History of Microsoft Paint 1985-2017: An LGR Retrospective

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  • Опубліковано 17 лис 2024
  • As of July 2017, Microsoft is halting development on the venerable MS Paint. What better time to take a look back at the history and legacy of Paint, Windows 3.1 Paintbrush, and ZSoft PC Paintbrush!
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  • @LGR
    @LGR  7 років тому +1520

    If you're still confused about what Microsoft is doing with Paint: _it is not being removed from Windows, yet._ Development was halted in favor of Paint 3D, original Paint is no longer considered a core part of Windows for the future, original Paint will be on the Windows Store later on but will not be updated or supported.

    • @roadrunner9840
      @roadrunner9840 7 років тому +40

      just like mediacenter 😢

    • @Saghetti
      @Saghetti 7 років тому +1

      got it :)

    • @deluxesalt
      @deluxesalt 7 років тому +8

      Lazy Game Reviews Fantastic explanation. It's really in that grey area.

    • @xeonthemechdragon
      @xeonthemechdragon 7 років тому

      Lazy Game Reviews lol

    • @Zizzily
      @Zizzily 7 років тому +6

      Yay, now I can finish the video. I never saw anything wrong with the video, though.

  • @cooperbeats9620
    @cooperbeats9620 7 років тому +933

    Can we please just give him some props for how much research and how professional his videos are ?

    • @LGR
      @LGR  7 років тому +141

      I appreciate it!

    • @GuardianTam
      @GuardianTam 7 років тому +8

      SuperCooperGaming Well I've got a giant fake dinosaur head if that helps.

    • @HistoricaHungarica
      @HistoricaHungarica 7 років тому +9

      He can have my sword, my bow and my axe!

    • @MUMSUniverse
      @MUMSUniverse 7 років тому +7

      I can loan my miniature detailed Titanic with limited addition iceberg maker. #itsprettycool

    • @cooperbeats9620
      @cooperbeats9620 7 років тому +7

      Lazy Game Reviews I appreciate your quality content, keep it up!

  • @honkhonkler7732
    @honkhonkler7732 7 років тому +1660

    Everyone's up in arms about Paint, but I'm still getting over the loss of 3D Pinball.

    • @autistic_kaiser
      @autistic_kaiser 7 років тому +15

      Yeah me too

    • @moyokean
      @moyokean 7 років тому +50

      I forgot all about that but now I want to cry :,(

    • @MarcKloos
      @MarcKloos 7 років тому +7

      Or Othello, which was bundle with Windows up to version 3 (or was it only 2.0?)

    • @SummonerArthur
      @SummonerArthur 7 років тому +8

      Marcus Cook I still have it on a thumb drive so I can play it on any computer...

    • @justnoddy8856
      @justnoddy8856 7 років тому +52

      4D Pinball is coming up on next year ;)

  • @travosk216
    @travosk216 7 років тому +165

    I remember being 5 years old, we lived in the countryside so we had no internet, no gaming consols, just that one old computer my father bought ages ago, and every day i would turn it on go on paint a draw stuff. That was the only form of tech i had access to.
    But the best part was when i moved to the city and saw the newly released windows vista, that thing looked so good i couldn't even believe such a thing was even possible (i was so used to windows 95 and it's green background) and video games!! oh man. It was like seeing all the things i saw on TV in real life.
    I hope i didn't wast your time

    • @dialupdave6276
      @dialupdave6276 5 років тому +16

      sad you had to see windows vista insted of xp/7

    • @Wabeeninc
      @Wabeeninc 5 років тому +21

      @@dialupdave6276 be happy he saw something that wasn't 8

    • @avery1529
      @avery1529 5 років тому +4

      @@Wabeeninc yeah...

    • @HuNt3R47
      @HuNt3R47 4 роки тому +4

      My first pc was a hand me down from my grandfather it was Windows 2.0

  • @abettersideofme9908
    @abettersideofme9908 7 років тому +225

    My Grandpa used to print my drawings on Paint and hang them up in his office. I completely forgot about that until this moment.

  • @kluna
    @kluna 7 років тому +1525

    who else when bored made a bunch of overlapping circles and colored every section differently?

    • @creepiloawe5093
      @creepiloawe5093 7 років тому +6

      kluna I did

    • @sali-ali
      @sali-ali 7 років тому +17

      Haha and I was thinking it's only me doing this :)

    • @Charky_Creations
      @Charky_Creations 7 років тому +4

      I actually had an art magazine as a kid which showed you how to overlay a black sky on that, to make an image of space + planets :)

    • @ΑΡΗΣΚΟΡΝΑΡΑΚΗΣ
      @ΑΡΗΣΚΟΡΝΑΡΑΚΗΣ 7 років тому

      Me too

    • @retrogameplus3838
      @retrogameplus3838 7 років тому +22

      It was our fidgetspinner.exe

  • @jippalippa
    @jippalippa 7 років тому +155

    Open Paint for windows 95
    Do a bunch of random scribbles
    Use the fill tool to colour the shapes.
    MIND BLOWN!
    Loved doing that around 1997-98

    • @RussellTeapot
      @RussellTeapot 7 років тому

      ahahahah YESSSS, I remember starting with a solid fill rectangle, then use the free hand selection tool (or whatever what's called) and move the selection, with a different background colour.. noice

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 7 років тому +6

      It's modern art.

    • @milkydanny8316
      @milkydanny8316 7 років тому +3

      truth is, if a "modern art" artist'll do that, it would cost millions.

