Microsoft Windows 10 upgrade
Fresh Paint for Windows 10 now available in beta IBTimes UK

The Fresh Paint app is now available as a preview for users of Microsoft's pre-release Windows 10 builds. Fresh Paint lets users improve artistic capabilities, while on a digital platform.

Fresh Paint Windows 10 Preview app is available for download via the Windows 10 preview app store.

Features of the application

  • Intuitive UI, supporting touch, mouse, and stylus input
  • Accelerated graphics rendering technology to provide the most realistic digital painting experience possible
  • Import images, photos and even use your camera to capture an inspirational image to paint with
  • Print your artworks with high definition
  • Draw or paint with watercolour, oil, pencil and pastel
  • Comes with two free activity packs for a fun colouring book experience
  • Natural pressure sensitivity allows precise control of the thickness of brush strokes

Fresh Paint was originally customised to feature on Windows 8 touchscreen tablets.

App technicalities:

Publisher: Microsoft Corporation

Size: 106.77 MB

Supported Languages: English (United States), English (United Kingdom),

Known issues in Fresh Paint for Windows 10 Preview:

  • First artwork does not save correctly
  • Users cannot select, delete or modify existing artworks in the gallery
  • It is difficult to accept the image import option during an inspire-me operation
  • Undo sometimes does not save properly on the first stroke
  • Application may crash after extended use on the paint page. Users are advised to navigate to the home page (back) to save current content
  • The paint mixing palette always shows the watercolour wash brush, regardless of tool / colour selected
  • Not all languages have been fully localised yet