Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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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