  • @pushinguproses
    @pushinguproses 7 років тому +127

    I still use paint all the time for very basic image editing. Really great to see older iterations of Paint; my first experience with it was with Windows 3.1. Didn't have the internet or a lot of games so I would open up Paintbrush and draw crappy things with my mouse. Even as an adult I like seeing what kind of art I can come up with using the program. Thanks for the great coverage on something so nostalgic.

  • @OSW
    @OSW 7 років тому +364

    I don't think many people notice it, but the amount of footage presented here (emulated I imagine?) of old programs running is really impressive! Showing what it's like to doodle on every version and competitor, such a quick turnaround making this video too. It's really very cool. Well done!

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 7 років тому +61

      Na man Clint has actual period correct hardware to run all these versions of paint on, along with with ways to capture it all into a modern computer, and rarely if ever uses emulation, or something like VMware. Hell he even did video on the first optical mouse that needs the special mouse pad to make it work correctly.

    • @retrobitsmx
      @retrobitsmx 7 років тому +16

      I think you don't know very well this channel, mate.

    • @OSW
      @OSW 7 років тому +6

      Can you capture HD footage from the original computers? I know Clint has a ton of 'em but I dunno how you would, emulators would be so much easier. We know he puts a ton of effort into his videos but it's worth mentioning we notice and it's awesome :)

    • @armanelgtron4533
      @armanelgtron4533 6 років тому +8

      A VGA capture card is really all you'd need for "HD" footage of a more modern computer.

    • @call_me_mad1236
      @call_me_mad1236 6 років тому +6

      “I dont think many people will notice it”
      How would anyone not notice..Its the entirety of this video and the majority of the channel lmao

  • @acearchives6138
    @acearchives6138 7 років тому +90

    I will never forget how I started as a digital artist. When I was twelve, I didn't know about free paint software that was better than MS Paint. I always envied those on UA-cam who had better programs than me, and I always blamed that for my lack of talent back in the day. I then slowly started to figure paint out more though, learning the tricks like make your tools bigger with the mouse, and as well as the copy clean trick. It seems like it was only yesterday when I found out that you could basically create layers by copying and pasting the image with the dominant color in the background. I also was mind blown when I found the invert to monocrome trick. It's going to be sad to see it go, seeing as I learned from my two years I spent drawing with the program. I learned that the tools do not make you the artist. You make you the artist. :)

    • @hjrdder7509
      @hjrdder7509 7 років тому +7

      Very true! I first drew with Photoshop and a tablet, but now I'll draw with Paint and a mouse because it's fun!

    • @DivineTerrors
      @DivineTerrors 7 років тому +2

      Ace The Artist I started with Ms paint too!
      But I figured out some stuff from speedpaints so im really good at it now! But I do use paint tool sai more now

    • @acearchives6138
      @acearchives6138 7 років тому +3

      Naomi Hasunuma Try GIMP 2.8 or Fire Alpaca. Both are free and easy to learn.

    • @bruhmamba5697
      @bruhmamba5697 7 років тому +1

      Naomi Hasunuma Google firealpaca

    • @acearchives6138
      @acearchives6138 7 років тому +2

      AstroMoo2 I understand that, I just wanted to talk about my experience with M.S Paint.

  • @StinkyBlack1
    @StinkyBlack1 7 років тому +236

    most people would be shocked at how powerful mspaint actually is. it can do alot.

    • @robokill387
      @robokill387 7 років тому +29

      Advection357 problem is Photoshop is quite heavy and slow to load, making it frustrating if all you're doing is basically tasks.

    • @RAFMnBgaming
      @RAFMnBgaming 7 років тому +18

      So long as it doesn't need to be transparent. *sigh*. It's why i spent my early years drawing things in the game maker sprite creator which does support that.

    • @Morgan02
      @Morgan02 7 років тому +39

      Did you see that picture one guy drew of the realistic Santa looked fucking awesome

    • @NazmusLabs
      @NazmusLabs 7 років тому +17

      HASEnoncorperated MS paint used to support transparency. That feature was removed with the Windows 7 update, I believe.

    • @rtsa4633
      @rtsa4633 7 років тому +9

      Photoshop is made for pros. MS Paint is made for fun and simplicity. It isn't trying to compete with anything. Its just an application you expect to be on a Windows machine.

  • @refraggedbean
    @refraggedbean 7 років тому +353

    "Sometimes you just want to draw a big dong in the sky" -LGR 2017

    • @Comettfm
      @Comettfm 7 років тому +11

      *Slowly claps*

    • @MatthewHolevinski
      @MatthewHolevinski 7 років тому +1

      Moar LGR Dong Art Pleeeeze

    • @OfficialRainsynth
      @OfficialRainsynth 7 років тому

      Because there's no better feeling, than drawing a big dong in the sky...

    • @summerlaverdure
      @summerlaverdure 5 років тому +2

      Large Genital Reproduction

    • @QJ89
      @QJ89 4 роки тому

      "Is that a phallic spaceship over the city?"

  • @thomasg86
    @thomasg86 7 років тому +28

    Man, those videos from Paintbrush in 3.1... so nostalgic! Played with that so much as a kid.

    • @thomasgraf1986
      @thomasgraf1986 7 років тому +2

      Oh just all sorts of things. I remember making stories with multiple BMPs like pages of a book. Actually used all of our hard drive space at one point, most of it being BMPs, haha.

    • @hika5251
      @hika5251 7 років тому

      I remember drawing dicks.

