MS Paint Tutorials

MS-Paint

What is MS Paint?

Paint is a drawing tool you can use to create simple or elaborate drawings. These drawings can be either black-and-white or color, and can be saved as bitmap files. You can print your drawing, use it for your desktop background, or paste it into another document. You can even use Paint to view and edit scanned photos. 

You can also use Paint to work with pictures, such as .jpg, .gif, or .bmp files. You can paste a Paint picture into another document you've created, or use it as your desktop background. The extension of MS Paint file is .bmp it means it create a bitmap file .

• How to start MS Paint 
• Click on start menu
• Select all programs option
• Select accessories option
• Click on paint or 
• Click on start menu
• Select run option -> type 'mspaint'
• Click ok

There are some menu and tool bars are also available in the MS Paint.             

Use of tools in Paint-

Free from select:- it is used for select the picture/ object in any shape .

Select: - it is used for select picture in regular shape (rectangle or squire).

Eraser:- it is used for erase any picture or object.

Fill with color:- it is used for fill the color into the object.

Pick color: - it is used for pick the selected color from any object.

Magnifier: - it is used for change the magnification of the selected object it means it display the object in large or small size.

Pencil: - it is a freehand drawing tool.

Brush: - it is used for make any thick line in your page like wall painting.

Air brush: - it is used for spraying in your page

Text: - it is used for typing any thing in your page. 

Line: - this tool is used for make a straight line in your page.

Curve: - it makes a curve line it means to make a folded line. 

Rectangle: - it is use for make any rectangular or squire shape.

Polygon: - it makes a polygonal shape it means the line which u make by this tool will be end by touching the starting point 

Ellipse: - it is used for drawing any circle. 

Rounded rectangle: - it makes a rectangle which corners will be in rounded shape. 

File menu

New: - it is used for create a file 

• Steps: - click on file menu 
• Select new option or 
• Press ctrl + N from the keyboard. 

Open: - this option is used for open your existing file, it means it is used for open your file which you have saved in the past.

• Steps: - click on file menu 
• Select open option
• A dialog box will be displayed
• Select your file name and 
• Click on open button or 
• Press ctrl + O button from the keyboard. 

Save:- it is used for save your file in the current directory.

• Steps:- click on file menu
• select save option 
• A dialog box will be displayed
• Type your file name 
• Click on save button
• Or press Ctrl+S from the keyboard.

Save as: - it is used for save your file with different name.

• Steps:- click on file menu
• Select save as option 
• A dialog box will be displayed
• Type your file name (new name )
• Click on save button.

Page setup: - it is used to set the page margin from left right top and bottom.

Print: - it is used for print your file on the paper.

Edit menu

Undo: - it is used to reverse last performed action.

• Steps:-click on edit menu
• Select undo option or 
• Press Ctrl+Z from the keyboard.

Cut: - it is used for cut the selected text

• Steps:-select the text or sentence
• Click on edit menu
• Select cut option Or 
• Press Ctrl+X from the keyboard.

Copy: - it is used for copy the selected text or sentence or picture.

• Steps:-select the text or sentence or picture
• Click on edit menu
• Select copy option or 
• Press Ctrl+C from the keyboard.

Paste:- it is used for paste the cut/copied text or picture.

• Steps:-cut/copy the text or picture
• Click on edit menu
• Select paste option or
• Press Ctrl+V from the keyboard.

Clear selection:- it is used for clear the selected object.

Select all:- it is used for select all contents and objects from your page.

Copy to:- it is used for copy or store the selected object into the different directory-

• Steps:- select the picture/object 
• Click on edit menu
• Select copy to option
• Select the location
• And click on save button.

Paste from: - it is used for paste the selected object in your file from any drive or directory 

• Steps:- click on edit menu
• Select paste from option
• Select the location for the picture 
• And click on paste button.

View menu

Tool box: - it is used for show or hides the tool box. In tool box there are 16 tools are available. 

Color box: - it is use for show or hides the color box. 

Status bar:-it is used to tell the status of the mouse working. 

Text tool bar: - this option is activated when u has selected the text tool from the tool box; it is used to set the font size name of the font and script of the font. 

Zoom:-zooming change the magnification of your document / picture. You can show the grid lines of the page using this option.

View bitmap:-it is used for hide all screen elements form the window you can switch back on you previous view by clicking over the page. 

Image menu

Flip/ rotate:- It is used for flip and rotate the picture and selection according to the given angle or your requirement .

• Steps: - select the picture or object 
• Click on image menu
• Select flip/rotate option
• Select the angle 
• Click on ok button.

Stretch/ skew: - it is use for stretch the picture or selection. 

Invert color: - it is used for display the opposite color of the picture or selection.

 for ex: - white become black and red become green.

Attribute: - this option is used for show the size of the canvas where we make the picture or drawing.  

Clear image :- it used for clear the image  from the page. 

Draw opaque:- it is used for make the object transparent or opaque. 

Color menu 

Edit Color :-  it is used for display more color which you can insert your color box .