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Windows Paint just got a major Photoshop-like upgrade you'll want to try - what's new

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Windows 11 Paint can now save your work with all edits intact.

Paint also now lets you adjust the transparency of your strokes.

The new features are rolling out to Windows 11 insiders.

One of the many handy features in Adobe Photoshop is the ability to save your work as a PSD file with all your layers, edits, and adjustments intact. You can then open that file when you want to continue where you left off. Now Microsoft is adding the same capability to Windows Paint.

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Currently rolling out to Windows 11 insiders on the Canary and Dev channels, the new project files feature will save your work as an editable Paint file that you can open and continue modifying. Here's how it works and why it's useful.

How project files work in Windows Paint

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