Paint 3D

In May 2016, a leaked Universal Windows Platform version of Microsoft Paint was revealed with a new hybrid ribbon-sidebar interface and some support for 3D objects. Microsoft rolled out a dummy app called Newcastle through the Windows Store to replace installation of the leaked build.{{cite web|url=https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-modernizing-paint-windows/|title=Microsoft could be modernizing Paint in Windows|date=May 4, 2016|first=Mehedi|last=Hassan|publisher=MSPoweruser}}{{cite web|url=https://software.informer.com/Stories/microsoft-paint-may-soon-get-a-makeover.html|title=Microsoft Paint may soon get a makeover|first=Bogdan|last=Preda}}

In October 2016, a user on Twitter leaked out official tutorial videos of an upcoming version of Paint for Windows 10. The video showcases new features such as a completely redone interface with pen input in mind, as well as the ability to create and modify basic 3D models.{{Cite web|url=http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-paint-app-windows-10|title=Here's what Microsoft's new Paint app for Windows 10 looks like|publisher=WinBeta|date=2016-10-08|access-date=2016-10-09|first=Abhishek|last=Basi}}

The Universal Windows Platform version was officially announced and released during a Surface event on October 26, 2016 as part of the keynote presentation on the Windows 10 Creators Update.{{cite web|url=http://news.microsoft.com/microsoft-event-2016/|title=Microsoft Windows 10 Event|work=News Center|publisher=Microsoft}} The app was made available for Windows 10 users with a build number of 14800 or higher and coexists with the previous version of Paint as of build 14955.{{cite web|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/paint-3d-preview/9nblggh5fv99|title=Paint 3D Preview|work=Windows Store|publisher=Microsoft}} Microsoft revealed a community website{{cite web|url=http://remix3d.com|title=Remix 3D Website|publisher=Microsoft}} for sharing Paint drawings, with a focus on the new 3D formats. In addition to the 3D format, this update brought features like transparent pixels in 2D drawings, clip art stickers, and background removal. It also revamped the app's look with new icons and a blue-purple theme, and offered ways to share and import creations.

Paint 3D was briefly made a replacement to Microsoft Paint, in Windows builds 14971 and 14986.{{Cite web |last=Dassanayake |first=Dion |date=2017-07-24 |title=Windows 10 SHOCK - Microsoft Paint could be SCRAPPED |url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/832288/Windows-10-creators-update-Microsoft-Paint-scrapped |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}} However, due to complaints about the new interface and features missing in Paint 3D, the Windows team decided to allow the two apps to coexist.

Windows Insider chief Dona Sarkar confirmed that a Windows 10 Mobile version of Paint 3D has entered the alpha stage of development.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-03 |title=Microsoft's Paint 3D app shows up on Windows 10 Mobile (but you still can't have it) |url=https://www.neowin.net/news/microsofts-paint-3d-app-shows-up-on-windows-10-mobile-but-you-still-cant-have-it/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Neowin |language=en}}{{cite web|last1=Thorp-Lancaster|first1=Dan|title=Microsoft working on Paint 3D for Windows 10 Mobile, currently in alpha|url=http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-working-paint-3d-windows-10-mobile-currently-alpha|website=Windows Central|date=28 October 2016}} In the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update an updated version of Paint 3D was released in Windows Store.{{Cite web |date=2017-07-25 |title=Never fear, MS Paint is here to stay -- for good |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-10-fall-creators-update-paint/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Digital Trends |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Prasad |title=MS Paint to be removed in the next Windows 10 update |url=https://www.gsmarena.com/ms_paint_to_be_removed_in_the_next_windows_10_update-news-26387.php |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=GSMArena.com |language=en-US}} It allowed users to directly Upload or Download models from Remix 3D.

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Paint 3D's most heavily promoted features are related to its support for 3D objects. It includes many of the 2D objects from Microsoft Paint and new colorful "stickers", which are functionally similar to traditional 2D shapes, and patterns that can be applied to the background and 3D objects. 2D text is available, as well as 3D text.

Animations can be saved in 2D and 3D formats and shared using the Windows Share feature or OneDrive (purposed as a user-generated warehouse, replacing Remix3d.com). Because of these features, Microsoft included a license agreement that appears when the app is launched.

The user is greeted with a welcome screen with tutorials, information about Paint 3D, and options for opening or starting a project. The screen can be disabled and reenabled. Like its predecessor, Paint 3D supports multiwindowing. Both support jumplists, but only Paint 3D displays 3D objects in its jumplist (other picture types are permissible).

Paint 3D was praised for the new features it introduced, its role in Windows 10's evolving 3D support, the new user interface, improved stylus support, and a level of innovation not seen in the development of Microsoft Paint.{{cite web|last1=Warren|first1=Tom|title=Microsoft's redesigned Paint app for Windows 10 looks awesome|date=7 October 2016|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/7/13207612/microsoft-paint-windows-10-app}}{{cite web|last1=Hardawar|first1=Devindra|title=Microsoft's Windows 10 Creators Update lives up to its name|url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/29/windows-10-creators-update-review/|website=Engadget|date=29 March 2017 }}{{cite web|last1=Seppala|first1=Timothy|title=The new Microsoft Paint lets you share terrible 3D doodles|url=https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/26/microsoft-paint-3d/|website=Engadget|date=26 October 2016 }}{{cite web|last1=Orin|first1=Andy|title=All The Coolest New Features In The Windows 10 Creators Update|url=https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2017/04/all-the-coolest-new-features-in-the-windows-10-creators-update/|website=Lifehacker|date=11 April 2017}}

However, users criticized it on the Internet and in the Feedback Hub for lacking some of the features of Microsoft Paint, lacking 3D tools, and not being as ergonomically intuitive with a mouse and keyboard, particularly in its earliest iterations.{{cite web|last1=Borque|first1=Brad|title=Microsoft's Paint 3D shows promise, but it's more toy than tool|date=29 March 2017|url=http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-paint-3d-review/}}{{Cite web|url=https://lifehacker.com/all-the-coolest-new-features-in-the-windows-10-creators-1794220142|title=All the Coolest New Features in the Windows 10 Creators Update|last=Orin|first=Andy|website=Lifehacker|date=11 April 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-04}}

• Tilt Brush
• ArtRage
• Unity (game engine)

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• [https://github.com/thedoggybrad/Paint3DArchive/releases/download/b2/2024.2410.13017.0.AppxBundle Download Paint 3D for Windows]

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