  • @ashknoecklein
    @ashknoecklein 7 років тому +40

    I did a degree in Latin and Greek, and "wildly complex things with arbitrarily limited resources...but then again sometimes you just want to draw a big dong in the sky" is basically how I would describe archaic lyric poetry. Probably lots of art tbh.

    • @gymnasiast90
      @gymnasiast90 5 років тому

      weehawk That brings back fun memories of high school, especially Catullus, who alternated between tender declarations of love and telling people he would fuck them in their mouths, while sticking to the rules of the hexameter. 😀

  • @jesuszamora6949
    @jesuszamora6949 7 років тому +540

    So Paint is being replaced by a 3D successor. I don't see the issue, so long as Paint 3D still has 2D capability, MS is right to assume the two programs would be redundant.

    • @MrJoeyWheeler
      @MrJoeyWheeler 7 років тому +71

      They could have avoided the issue if they just called it "MS Paint +3D" or something. So people would recognise it as being the same thing. I mean the MS Paint on my PC is definitely not the same MS Paint we had a decade ago, but it's just treated as the same program.

    • @photonicpizza1466
      @photonicpizza1466 7 років тому +24

      Yup, Paint 3D is just Paint with a bit of a different interface, better stylus support and 3D modelling capabilities.

    • @jesuszamora6949
      @jesuszamora6949 7 років тому +22

      True enough. They gave enough room for media to sensationalize it, and boy did the media sensationalize it!

    • @BeachBaller
      @BeachBaller 7 років тому +1

      Its been around for about a year now

    • @thelegendaryklobb2879
      @thelegendaryklobb2879 7 років тому +5

      Let the boy grow

  • @ooglefluffg857
    @ooglefluffg857 7 років тому +196

    When I was six or seven, I would take the largest square brush on Windows 95 and spend hours making a checkerboard pattern across the whole page. In hindsight, it was pretty obvious I had autism :P

    • @FinestCitizen
      @FinestCitizen 7 років тому +23

      I remember when I introduced the Paint program to my cousin. He thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Even though we had the Internet at the time, the guy was glued to Paint. I don't know what it is that sucks people in. The pretty colors I guess? LOL!

    • @kinamiya1
      @kinamiya1 7 років тому +15

      FinestCitizen simplicity can make great things

    • @ham.burger.
      @ham.burger. 7 років тому

      lmaooo me

    • @lukky6648
      @lukky6648 6 років тому

      Googlefluff857 my friends did this all the time but I was never interested to do it myself

    • @JUSXTREME96
      @JUSXTREME96 6 років тому +1

      I STILL use the version of paint from Windows 2000.

  • @Bucketus.Lord.of.Buckets
    @Bucketus.Lord.of.Buckets 7 років тому +27

    Was not aware of paint 3D until you showed it. Gonna download it asap. Thanks.
    Also dat woodgrain model. Never change

    • @serentique
      @serentique 7 років тому

      You don't download it. It comes free with windows 10 or sumfjn

  • @AspirationHD
    @AspirationHD 7 років тому +155

    Microsoft Paint is now joining Outlook Express and Windows Movie Maker. The list of programmes Microsoft is killing now is a bit alarming. Everything looks like it is heading for the cloud.

    • @AspirationHD
      @AspirationHD 7 років тому +3

      You could be right.

    • @kyleraccoon6195
      @kyleraccoon6195 7 років тому +28

      I hate the the cloud... I don't want to have to rely on the internet anymore than i do already

    • @user-tt6ct4ii8t
      @user-tt6ct4ii8t 7 років тому +21

      Next up: Microsoft is removing explorer.exe!
      Just to scam everyboddy, and go back to MSDOS,.

    • @DivineTerrors
      @DivineTerrors 7 років тому +6

      Aspiration what??
      Not movie maker!!
      That's all I have to make videos! :,0

    • @MrBLARG85
      @MrBLARG85 5 років тому +1

      .. you mean heaven.

  • @MarkyShaw
    @MarkyShaw 7 років тому +135

    FUCK this is my primary graphic design tool.

    • @Trashboat4444
      @Trashboat4444 7 років тому +4

      Mark Shaw original paint will be on windows store but will not be supported or updated

    • @joshhill3691
      @joshhill3691 7 років тому +3

      Mark Shaw along with movie maker for video editing?

    • @MarkyShaw
      @MarkyShaw 7 років тому +2

      Haha, I admit I used that at one point in time. It was easy! I do like my Premiere now though :-) What they oughta do is bring back the Macro Recorder!

    • @joshhill3691
      @joshhill3691 7 років тому +1

      Advection357 guess what...

    • @MARI0LAND
      @MARI0LAND 7 років тому +1

      But if I understood the video correctly, you can still use it with future Windows versions, you only have to download it. So don't stop believing!

  • @JennyverseLive
    @JennyverseLive 7 років тому +49

    "The History of Microsoft Pain"...oh wait, PAINT. I did wonder why this video was only seven minutes long.

    • @britisheas1273
      @britisheas1273 7 років тому +1

      GameplayJenny burn.

    • @JohnSmith-xq1pz
      @JohnSmith-xq1pz 6 років тому

      GameplayJenny windows 95 flashbacks?, or Vista? No maybe windows 8? lol

  • @kazztawdal
    @kazztawdal 7 років тому +34

    Using 3.1's Paintbrush as a kid made me suddenly realize that computers could do anything.

