But you’re not here for 2D, are you? Click the cube-shaped 3D Objects icon to open up the 3D screen. In fact, even though the Canvas will probably be the first thing you interact with (or delete), the Canvas tab is fifth in the row of icons at the top of the screen. As you’ll quickly learn, Microsoft has its own ideas about how you should proceed, and they’re not always in line with how you’ll want to do things.

The Canvas, in fact, is the only 2D object in Paint 3D-it’s just a plane, with no actual depth. Surrounding the cone is the interface to rotate and resize it. In the background is the Canvas, with a simple cone protruding through it. Aha! This could be an ocean background to a nautical scene. Try clicking the crayon, then drawing a wavy blue line across the bottom of the Canvas. You should see some familiar painting tools to the right. Is this a workspace? A window? No, it’s the Canvas, a flat, 2D digital backdrop to your scene. A white space sits on a very faint grid at the bottom of your screen. It’s not immediately obvious what you’re looking at the first time you open Paint 3D. IDG / Mark Hachmanīoth videos at the bottom of the Paint 3D welcome screen are worth watching, but the challenge at the top could be better implemented. Click the big New button and let’s dive in. No worries-we’ve devised a better grand tour ourselves.

You're able to scroll back and forth through the history of the editing process to make changes, as well as export every recorded change to an MP4 video to show what was involved during the life of the project.Microsoft’s current version of Paint 3D ditches the somewhat confusing introduction it had before and tosses you right into the deep end.

An image can be saved to a 2D format or 3D format.

You can open regular image files like PNGs and JPGs, but also 3MF, STL, PLY, OBJ, and GLB files.

The whole canvas size can be resized by percentage for quick changes, or by pixel for specific changes.

Paint 3D supports quickly flipping an image vertically or horizontally, as well as rotating it in place and moving it through 3D space.

2D objects can be 'converted' into 3D objects using only the built-in tools.

You can also make your own Paint 3D stickers from image files.

The software lets you insert stickers, textures, and shapes that can be planted directly onto a 3D model.

It includes a crop tool to trim down an image.

Colors can be sampled from the eyedropper tool for easy selection based on existing colors on the canvas, and you can also pick manually by entering the color's hex value.

Basic models are included which you can import directly onto the canvas, like a man, woman, dog, cat, and fish.

Any of them can be any color you wish, and each have their own options, like for choosing the line thickness and opacity.

Lots of art tools: a marker, calligraphy pen, oil brush, watercolor brush, pencil, eraser, crayon, pixel pen, spray can, and fill tool.

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