Subj : Microsoft Paint hacks take it a step closer to being Photoshop
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Apr 19 2023 18:00:03

Microsoft Paint hacks take it a step closer to being Photoshop

Date:
Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:48:04 +0000

Description:
Animations and layers? Yep, you read that right, all coming to the little old 
Paint app courtesy of clever modders.

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The Windows 11 (and 10) app Microsoft Paint just got modded to allow the 
software to be used to create basic animations (and more besides). 

This feat of app hacking was achieved by YouTuber Sam Chiet, who tweeted an 
example of whats described as Flipnote-style animation software (via Windows 
Central ). I just hacked MS Paint into a Flipnote-style animation software. 
pic.twitter.com/uRLojwZGGg April 15, 2023 See more 

As you can see, the animation appears in a separate panel, and you can play 
or pause it, or step through individual frames which are shown in that panel, 
and in the main Paint window itself. 

Then if you want to make changes to any given frame, you can simply edit in 
the Paint app and see the results instantly in the animation panel to the 
side. Pretty nifty indeed, and Chiet has already shared an animated GIF made 
with the feature. 

Want more? Well, there is more on the Microsoft Paint modding scene as it 
happens, courtesy of game developer Talon Zane (as Gizmodo reports). 

Earlier this week, Zane managed to introduce layers to the application 
somehow. Yes, a fully functioning layer facility in Paint, albeit one 
implemented via a companion app, and you can see the tweet demonstrating this 
here (with a warning that it contains profanity  yes, someone got excited 
about their achievement). Analysis: Is Microsoft watching all this? 

Microsoft Paint is a popular little program. In fact, we still remember the 
outcry way back in 2017 when Microsoft was considering ejecting the app from 
Windows 10 . The support shown for Paint ensured that it wasnt banished from 
the OS in the end, and its still going strong today. 

Going even stronger in the near future, perhaps, looking at these mods, both 
of which could be out soon enough (neither feature is ready for release just 
yet). Itd certainly be very cool to have the ability to knock out simple 
animations, swiftly and easily, with Paint, and layers would also make for a 
smart piece of added functionality. 

Maybe Microsoft will be sitting up and taking notes (in Notepad, perhaps) of 
these impressive developments in the modding scene. Not to mention the 
reaction on Twitter, and elsewhere online, to these mods which have certainly 
been getting plenty of excited calls to have them released quickly. Watch 
this space, we guess.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-paint-hacks-take-it-a-step-closer-to-
being-photoshop


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