  • @BurnRoddy
    @BurnRoddy 7 років тому +3

    The great thing about Paint is its simplicity. I used to doodle a lot with it back when I was a kid. Eventually I found out just how useful it is to count pixels and transport Paint's creations in a preciese manner to the phisical world and even now when I need grilled papper to make a graphic by hand and still use it for that. Simpler things share a link with our own limitations so they are rarely not useful in MULTIPLE ways and Ms. Paint was a prime example of it.

  • @LMacNeill
    @LMacNeill 6 років тому +10

    I use Paint *constantly* . It is my go-to program to crop and annotate screenshots in Windows. Thank you for clarifying its status.
    And the MacPaint program that it was based on was dumped by Apple *years* ago. Which is ridiculous!! You have to go to a 3rd party on a damn Macintosh to get the program that it was *known for* back in the ‘80s! Ridiculous!!

  • @BentigiriIsCewl
    @BentigiriIsCewl 7 років тому +8

    I'm going to miss mspaint
    Back in around 4th grade I drew a fan art if this game.
    The game was one out of about 1000 in a collection, like one of those 1000 in 1 apps.
    The game was the chicken crossing the road.
    I remember being very proud of it, I sorta "mastered" ms paint back in that time, I was very "good at using the mouse"
    But recently ive drawn on a samsung tablet and I lost all of my "skills" that I had in 4th grade.
    Damn, so many drawings I had made!
    I wish I could see them again but the computer has been dead for over 4 years.
    Literally, and I can't remember my password for that old account so that "art" is forever lost...

  • @KentuckyRanger
    @KentuckyRanger 7 років тому +25

    I love Paint! If it wasn't for it, I'd never use PrintScr... ;O)

  • @martinkunev9911
    @martinkunev9911 6 років тому +10

    0:45 "I still find myself going back to paint"
    This just proves Photoshop is overcomplicated.

  • @himbeerme
    @himbeerme 7 років тому +6

    I used to draw stuff in Paint on my mums old Windows 95 laptop and then print it with a Laserjet 4p. Later on I had a Windows Vista (great OS xD) laptop and my grandpa bought me a Wacom Bamboo drawing tablet (one of the older generations, was a really cheap deal at Hofer (Aldi)) and then I drew stuff for greeting cards, also in Paint. I'll miss MS Paint :/

  • @969thewhip
    @969thewhip 7 років тому +2

    My first memory of Paint was in Middle School and our computer lab went from the Apple 2GS to Dells with windows 3.1 (I think). That's where I discovered that you could open more than one window at a time of the same program. So I kept clicking the paint icon and after about 15 paint windows, the PC locked up!

  • @Lurker1979
    @Lurker1979 7 років тому +12

    To be fair to Microsoft. There is also a lot of good freeware out there that does a good job.

  • @HaydenX
    @HaydenX 7 років тому +65

    "Hello, this is filler"
    I laughed pretty hard at this.

    • @WillThePlank
      @WillThePlank 7 років тому +2

      HaydenX yeah I found that way too funny!

  • @GlitchGameplay
    @GlitchGameplay 7 років тому +211

    Paint 3D looks nice,
    But can it paint Crysis?

    • @acorgiwithacrown467
      @acorgiwithacrown467 7 років тому +4

      Danny Blue easily :D

    • @wazzzup2579
      @wazzzup2579 7 років тому +4

      But can it paint DOOM though o_O?

    • @userchal2
      @userchal2 7 років тому +1

      Visit my channel if you want to see good drawings in paint, thanks

    • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
      @TheSmart-CasualGamer 4 роки тому +1

      No, but you can just about get the first couple of stages of Quake out of it.

  • @Mechaghostman2
    @Mechaghostman2 7 років тому +45

    I hope Paint 3D will allow you to actually make 3D models instead of just import them. Otherwise I'll just stick to Blender and old versions of Paint.

    • @OddBranch
      @OddBranch 7 років тому +4

      Mechaghostman2 you can "draw" basic 3D models but I don't recommend you to use Paint3D for professional 3D modelling.

  • @64jcl
    @64jcl 7 років тому +6

    Not used MS Paint since I installed Paint.Net ages ago - a superior and free paint package with way more functionality, including layers.

  • @lobstarooo
    @lobstarooo 7 років тому

    Oh my god that shot near the end, that Windows logo. I've spent countless hours changing it, dicking around, adding colours. This was the cherry on the delicious nostalgia-filled cake that is this video. Superb stuff Clint.

  • @MegaAstroFan18
    @MegaAstroFan18 2 роки тому +3

    Well, 4 years later and Windows 11 has ended up having both versions.

  • @GenreChowderStudios
    @GenreChowderStudios 7 років тому

    MS Paint was the first artistic software tool I ever used. I created characters with bios, comics, and so, so much more. It fueled my love of digital art. It was the perfect outlet for my creativity as a young artist. But more importantly, it taught me the basic software vocabulary and artistic tools, i.e. brushes, paint buckets, etc, I would use in my future artistic pursuits.
    Almost two decades later, I use Photoshop, have been paid for my art, and know enough about how to use my artistic software to channel my ideas into something viable and create work I'm really proud of. My art has to be one of the most important pieces of who I am, and being able to learn how to improve such an important piece of myself started with this very basic yet very fun little program.
    Thanks, Paint. I'll never forget you or those bitmap images I still have saved to a floppy. :)
    And thank YOU, Clint, for putting this great vid together. It's fascinating to see where this old friend came from and where it might be headed.

