News Microsoft Paint tests new AI feature that instantly changes image styles

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Currently only available to Windows Insiders, the new feature can turn a photo into pop art with one click.

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In a recent Windows Insider blog post, Microsoft announced that it has started rolling out a new AI feature in Paint called Restyle, which allows users to change the visual style of images directly within the program. For example, you could turn a photo into pop art.

To use the feature, all you have to do is open Paint, select Restyle from the Copilot menu, and then select one of the preset styles before clicking Generate. Once created, the new versions can be added to the workspace, copied, or saved for later use.


Restyle is currently only available to Windows Insider users on the Canary, Dev, and Beta channels. It requires a Snapdragon-based Copilot+ PC as well as being signed in with a Microsoft account.


This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC för Alla and was translated and localized from Swedish.

Author: Viktor Eriksson, Contributor, PCWorld

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