
With the new transparency support MS Paint's eraser tool can also remove the background selectively, making it transparent. Users will now be able to open and edit transparent images (like PNGs) on the application, which will show a duotone checkerboard pattern as the background for parts of the image that are transparent.

In a recent Windows Insider blog post, Microsoft announced that the company's nearly 40-year-old computer program will be updated with support for layers.

the features are expected to roll out to all users running Windows 11 at a later date.

MS Paint will also allow users to work with transparent images and save them once they are edited. Users will be able to edit images using layers, similar to Adobe's widely used Photoshop software. MS Paint - also known as Microsoft Paint - is getting updated with two new image editing features that will allow users to edit images more effectively using Microsoft's free graphics manipulation tool.
