#Paintbrush windows 3.1 driver#
#Paintbrush windows 3.1 software#
#Paintbrush windows 3.1 windows 8#

The classic Paint application is still present in desktop mode and has not changed much in Windows 10. It was too complex to use and is aimed more at real artists and relied heavily on touch.

#Paintbrush windows 3.1 windows 8#

Windows 8 initially came along with an app called Fresh Paint, but it just wasn’t the same. Since Paintbrush for Windows 3.1, Microsoft introduced some changes which I disliked, and the only best feature is the multi-level undo introduced (correct me if I’m wrong) in Windows XP. To get around it, I use the freeware mspaintxp which emulates the XP version of Paint which commits lines to the sheet as soon as they’re drawn. My drawing technique depends heavily on the line tool which Microsoft changed by anti-aliasing shapes and lines into objects that can be first dragged around and resized before it’s committed/rasterized on the drawing sheet. Paint hasn’t changed much but has gradually become unusable for me beginning with Windows 7. From time to time I still make simple doodles. But I still use paint in my current job to create simple drawings like sketch maps (before Google Maps came along), diagrams and even flow charts. I never graduated past Paint into CorelDraw or Photoshop because I didn’t have the money to purchase them nor did I have the time because of my IT jobs. I graduated college and still used Paintbrush to complement my development work (buttons, background, etc…) as well as some personal art (some of which I keep ‘til now). I used Paintbrush to help with my thesis in creating charts, diagrams and manipulating screenshots. Still into it but now I no longer draw as much. I used it to create my own wallpaper which amazed my classmates. I used paint to help create cartoons for our club newsletter. I had Windows 3.1 when I hit the 3 rd year and enjoyed Microsoft Paintbrush more than ever. I was still ignorant back then about computers and was more interested in computer graphics and games until I learned there was more to computers when I took up Computer Science.

Time flies and time flew by as I enjoyed drawing while increasing my dexterity points.

#Paintbrush windows 3.1 driver#

My classmate let me borrow his Microsoft Mouse kit which included the driver and paint program on a 5” floppy diskette. I’m betraying my age by saying I began using Paint during the DOS era. Seeing the demo, I feel excited to use Paint again, maybe on my HP Stream tablet if it can handle it. Microsoft is finally upgrading Paint worthy of the OS it’s in with a brand new interface, pen support and will include 3D features as well as a new logo. Paint hasn’t changed much and is still the same in Windows 10, but that could change later this October. Then the Windows 7 version came along, and it wasn’t as much fun anymore.

#Paintbrush windows 3.1 software#

Honestly, it’s fun and I fancied myself as a graphics artist before I landed a software development job. I’ve been using Microsoft Paint since the MS-DOS days.