Paint

Paint is a lightweight software application whose purpose is to help you create drawings with the aid of several editing tools.

The user interface reminds of Microsoft Paint’s layout and provides only a few dedicated parameters to play with. Everything is kept as simple and clear as possible, and the editing tools are placed on the left area of the main window, so you can quickly access them.

Paint gives you the possibility to use a brush and spray for carrying out the drawing process, erase the undesired parts, insert lines and rectangles, fill in areas with different colors, embed text messages, which can be customized in terms of font and color, as well as choose the desired area with the aid of a rectangular selection.

What’s more, you may add images (BMP, JPEG, GIF, or PNG file format) to the working environment using the built-in browse button (there’s no support for drag-and-drop), export the generated drawings to the same file formats as the input ones, zoom in or out, and switch to a full screen mode for a better focus on the drawing process.

Last but not least, you may use hotkeys (they cannot be reassigned), undo or redo your actions, perform basic editing operations (cut, copy, paste), and change the looks of the application by selecting from different themes.

On the downside, you cannot adjust the size of the brush, insert various geometrical figures (e.g. ellipses, Bézier lines, squares), embed watermarks, use a histogram, apply special effects (e.g. grayscale, sepia), and use color filters for adjusting the RGB, contrast, brightness, and saturation.

If you are looking for a simple-to-use app that comes bundled with limited features for helping you draw, you may give Paint a try and see what it can do for you.