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Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency

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Microsoft is finally rolling out support for layers and image transparency to the Paint image editor application. The long-awaited new features are available with Paint version 11.2308.18.0 or higher. With layers, you can stack shapes, text, and other image elements on top of each other.

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Ars Technica

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Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency

Automated background removal was also added recently.

2 years ago·United States

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BleepingComputer

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Microsoft Paint finally gets support for layers and transparency

Microsoft is finally rolling out support for layers and image transparency to the Paint image editor application 38 years after its launch. [...]

2 years ago

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Microsoft brings layers and transparency to pre-release MS Paint

A pre-release version of MS Paint now also supports working with layers and transparent image elements. The competition has been able to do this for a long time.

2 years ago·Germany

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Paint App For Windows Update Adds Support for Layers and Transparency

Windows blog: Today we are beginning to roll out an update for the Paint app to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels (version 11.2308.18.0 or higher). With this update, we are introducing support for layers and transparency! You can now add, remove, and manage layers on the canvas to crea...

2 years ago

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