to Skitch.

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by hobs on Monday July 24, 2017 @05:17PM (#14842776)

Checkout ShareX, I was a long time Greenshot user (and it even integrates the nice annotation stuff from Greenshot) but I switched because it has an even nicer UI and a host of additional features while remaining simple to use (still free though.)

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by y0ghur7_xxx on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:59AM (#14845454)

But ShareX does not have an image editor, like Greenshot. Which is the whole reason we are discussing alternatives to paint. Or am I wrong and someone implemented one?

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by hobs on Friday July 28, 2017 @02:09PM (#14876259)

It definitely has Greenshot's image editor baked right in.

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by vincvinc on Monday July 24, 2017 @04:40PM (#14842460)

You can use Window's built-in Snipping Tool to do that more quickly than with paint (still love paint though)

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by keithnz on Monday July 24, 2017 @06:14PM (#14843230)

I use microsofts snip ( it's part of office, no idea why they don't make it part of windows )

https://mix.office.com/snip

It's replaced most of my need for ms-paint

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by sundvor on Monday July 24, 2017 @08:10PM (#14843926)

Yep, and in the Win10 Creator's update you can even do WIN+SHIFT+S for an ultra quick snip directly to the clipboard.

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by cbraz on Monday July 24, 2017 @06:37PM (#14843380)

"Snipping Tool" has been available and built in since Windows 7. Give that a try.

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Re:Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years by keithnz on Monday July 24, 2017 @07:28PM (#14843678)

I have used it, and it's ok, but snip feels like the evolution of it.

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