Hidden features in MS Paint
summary
MS Paint proves surprisingly practical: it dates to 1985 and survives Windows updates, and the talk shows concrete tricks that save time. Use transparent selection and set color two (right‑click color picker) to move graphics without grabbing white backgrounds; right‑click the eraser to remove a single color; zoom with the mouse wheel or click/right‑click; use Ctrl+drag copies to duplicate elements repeatedly; create simple custom brushes by selecting a shape and holding Shift while dragging. Also available as jspaint.app for non‑Windows users.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00MS Paint history
- 2:57Presenter introduction
- 4:03Transparent selection tricks
- 6:53Single-color erasing
- 8:00Efficient zooming and pasting
- 9:49Resizing rotating brushes
- 10:54Paint alternatives
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