Windows 11 users should fire up Paint now to check out this superb new AI-based feature

The Paint app is now supercharged with Dall-E 3 so it can do all the hard work for you

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Windows 11 usersare getting the Paint app bolstered with a really smart addition on the AI front.

This is the introduction ofDall-E 3 supportto Paint, or as it’s known in the app, Cocreator.

If you’ve seen the feature inBingAI, it’s a top-notch image creation feature. Basically, you can tell Cocreator what you want and it’ll make an image based on your description (and specified art style).

As we’ve already seen with Bing AI, it’s easy to use and provides powerful results, so much so that when first rolled out with Bing Chat (now renamed as Copilot), there was a massive rush to use the image generation capability – and a whole lot of buzz around how good it is. (With a few wobbles along the way, mind, but that’s par for the course for AI in many respects).

Windows Latestreports that Cocreator in Paint is now rolling out to allWindows 11users, so it has left the testing phase (where it wasfirst spotted back in September, beforemaking it to the Release Preview buildat the end of October).

There’s a short tutorial to introduce the feature to help beginners understand what it’s all about, too.

Analysis: Not got Cocreator yet? You will have it soon

Not everyone will see the Cocreator feature right now, as the rollout will take a little time. Also, you need to ensure that you’re running the latest version of Paint (so update the app), and ifMicrosoftasks you to sign up to the waiting list for the feature (in the app), make sure that you do this.

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Paint has been fleshed out considerably this year, not just with the addition of this AI-based feature, but also with a transparency effect, and moreover, layers, a much-requested piece of functionality that was added recently. Not to mention background removal which does what it says on the tin, quickly and with no fuss (the Photos app also got this recently, as well as a background blur option to boot).

The improvements for Microsoft’s core Windows 11 apps keep coming, as well as theditching of some of the chaff in this departmenttoo, which is equally welcome.

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