Paint on Windows is getting layers and transparency support

Re:Paint on Windows is getting layers and transparency support by benbristow on Monday September 18, 2023 @03:36PM (#37560915)

For as basic a program it is, it's rather useful.

My work only currently only give machines with 16GB RAM which gets eaten up by Edge/Teams/Outlook, security applications incl. Defender and then any dev tools on top of that. Trying to campaign for 32GB machines but bureaucracy takes its time in the public sector. The IT team have also just removed Paint 3D for some reason via InTune.

Just opened Paint right now on my Windows 10 desktop and it's using 13MB of RAM for a blank canvas.

For pasting a screenshot and putting some rectangles/arrows on it, it works a charm.

Something to be said about Paint!

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Re:Paint on Windows is getting layers and transparency support by vel0city on Monday September 18, 2023 @03:50PM (#37561075)

Why do you even bother pasting screenshots? Snipping tool can save it without even needing to paste it anywhere. Win+Shift+s

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Re:Paint on Windows is getting layers and transparency support by fyloraspit on Monday September 18, 2023 @04:08PM (#37561311)

Sometimes you want mouse or dynamic menu in frame for highlighting. Most likely reason for print screen + paint IMO.

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Re:Paint on Windows is getting layers and transparency support by benbristow on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @04:42AM (#37567101)

Usually to save them somewhere for later (in memory)

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Re:Paint on Windows is getting layers and transparency support by IYasha on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:55PM (#37586619)

I had mspaint on Ctrl+Alt+P since Windows 95 for that reason :)

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