  • @axiom172
    @axiom172 7 років тому +63

    Windows wasn't Mac inspired, it was Xerox inspired. And unlike Apple, they had actually paid their licensing fee to Xerox and didn't end up getting sued like Apple did. Microsoft only got sued by Apple because Jobs was literally insane, and Apple lost the case anyway.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  7 років тому +25

      That's why I said "debatably." It's a really involved story with people on all sides, and that's outside the scope of this video.

    • @TheAnig140895
      @TheAnig140895 7 років тому +8

      I think this story would make for a good retrospective

    • @DrToonhattan
      @DrToonhattan 7 років тому +1

      Lazy Game Reviews
      Perhaps you could do an in-depth video on that one day?

    • @MacGuy3135
      @MacGuy3135 7 років тому +4

      Do you understand the meaning of the word "debatably" we are mourning the passing of a legacy program here. Not shouting at companies we have something against. Throw me in a bin.

    • @axiom172
      @axiom172 7 років тому +7

      Except it's not debatable, it's historical fact, so your point is moot. I'll hold the lid open for you.

  • @Doggy368
    @Doggy368 Рік тому +1

    5 years later, Paint 3D goes into 2nd plane and Paint evolves once more with Windows 11

  • @NerdsterStein
    @NerdsterStein 7 років тому +6

    I used to play on paint as a kid but I remembered just utterly hating it. I believe because it WAS too simple. I always hated things that were simple. Hell I can't even draw a stick figure, not because I can't draw no far from it. I just end up adding way to many details to it afterwards.
    When I had gotten my drawing tablet I tried using paint because at the time I still thought that Paint was the only art program in the entire world (I was a very sheltered kid XD) but man was it impossible to use the two together. I am very happy to have found Media bang. But that doesn't mean I don't catch my mom making incredible things on paint every now and then.

  • @FloatingSunfish
    @FloatingSunfish Рік тому +2

    I still use old reliable Paint from time to time.
    Heck, I drew my profile pic in it over half a decade ago!

  • @joshhill3691
    @joshhill3691 7 років тому +112

    Who wants a video dedicated to the rainbow brush? 🌈

  • @TheNostalgiaMall
    @TheNostalgiaMall 7 років тому

    This is why LGR's videos are so awesome. I love hearing the history and backstory of stuff that I used as a kid on my first computer. I was introduced to "Paint" with the one bundled with Windows 95. Drew a lot of road maps with it.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  7 років тому

      Thanks, man!

  • @lukky6648
    @lukky6648 6 років тому +10

    Paint will never die admit it.

  • @soogymoogi
    @soogymoogi 7 років тому

    Seeing that Windows 95 Paint is such a blast from the past. I'm a freelance pixel artist nowadays but I first got started mushing Pokemon icons together on that very program. It had some nifty little tricks hidden in it, too - like using the eraser and second color to replace pixels of one hue with another - which made it really cool when you spoke with another young pixelartist and were able to share knowledge and tricks, either inherent to Paint itself or ways to get around its limitations. Sort of like a secret society. I'm also glad to know Paint lives on even if I've been using Graphicsgale for years now.

  • @meromex
    @meromex 7 років тому +17

    It was gone, now it's back. MISTERY!

    • @scottb9997
      @scottb9997 7 років тому +1

      a mystery that can only be solved by reading his explanation in the pinned comment
      but noone is ever gonna do that so I guess we will never know

    • @scottb9997
      @scottb9997 7 років тому

      a mystery that can only be solved by reading his explanation in the pinned comment
      but noone is ever gonna do that so I guess we will never know

    • @meromex
      @meromex 7 років тому

      Scott B jokes on you, I was 2nd comment before his pinned comment, but no one ever reads the age history.

    • @scottb9997
      @scottb9997 7 років тому

      the history only tells me to the nearest hour and there is nothing I can do about that but its your fault you can't spell mystery

  • @aeropureinhakase855
    @aeropureinhakase855 3 роки тому +1

    This brought back so many memories

  • @Daniel15au
    @Daniel15au 7 років тому +3

    It's only being deprecated, no need to worry. The Win32 API still has API calls that were deprecated 20 years ago, so I wouldn't worry about it completely disappearing or no longer working.
    Even if Microsoft do remove it, it's likely the Windows 10 executable will continue working well into the future. Windows backwards compatibility is generally amazing. Windows 95 apps still run fine on Windows 10, and even some Windows 3.1 apps still run fine on Windows 10 if you have a 32-bit version of Windows (16-bit apps only run on 16- and 32-bit Windows, not 64-bit).

  • @msachma
    @msachma 7 років тому +1

    This was really well done and remarkably accurate. Wow!

  • @jacknicholson1288
    @jacknicholson1288 7 років тому +237

    Is it bad I naturallly hissed at paint 3D?

    • @infamousblackcoat
      @infamousblackcoat 7 років тому +6

      Jack Nickolson No.

    • @DivineTerrors
      @DivineTerrors 7 років тому

      Jack Nickolson nah
      I did too

    • @rtsa4633
      @rtsa4633 7 років тому +4

      Its basically just an evolution of paint. Think of it as the next generation of Pokemon where it is not Ash and Pikachu on their adventure but Ash and Raichu

    • @kinamiya1
      @kinamiya1 7 років тому

      I don’t care much if it gives me the same features of paint
      If i use or don’t the new featured i don’t care too much

    • @mcomeslast
      @mcomeslast 7 років тому

      Jack Nickolson I did as well.

