You can open PNGs, use the background removal tool to create a transparent backdrop and even use the eraser tool to reveal content in layers underneath. As part of the messy September update rollout, in addition to many new features and improvements, Windows 11 is also getting various updates. The more recent update supports transparency too. On 7 September, Windows introduced one-click background removal, which detects subjects and cuts them smoothly out of the canvas. This is the latest in a string of Paint renovations. Windows Insiders will be able to test out features like a Layers panel which allows you to show and hide layers, duplicate, merge and stack them. The update is currently available in the Canary and Dev Channels through Windows Insider – a software testing program that offers early access to updates. This could make MS Paint a genuinely useful program for users who want a simple, free interface for straightforward image editing and digital illustration. Now it looks like MS Paint is becoming more than a hardy relic as Windows announces an update that will enable layers, transparency and one-click background removal. It avoided an untimely death in 2017, kept alive by the sheer will of the public.
