Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
How many of these did you know?
MS Paint (Microsoft Paint) has been around forever, but there are a bunch of little features that have survived even since the Windows XP days and still work. In this video I go over a bunch of them, some pretty useful, some mostly just cool.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Custom Brush
0:42 - "Etch-A-Sketch" Mode
0:59 - Override Max Brush Size
2:01 - Dual Color Hidden Functionality
2:13 - Two Colors Basic Usage
2:42 - Eraser Overwrite Mode
2:58 - Eyedropper Dual Colors
3:04 - Shapes Color Usage
3:13 - Cancel Drawing
3:28 - Special Shapes
3:41 - Curve Shape Tool
5:03 - Polygon Shape Tool
5:44 - Shapes General Tips
6:04 - More Save-As Options
6:48 - Transparent Selection
7:28 - View Thumbnail Option
7:46 - Good-To-Know Tricks
7:51 - Resize Scaling Mode Differences
8:21 - Select All Works
8:27 - Recent Colors List
8:48 - Reveal Hotkey Shortcuts
How many of these did you know?
MS Paint (Microsoft Paint) has been around forever, but there are a bunch of little features that have survived even since the Windows XP days and still work. In this video I go over a bunch of them, some pretty useful, some mostly just cool.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Custom Brush
0:42 - "Etch-A-Sketch" Mode
0:59 - Override Max Brush Size
2:01 - Dual Color Hidden Functionality
2:13 - Two Colors Basic Usage
2:42 - Eraser Overwrite Mode
2:58 - Eyedropper Dual Colors
3:04 - Shapes Color Usage
3:13 - Cancel Drawing
3:28 - Special Shapes
3:41 - Curve Shape Tool
5:03 - Polygon Shape Tool
5:44 - Shapes General Tips
6:04 - More Save-As Options
6:48 - Transparent Selection
7:28 - View Thumbnail Option
7:46 - Good-To-Know Tricks
7:51 - Resize Scaling Mode Differences
8:21 - Select All Works
8:27 - Recent Colors List
8:48 - Reveal Hotkey Shortcuts