  • @sprinklesweetm5263
    @sprinklesweetm5263 11 місяців тому +1

    When I was younger, I used to spend too much time on MS Paint and Paint 3D XD

  • @Mace2.0
    @Mace2.0 7 років тому +6

    Paint... I spent my 9, 10, and the rest of my school years on paint.

  • @albinidk183
    @albinidk183 7 років тому

    As an artist I've used many free and paid art programs but I still come back to mspaint every so often, it's simplicity is it's charm for me. And the nostalgia of drawing collaborative pieces with my dad on windows 98 is strong!

  • @Zakko64
    @Zakko64 Рік тому +3

    Strange to think there was a time where Microsoft Paint was going to be killed off.

    • @Nikolaisbirdie
      @Nikolaisbirdie 5 місяців тому +1

      I miss the old version, it got so bad I had to downgrade

    • @Zakko64
      @Zakko64 5 місяців тому

      @@Nikolaisbirdie I’m guessing because of the AI features?
      tbh I’m not a fan of them either

  • @MSPaynt
    @MSPaynt 6 років тому +1

    95/XP paint were always my favorites, i'm glad it is still appreciated all in all

  • @TickTockTimeTraveler
    @TickTockTimeTraveler 7 років тому +19

    Fascinating, thank you!

  • @bobbymillionaire1825
    @bobbymillionaire1825 7 років тому +1

    What a great video - thank you for your time and history of Paint - my avatar has been created in Paint. Cheers buddy!

  • @pjousma
    @pjousma 7 років тому +7

    Let's hope they don't come with a 3D Minesweeper next.

    • @HeySlickThatsMe
      @HeySlickThatsMe 7 років тому +1

      Tr7 VR MINESWEEPER

    • @kidwolf0015
      @kidwolf0015 4 роки тому

      I just want that good ole' pixel smiley face dude back. The newer versions of minesweeper just don't feel the same without him...

  • @RubyRocket26
    @RubyRocket26 7 років тому

    Ahhh.... so many childhood memories of editing my drawings pixel by pixel with Paint!!! Glad to hear it's not completely going away.

  • @s3tTz
    @s3tTz 7 років тому +140

    This video is just an excuse for you to record yourself piss-farting about in Paint. Kudos. :D

    • @LGR
      @LGR  7 років тому +55

      The secret's out!!

    • @Murrlin27
      @Murrlin27 7 років тому +1

      I love it!

    • @SWAGCOWVIDEO
      @SWAGCOWVIDEO 7 років тому

      And draw hairy Ds
      3:45

    • @tonyhong20
      @tonyhong20 7 років тому +3

      end bringer True. We've already watched him assemble two Lego computers which took about an hour each

    • @ADPRadio
      @ADPRadio 7 років тому

      But everyone loves doing silly things in ms paint!

  • @sarahjames9768
    @sarahjames9768 7 років тому

    Paint was the first art software I ever used. Thank you for sharing this video.

  • @Firevine
    @Firevine 7 років тому +3

    Man, back in the day I used a not-Microsoft paint program that had some preloaded pictures, like a birthday card, a parrot, other stuff. I tried my best to make something look as good as those did, but of course since I was a kid, no luck. I wish I could remember what that program was now.

    • @RussellTeapot
      @RussellTeapot 7 років тому +3

      Do you remember the year? It was a program running under Windows? Was it a freeware? I love hunting down forgotten software, it's really satisfying when some detail click in your brain and *BAM* you remember the name!

    • @amnottabs
      @amnottabs 7 років тому +2

      Firevine Kid Pix maybe?

    • @Firevine
      @Firevine 7 років тому

      Russell Teapot Early 90's. Something I would have enjoyed before I became a big tough angsty middle schooler, haha. Probably 90-92. It MIGHT have been Kid Pix like this other fella mentioned, because that looks really familiar too, so I might have had both. Dad spent tons of money on PC's and software back then.

    • @Firevine
      @Firevine 7 років тому

      amnottabs Maybe...but Kid Pix definitely looks familiar, so I might have had two things. Thanks for the reminder!

  • @steveelmy
    @steveelmy 7 років тому

    I can remember well, the first PC art program I used to use in school during the 80's was called "paint spa", it was bundled on RM Nimbus PC's before 1990; it used ega and was capable of not only painting and filling single colours but it also had a preset number of textures you could use such as bricks (made with red and yellow pixels), it was an awesome program for the time, doing more than even paintbrush did with windows.

  • @Josie.R
    @Josie.R 7 років тому +5

    Microsoft just needs to remake Paint. Simply modernize the UI. Keep tools, features, tricks; keep everything and keep everything where it is. But just make it look modern by remaking it in the new Neon design language

    • @LustForKeyboards
      @LustForKeyboards 7 років тому +1

      That's what Paint3D is.

    • @Josie.R
      @Josie.R 7 років тому

      Lust For Keyboards No, they completely moved everything and removed a whole ton of features

    • @OMA2k
      @OMA2k 5 років тому

      @@Josie.R : I didn't know Paint had "a ton of features" ;)

  • @samuellara2754
    @samuellara2754 7 років тому

    MS Paint was the very first program I used on my very first computer in the Windows XP days. You will be missed missed old friend.

  • @madpandahat
    @madpandahat 7 років тому +71

    Big dongs in the sky..

    • @LeMeBucallion
      @LeMeBucallion 7 років тому +6

      Robert Bee Sounds like a Pink Floyd song title.

