Question: Is there a Microsoft Paint for Mac®?
Answer: There is no MS Paint program for Mac, BUT there are a couple options. You can explore the similar Mac Paint programs, OR get Paint on Mac with Parallels Desktop® for Mac.
Apr 4, 2014 - is the closest as far as built-in apps go. It does many things that Paint doesn't, and the MS Paint app does many things that Preview can't, but there's a lot of. Download - Apple Mac OS X Tux Paint for macOS One contains main program (Tux Paint), another contains the configuration program (Tux Paint Config.) for parents and teachers; copy both of them to your hard drive's Applications folder.
Option 1: Use Mac Paint alternatives. One option that already exists on your Mac is Preview—which is free, although not the familiar Paint program you had on your PC. There are also apps in the Mac App Store that you can buy, such as Paint Pro (an upgrade from the free Paint S).
Option 2:Get Paint on your Mac using Parallels Desktop. Go to the Windows Start button, scroll to the Paint program, open…and you’re up and going just like you were on your PC. You can open Windows applications side-by-side with your Mac OS X® applications, which means you can use Paint on your Mac. Here’s how:
- Download Parallels Desktop. A free 14-day trial is available, or you can buy Parallels Desktop.
- Follow the on-screen instructions; you can download and install Windows 10 from Microsoft directly from your Parallels Desktop trial.
- Start using Microsoft Paint from Windows on your Mac.
For those of us Paint people that still exist (and there are a lot of us!), Parallels Desktop comes to the rescue. We don’t have to figure out what Paint program for Mac to pay for, or do a trial-and-error to figure out what drawing features are missing. We get the real deal, oldie-but-goodie: Microsoft Paint on our Mac.
Need more information on Parallels Desktop? Visit the product information page.
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Description
Paint S is an easy-to-use drawing tool and image editor which can help you to draw pictures and edit your existing photos. With it you can sketch and crop, rotate, scale images very easily. At the same time, you can and text onto images as you want. The app also supports layers, so you can re-edit them freely. Paint S is the free version of Paint Pro. It has some limitations. Please upgrade it to enable all functions if you think it is useful.
Key Features:
- Open and save images in TIFF, JPEG, PNG, BMP and many other popular formats.
- Support all kinds of tools, including fill, eyedropper, line, curve, rectangle, ellipse, text and so on.
- Support curved texts.
- Support layers.
- Full support for undo/redo/cut/copy/paste operation.
- Support transparency.
- Support shadow, gradient and reflection.
- Rotate/Crop/Resize/Flip images.
- Support grid and rulers.
- Select and remove unwanted elements of your images.
- Paste images from/to all other apps including Pages, Keynote, Safari, iBooks Author and so on.
- Save images with layers and re-edit them in the future.
- Print images directly.
Note: If you have any problems, please feel free to contact us with our support email:
[email protected]
Key Features:
- Open and save images in TIFF, JPEG, PNG, BMP and many other popular formats.
- Support all kinds of tools, including fill, eyedropper, line, curve, rectangle, ellipse, text and so on.
- Support curved texts.
- Support layers.
- Full support for undo/redo/cut/copy/paste operation.
- Support transparency.
- Support shadow, gradient and reflection.
- Rotate/Crop/Resize/Flip images.
- Support grid and rulers.
- Select and remove unwanted elements of your images.
- Paste images from/to all other apps including Pages, Keynote, Safari, iBooks Author and so on.
- Save images with layers and re-edit them in the future.
- Print images directly.
Note: If you have any problems, please feel free to contact us with our support email:
[email protected]
What’s New
1. Support lock and unlock all layers at one time.
2. Fix some bugs.
2. Fix some bugs.
335 Ratings
Good in so many ways “We’re not building a piano here.'
This a great app to create and tweak things with. You won’t get mired in a PS labyrinth of details and options when all you want to do is some quick and good graphics. Maybe it’s a PNG file with a transparent background, or a cool graphic with fonts have on your computer, but not your website platform - this is a good app to use when, as I like to say “We’re not building a piano here.”
Sometimes you just don’t need mulit-layered 3D WTFery or so many options that you get bogged down in the details versus actually getting work done. Cleaner graphics are the trending style, and this app is a good way to create exactly that.
Sure, you can build a piano with it if you want, but go play with Minecraft if that’s your thing, we’re trying to get stuff done here.
Sometimes you just don’t need mulit-layered 3D WTFery or so many options that you get bogged down in the details versus actually getting work done. Cleaner graphics are the trending style, and this app is a good way to create exactly that.
Sure, you can build a piano with it if you want, but go play with Minecraft if that’s your thing, we’re trying to get stuff done here.
Simple to use, works great
I'm not a graphic artist but I enjoy dabbling around with simple projects for fun. I've been using this app for several years now and I love it.
I've never liked MS Paint, so don't let the name of this one deceive you - it's so much better! It's easy to use but has a great variety of tools including excellent effects like sharpening, blur, crystallizing, etc. You can resize things, color them, work in layers, and add text. For the nonprofessional who doesn't need Photoshop this is an outstanding choice. My sincere thanks to the developer :-)
I've never liked MS Paint, so don't let the name of this one deceive you - it's so much better! It's easy to use but has a great variety of tools including excellent effects like sharpening, blur, crystallizing, etc. You can resize things, color them, work in layers, and add text. For the nonprofessional who doesn't need Photoshop this is an outstanding choice. My sincere thanks to the developer :-)
new born
I am no profesional and I can’t draw, however I have been in the TV and Film biz for many years as well as being a musician. This is a very fine program once you get the hang of it. It does not have any brush strokes or capability to mix colors. I have seen them in some older programs that were great. The program has never crashed and I have had hundreds of levels, changes and fixes. Your manual is very minimal but at least you have one. I've used it heavily the last two months and am very satisfied.
Information
OS X 10.6.6 or later, 64-bit processor
Supports
Family Sharing
With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.