What was the DEFINITIVE version of MS Paint?

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Published 2024-08-02
MS Paint was the program that introduced me to making Art on a Computer.
But how has Paint evolved over the years and was there ever a Definitive version of Paint?
Let's go by every update to see if we can find the answer to that question.
Special thanks to my brother ‪@Brick_Mark‬ for helping out with the recording the comic book stuff and creating the "New Iron Golem Added" Paint 3D picture with me

0:00 Intro
0:40 PC Paintbrush
3:43 Paint 1
7:14 PC Paintbrush 2.0
9:48 Paint 3.1 (Paintbrush)
11:34 Paint 95
13:36 Paint XP
15:53 Paint 7
20:24 Paint 3D
25:03 Paint 11

Music Used in this video
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Mission "Welcome to the Amusement Park" - The Smile of You ~theme from Elebits~
Gitaroo Man OST - 08 The Legendary Theme (Acoustic)
Mario Part 2 - Let's get this Party started
Mario Artist Paint Studio Drawing Track #3 - Monkey's
Bomberman Hero - Milky
Megaman Legends - the 3 Bonne Brothers
A Hat in Time - Oh it's you!
Glover - Training Room
Auto Modellista OST - Save & Exist
Tetris CDI - Level 3/5
Pilotwings 64 - Handglider
Yooka Laylee & The Impossible Lair - Cliffside Quest
Splatoon 2 - Inkopolis News
Tomodachi Life - Office
A Short Hike - Somewhere in the Woods
Animal Crossing City Folk - 3AM
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild - Hateno Village (Night)

All Comments (21)
  • I first started drawing digitally on paint 7. Really takes me back when I made low quality animatics. Awesome video buddy.
  • @Nesamons
    I was cracking up a lot at the insane drawings with 0 context. Excellent video Mallerd!
  • @MattHedgern
    Fun fact about Paint 3D, it used to have the ability to browse user-submitted models and add them to your project. I can't find much on it other than A) a single article from 2018, and B) two images I have saved on my PC using models retrived from it. Those two images also probably hint at why the feature was removed, as they both contain actual models of Sonic the Hedgehog. I'm guessing copyright concerns from people doing junk like that are what did it in but, again, can't find much. I just remember opening Paint 3D one day and that feature was gone.
  • @keepyo
    It makes me SO MAD this video is that underrated. I thought this was some video from 8 months ago with at least a million views but dude Peak content right here, please keep it up
  • @Jocemadness
    can we talk about how good these drawings are?! ms paint for windows 7 was my first introduction to digital art and I remember I didn't know how to screen record anything, so I used my phone pointed at the screen, and recorded that way lol
  • @Nefnoj
    ok but the MS Paint with Bob Ross was kinda pretty and I think I'm considering giving it a go now..........
  • @jarg6985
    Awesome video! The transparency icons at 12:22 were so nostalgic lol. So many memories.
  • I feel like most of the problems are caused by using a virtual machine, But I don't blame you for not going through old pc/windows bs
  • I love all the little drawings and doodles just in the background
  • @ManicBestia
    I watched this video and couldn't stop watching, loved seeing the Realign cover you did in Paint 11 btw xD
  • @Advenit647
    your editing style is incredibly engaging!! fantastic video!
  • @kurganim
    Finished the video and was shocked by the view count. This video deserves so much more love and praise
  • @SwooshxBear
    Great comprehensive video! Not only a good timeline of the history of the program, but funny and entertaining to boot. You can clearly see your passion come out for the little program that has always been here on PC for so long.
  • @Twiddle_things
    Was oddly nostalgic despite never using MSpaint outside of seldom instanced at school. I used MyPaint like twice and did the rest of my art and animations in Scratch for years
  • @beegyosh8262
    One thing Paint 3D did have to offer 3D-wise was that you could select parts of an image and turn them into flat 3D planes, which, when used right, allowed for a very rudimentary layer system. This was neat until Microsoft added an actual layer feature into MS Paint, still, great video. Really made me appreciate Paint even further
  • @edplayssims
    I always use Paint 3D, just for the 2D elements. I think the last time I ever went on the 3D tabs was years ago.
  • @rejectfalseicons
    one thing about paint 3d is that making drawings using the 3d shapes is fun, but i think it adds to how much of a failiure it is that its more fun making 2d art with its 3d features than doing anything 3d with them
  • 2:36 can it be that you only have 4 eye-bleeding colors because you run in CGA mode? Wikipedia says it supported EGA too, should be better.
  • @BucketJ0y
    I think i started on paint 7. I used to do some silly drawings and stuff. I like paint so much that i am literally using it as i am watching this video