    • @adamm.1604
      @adamm.1604 7 років тому +1

      Considering it is already 60 percent one of their song titles, that makes sense haha (great gig in the sky).
      Actually, I'm awarding an extra 15 percent (out of 20) for 'big' which is almost 'great' so 75 percent at least

    • @RAFMnBgaming
      @RAFMnBgaming 7 років тому +1

      With Diamonds?

    • @zekchard
      @zekchard 6 років тому

      *_whomst'd've been drawing big diccs in the sky?_*

  • @FerintoshFarmsPhotography
    @FerintoshFarmsPhotography 7 років тому

    So many great memories growing up in the library room after being bored with Word and Math Rescue; I would throw on paint to just spray on millions of stars imagining each pixel was it's own star, swirling the different colour temperatures together in an ever growing array of endlessness.

  • @Tech101yt
    @Tech101yt 2 роки тому +5

    This aged like milk lol

  • @CommanderWiggins
    @CommanderWiggins 7 років тому

    I'm an artist and I still sometimes draw in MS Paint. Contrary to popular belief, you really can make actual art in Paint if you have enough skill and patience.
    Learning about good old paint was awesome, thank you LGR!

  • @Sb129
    @Sb129 7 років тому +25

    I wonder what was changed from the original video

    • @LGR
      @LGR  7 років тому +57

      Minor rewording to the intro to make it clear that Paint is not being "killed" so much as replaced.

    • @nasilemak868
      @nasilemak868 7 років тому +7

      SbI29 dong added

  • @MysticJhn
    @MysticJhn 7 років тому +1

    Even as a graphic designer and Photoshop jockey/lover, I still have fond memories of MS Paint from back in the Windows 3.11 and Win 95 days. When I was a young teen/pre-teen, I spent plenty of time in Paint. My best memory of Paint being an accurate recreation of the original Jurassic Park logo of my desktop wallpaper (back when Jurassic Park was an original book/film and not a sequel shitting movie franchise).

  • @rawkinghorse
    @rawkinghorse 7 років тому +5

    I'm not sure what the point of Paint 3D is. The average user doesn't know the first thing about 3D.

  • @djnekroman
    @djnekroman 7 років тому

    I hadn't upgraded to Windows 7 until quite a few years after it's release. Once I finally did, I can remember the first time I booted Paint... I was legitimately blown away by how much more impressive they had made the program. I even made little dallies into actual "digital art" because I was so impressed by what Paint had become. I

  • @bl8n2
    @bl8n2 7 років тому +10

    I still use MS paint from Win XP lol, was easy to use so I downloaded it

    • @musclestudios6620
      @musclestudios6620 7 років тому +2

      Yes and I remembered using this paint when I was 10. We draw random stuff and making movies.

    • @DiamondProAlpine
      @DiamondProAlpine 7 років тому

      Boonce XP Paint is my childhood

  • @kissesangel1996
    @kissesangel1996 7 років тому

    really enjoyed this video! I spent my childhood drawing landscapes on paint and didn't know it had such a background! the new paint looks awesome in its own right too, though

  • @Level-ts7xl
    @Level-ts7xl 7 років тому +3

    why the fuck are people so upset over this? its fucking Paint. how much more could they update it?
    it has always been the same basically.

  • @renaxakai3
    @renaxakai3 7 років тому

    I still use Paint for any screenshots that I take. It opens so quick, and saves in the quality that I like, so it's perfect! I will never stop using it.

  • @debbyclowner
    @debbyclowner 7 років тому +26

    XP was best paint

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 7 років тому +1

      I have to agree MS Paint for XP was the best, but I can't count how much time I wasted on MS Paint for Win 95 back in high school when I was done with my typing class in less in about a 1/3 of the year(it was self paced from a book, with computer automated test), and the school's internet was wanting to be too slow to do anything useful.

    • @strain42
      @strain42 7 років тому +5

      I like the Vista version a little more (one of the few things I preferred Vista for) it was basically the same but had a few more default color options and a couple of extra options for certain tools.

    • @lewisfilby2394
      @lewisfilby2394 7 років тому +4

      This is widely agreed with. In fact, the internet-famous artist "Jim'll Paint It" who exclusively uses MS Paint for his drawings recently said, (after hearing the news of its discontinuation) that he actually doesn't care because he runs Windows XP in a virtual machine because that version of Paint is superior.

  • @blacklaceredroses
    @blacklaceredroses 6 років тому

    My grandad has this hidden talent of creating lush nature landscapes in Microsoft Paint. Like highly detailed pixel art. They looked professional and elaborate and it was fascinating to watch him create such art using a simple computer program! (this was on an IBM PC back in the 90’s)

  • @Scott-yf1zn
    @Scott-yf1zn 7 років тому +4

    Google paint is what i used to teach myself Arabic
    salami malayhim

    • @yazeed699666
      @yazeed699666 7 років тому +2

      but how?
      also that's not arabic.

  • @losalfajoresok
    @losalfajoresok 7 років тому

    This was a trip to memory lane! I started with Win 3.1 though but this mede me feel so nostalgic! Thanks Clint!

