paint has had a unique career in the software industry. Microsoft launched the tool on the market in 1985, a year after Apple included MacPaint in the first Macintosh computers. The software was later surpassed by more sophisticated programs, such as Photoshop, and also by online platforms, such as Canva. It has been the object of criticism and meme fodder, and holds icon status in the popular imagination, but now it takes a notable leap with the incorporation of artificial intelligence functionalities.
Microsoft has recently presented new features for its computers with Copilot+ PC and Windows 11, many of which rely on AI to empower users and optimize their productivity. Some of these new advantages are part of Paint, which has undergone an evolution to adapt to the new ways of editing and creating images.
As the company has explained, thanks to new technology, creators can now express their ideas and create good quality images with a few simple movements with the brush. It is also a tool available for free of charge and without the need for a subscription in new versions of Microsoft operating systems.
Paint now includes the functions of generative fill and generative erase. These allow you to eliminate unwanted or unnecessary elements in an image and add others where desired just with text instructions or prompts. In addition, the company claims to have improved the diffusion model that operates in the background, which will provide faster and higher quality results.
On the other hand, thanks to AI Windows 11 also will facilitate photo enhancement, in such a way that converting images to high quality will not imply blurry or pixelated images. Likewise, the searching for files with Windows Search It has also been improved, and now it will be enough to include a description, and not the name, to locate what you want to find.
Paint’s new features make it easy for what could be hours-long complex editing to be completed in just a few minutes; and turns software that was once thought obsolete into a renewed, useful and relevant tool for users.
The strategic move by Microsoft is an incentive for Windows users, who until now may have had to resort to external tools to carry out their editing in an agile way. However, it faces considerable competition, since rival firms such as Adobe or Canvaor even Meta, have also promoted the integration of functionalities based on artificial intelligence in their editing programs.
