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O Paint is moving toward a development that will transform it into a more sophisticated image editor in the Windows 11. A MicrosoftIt is currently in the testing phase with a feature that allows users to remove the background from photos.
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It's important to remember that Paint was, for a long time, a minimalist program—and was sometimes even considered useless in many situations. It seems that the Redmond giant is eager to change that reputation.
Remove the background from an image in Paint
According to the preview released by Microsoft, Paint’s new feature is incredibly intuitive and effective. The program can identify the main object in the photo and, with a simple click on the appropriate button in the “Image” tab of the Paint toolbar, remove the surrounding background. This modification can be applied to the entire photo or to a specific area using the “Rectangle” tool. The company guarantees that the cutout will be smooth and natural, leaving no traces of the background.
This feature was introduced in version 11.2306.30.0 of Paint and, for now, is available only to users in the Canary and Dev channels of Windows Insiders, who are the first to receive system updates. This suggests that it may take a while for the feature to be made available to the general public.
Other programs already offer this feature
Although Paint and Paint 3D already allow users to create images with transparent backgrounds, the current process is more labor-intensive and not as simple as the new feature proposed by Microsoft.
As mentioned by the The Verge, other image editing programs also offer this feature, but usually with access restrictions. For example, in Canva, the feature to remove the background from images can also be done with just one click, but it requires a Canva Pro subscription, which has a monthly fee. Adobe Express also offers this feature for free, but requires you to create an Adobe account.
And this isn't the only update planned for Paint. Microsoft is exploring a feature that allows users to create images using text commands, leveraging Bing's artificial intelligence. It's important to note that Microsoft's search engine already has the ability to generate images from text prompts.
Source: Microsoft