  • @iloveg25
    @iloveg25 7 років тому +3

    The Mona Lisa was re made on paint! (also mario paint used to remake memorable songs)... ahh those times when the mouse wouldnt work and it meant its time to clean the crud off the rolls and ball XD

  • @eiadtarabulsi
    @eiadtarabulsi 7 років тому

    I have had and will always have a soft spot for MS Paint since I first used it back in the day. I've seen people do some pretty impressive stuff using MS Paint. Sure, its not as complex or advanced as something like Adobe Photoshop, but for a software that's bundled with a Microsoft operating system, its pretty darn good. I even use it at the office here and there. Its not as complex or advanced like other software as I've already mentioned. However, its proven to be a nifty and effective software that people will fondly remember years down the road. Your videos are so well done and professional. Thanks again!

  • @familyguyfunnymoments34
    @familyguyfunnymoments34 5 років тому +6

    It's 2019 and paint is still on Windows 10 😂

    • @kidwolf0015
      @kidwolf0015 4 роки тому +1

      I was gonna say that my Windows 10 laptop still has Paint (not paint 3D), but some of the newer ones have Paint 3D instead. I think it has something to do with which version of Windows 10 you have...

  • @KairuHakubi
    @KairuHakubi 7 років тому

    I still remember using something like paint sometime around 1989-90 at this guy's house. He looked exacly like an 80s computer programmer, and I didnt realize I was helping playtest his homebrew programs. That would actually be by far the most advanced computer I would use for the next 6 years, school just had Apple IIs.
    I also remember discovering that ms paint could open corrupt image files! super useful when my crummy computer kept crashing during saving in another image program

  • @erikskallevold2080
    @erikskallevold2080 7 років тому +77

    And then you have Paint 3d, which is the worst shit I've ever seen. I can't even copy-paste

    • @YAUUN
      @YAUUN 7 років тому +4

      Won't even install for me, it claims I need to update & my Win 10 is fully up to date.

    • @seshpenguin
      @seshpenguin 7 років тому +8

      Does it not come bundled with WIndows 10 Creators Update? I did for me.

    • @ChristineSimsOfficial
      @ChristineSimsOfficial 7 років тому +5

      I once had windows 10...but I hate windows 10. If I cant play sims 2 on it, it's not worth my time. Not like I play it much anymore, but take away my option and See me get pissed.lol. When I built my new computer I went with and older windows just so I knew I could install older games with ease. paint 3d seems cool tho, but I'm sure I'd never use it.lol

    • @PixelatedH2O
      @PixelatedH2O 7 років тому +12

      I can play Sims 2 just fine on Windows 10. In fact I can still play some games designed for Windows 98 on it.

    • @PixelatedH2O
      @PixelatedH2O 7 років тому +6

      You can always just backup the Paint executable and keep it forever.

  • @harlevinlp
    @harlevinlp 7 років тому

    Great video, I have spent many hours in Paint, making silly comics or quite alright-looking pictures.
    The one great disadvantage of Paint 3D is that it is much more heavyweight than Paint, meaning that when you're on a laptop/tablet, battery life suffers greatly (at least in my experience). Paint is light, quick, and just so easy to use so I'm glad Microsoft still keeps it around.

  • @AxelDragani
    @AxelDragani 7 років тому +8

    *FARTS*

  • @offrails
    @offrails 7 років тому

    I remember spending many hours growing up with Microsoft Paintbrush (a licensed version of ZSoft Paintbrush) with stunning four color CGA graphics (though I later figured out how to switch palettes) and the functionally identical Paintbrush in Windows 3.x. I used to do all sorts of things, such as design buildings, rearrange maps, and even "hack" graphics of games

  • @chillseekerthechillseeker
    @chillseekerthechillseeker 7 років тому

    Paintbrush was easily the best iteration, the way you could draw on one specific colour was awesome

  • @advancetotabletop5328
    @advancetotabletop5328 7 років тому

    Love the doodles. Makes me wonder what the LGR videos would be like if you could doodle on them as well!

  • @MrJest2
    @MrJest2 7 років тому

    Back in the mid-90s, I worked for a small software company (that was later swallowed up by A Very Large Software Company). As we prepared to move to another office building, I was clearing out an old storage closet in my area. I stumbled across the exact early MS mouse shown at 2:35. The thing that tripped me out was the ball... it was made of steel!!!

  • @hamagram
    @hamagram 7 років тому

    Loved this video. I remember messing around with paint back in kindergarten and being super excited about it

  • @psivewri
    @psivewri 7 років тому

    Paint on windows 3.11 was my childhood :)

  • @uelssom
    @uelssom 7 років тому +1

    Man, i had Paintbrush on windows 3.1 and it had a feature i miss in newer versions: you could erase a single color. And the paint for w95 had a cool easter egg where you could zoom more than the limit shown

  • @AnimalFacts
    @AnimalFacts 7 років тому +2

    Good stuff man, good stuff.

  • @StevenSeagull123
    @StevenSeagull123 7 років тому

    Paint and Solitaire was my go-to programs when I was stuck at my parents office with no internet connectivity in the 90s.

  • @oldcommodoremediacorporati3005
    @oldcommodoremediacorporati3005 5 років тому +1

    I LOVE Microsoft Paint. It's one of my favorite art programs in the world. I even love the Windows 95 version!

  • @chrisrobinson82
    @chrisrobinson82 7 років тому

    Great stuff Clint. I'd be really interested to see your take on the history of Photoshop and how it's changed over the years. Thanks again

  • @suzu8006
    @suzu8006 6 років тому

    paint gives me so much nostalgia. Loved the grey look and cute pen.

  • @Windsorsillest
    @Windsorsillest 5 років тому

    I Honestly love your Videos ❤️. Seriously, I love the retro style and your jokes dude!!