What happens if you go to...Image / Invert Colors?
Reverse colors in paint from black to white?
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Trying to invert the text and images in paint from Black text, white background to White Text Images with Black background
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Anonymous
2011-04-04T16:34:51+00:00
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Anonymous
2012-07-02T12:57:16+00:00 Which version of Paint are you using?
If you right click the image can you choose...Invert / Colors?
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Anonymous
2012-11-08T09:28:28+00:00 Which version of Paint are you using?
If you right click the image can you choose...Invert / Colors?
Thanks for pointing this out. I didn't know where they had hidden that functionality in the latest version of Pain (Win7).
Just to clarify, you can do this only on a selection - e.g., select all (ctrl-A) and then right-click and select Invert colors (as opposed to Invert Selection which simply selects what was previously unselected and vice versa). You can also apply it to a portion of the drawing by selecting only that portion & right-click --> Invert colors
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Anonymous
2012-11-08T13:15:52+00:00 Which version of Paint are you using?
If you right click the image can you choose...Invert / Colors?
Thanks for pointing this out. I didn't know where they had hidden that functionality in the latest version of Pain (Win7).
Just to clarify, you can do this only on a selection - e.g., select all (ctrl-A) and then right-click and select Invert colors (as opposed to Invert Selection which simply selects what was previously unselected and vice versa). You can also apply it to a portion of the drawing by selecting only that portion & right-click --> Invert colors
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You're welcome and thanks for the feedback.
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Anonymous
2016-03-06T21:42:45+00:00 This is what I have used in the past on an older version of Paint. My new Paint does not have image/ invert colours as far as I can tell. There is select image/invert selection which does something different.
I have found all the older versions of Paint, photo-shop, office etc. far more useful than the newer versions. If it aint broke then they go ahead and break it for us anyway. I wonder why I bother with computers when pen and ink are so much simpler and more accurate too.