While it is true, Windows 10 is one of the most used operating systems in the world.. Which consists of the latest version produced by Microsoft for your operating system and has revealed a host of improvements that should be taken into account. Between them, highlight its new interface, its powerful browser, its and its new applications.
But, beyond that, Windows 10 has focused on providing the best experience to its users, optimizing the different tools that have prevailed throughout all the versions. Because of this, today, it provides a large work area in Microsoft Paintso that people can create, open and modify graphics using this software.
However, even though painting is one of the most legendary utilities of Microsoft Windowsthe truth is that many users of this OS still they do not know the different functionalities and tricks that the application hides. For this reason, in this post, we will point out what Paint consists of in a detailed and concise way.
What is Paint and what is this Windows program for?
Thanks to the fact that it was developed in 1982, microsoft paint is one of the most characteristic programs in the many versions of Windows. Which is defined as a software that works as a graphics editor and allows you to create simple or complex drawings, both in black and white as well as in color. These, by default, are stored as bitmap files on the system.
That way, painting consists of a program that serves to draw pictures, edit graphics, make images, add text to these elements and other designs that it facilitates through its different available tools. For this, it provides a work area and many options that allow it to be classified as a digital canvas of great help to carry out graphic tasks.
Added to that, this app available on W10 is also useful for viewing and editing scanned photos, without the need for advanced knowledge. Thus, it allows you to acquire high-quality results at a professional level. For this reason, it can be used to work with images without any limitation and in numerous formats (JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF or BMP). Assessing that these results can be used as desktop wallpaper, print them and even paste them into other documents.
What are the main features and functions of Paint in Windows?
Now, to characterize this Microsoft Windows graphic software in detail, the most important point of all refers to your work area. Given that, it is the one that allows carrying out the different creations and/or editions through an intuitive user interface that provides immediate learning thanks to its simplicity.
Thus, in this interface, users will be able to find several sections that, with their established functions, significantly simplify the experience to manage the program and get good results.
Therefore, below, we mention and detail what each one consists of and what its functions are:
Clipboard
Is a Windows native tool which allows to keep RAM from PC the last graphic object you copied or croppedtemporarily.
By default, it offers several options that are:
- Paste: It is a function designed to paste to the canvas of painting any image stored on the computer. Also, it has an additional option called “Paste from” which has the same function and additionally helps to select the file location.
- Cut: It is a tool that allows you cut what you have selected in the canvas of Paint. which deals with create a copy on the clipboard and erase part of the canvassimultaneously.
- Copy: Only copy the objects selected and, just as it creates a copy on the clipboard, also keeps what is selected on the canvas.
Image
As its name indicates, it refers to a section of the work area of microsoft paint that provides several options with which it is easier and faster to manage the images to be edited through the program.
In W10, that section provides the following:
- rectangular selection: It is found in the drop-down menu of “Select” and specifically, in the section “Forms of selection”. Which is a utility that allows you to choose a specific part of the drawing in a rectangular shape to edit it.
- free selection: is also in “Forms of selection” inside the menu “Select” and allows you to choose a piece of the drawing to edit it freely, without a specific shape.
- Select all: This option is useful for selecting the entire canvas, and everything on it, quickly.
- Invert selection: Through this, it is easier to apply different creatives to your image or drawing in Paint. Which is responsible for toggling the current selection.
- Remove: If you want to suppress a certain selection on the canvas, it is appropriate that you use this option.
- transparent selection: Helps define that the current selection has no background. Therefore, it will not display the same color as the secondary color selected as the base.
Tools
By default, through this section, painting offers the main utilities for create and edit charts directly.
These tools include the following with their indicated functions:
- Pencil: With it, there is the possibility of writing freehand on the canvas in question.
- color fill: It is an option that is used to fill any part of your drawing with the color you want.
- Text: If you want to show some text in your creation, it is opportune that you go to this tool.
- Eraser: In case you need to modify your drawing due to a mistake made or simply to improve it, you can use this particular tool.
- color picker: Helps you select any color applied to the canvas so you can work with the same tone later.
- Magnifying glass: It is ideal for working more comfortably, thanks to the fact that it allows you to zoom in or out of the canvas according to your requirements.
- Brushes: It consists of a tool that is used to make freehand lines, with a specific brush. Well, it offers various sizes and shapes to apply to the brush.
Shapes
No need to draw freehand, this Paint tool provides you with numerous ways so that you only choose the one you need to use, place the cursor where you want it to be located and plot its size there.
Next, we specify which are the sections available in Forms:
- shape bar: It is a box that offers the different ways provided by Paint to add to the creations. Whether rectangles, circles, arrows, short and straight lines, stars, rhombuses, dialogue clouds, hearts, etc.
- Outline: Depending on the shape that you are going to use, the program also offers you the possibility of choosing the type of outline that you want that figure to contain.
- Fill out: Without the need to paint it freehand, this option allows you to add a fill to your shape automatically.
Colors
In order not to obtain as a result a black and white canvas, painting offers you this tool that is based on a color palette with which it is possible to make endless combinations.
Thus, it offers several options that are based on the following:
- color 1: This option allows you to select the main color you want to work with on your canvas.
- color 2: This is the secondary color to apply to the work area. Typically used to specify a shape fill.
- panel of colors: It is a color palette that, by nature, provides the most common and used tones. Through it, you can combine the different colors to display in your drawings or images, around Color 1 and Color 2.
- edit colors: It consists of a Paint option with which it is possible to use custom colors to add them to the application’s traditional color palette.
List of the best Paint tricks to get the most out of this software
Default, classic Paint users they know which are the majority of the tools that it provides and how they work, in order to elaborate and manage their creations with quality. However, said Windows application hide different tricks which, in reality, is worth knowing in order to make the most of the program’s capacity.
That is why, with the aim of acquiring a better user experience, in this section of the post we will introduce you to some of the best tricks available in Paint to get the most out of it:
Enlarge the image without the magnifying glass
In most cases, users of painting resort to the magnifying glass tool to be able to zoom in or “enlarge” the image you are working on. However, it is possible to carry out this without using said tool and just using a kind of keyboard shortcut.
In this case, after specifying the file you want to enlarge, you have to hold down the “Ctrl” or “Control” key and start moving the mouse wheel to change its ratio. Added to this, it is possible to adjust the dimensions, the percentage, the pixels and the direction, by means of “Change size”. Even, You can even decrease the size of the image or move the graphic obliquely with this trick.
Overlay an image with transparency
Generally, when people need to make use of images under the PNG format which are transparent illustrations, resort to other programs such as photoshop to be able to do it. But this happens because They are unaware of Microsoft Paint’s ability to color an image with transparency over another.
Luckily, it is very easy to do it to create photomontages. In this case, the first thing you should do is to import background or main image. Which, you have to run it selecting the “File” tab at the top and clicking “Open” to find your background photo and display it in the Paint workspace.
Then it’s time to search your image in PNG saved on PC via the “Paste from” option on the Clipboard. Following that, locate yourself in the section of Image and proceeds to display the menu “Select” for there choose the option that indicates “Transparent Selection”. This will open the illustration without a background so you can superimpose it where you want (modifying its size, if necessary).
Invert image colors
It is also interesting invert the colors of any image in Paint for high-quality illustrations, just as if you were using a professional image editor.
Fortunately, this trick is very easy to carry out and here, we explain each step to follow so that you can do it correctly:
- First of all, you need to import an image through your PC folders. For that, click on “File, Archive”select the option “Open” Y choose the visual element to use.
- After that, if you want to invert the colors of the entire image, do…
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