However, currently in Paint 3D these controls merely act as a 3D viewer as editing can only be done from the standard side view. Paint 3D's editing limitations can be seen in this tutorial video.

Fortunately, it’s as easy to edit a 2D photo within Paint 3D as Paint, though you’ll have to ignore the vast majority of the user interface to do so.

Microsoft is putting 3D image creation and editing into the hands of the masses in a radical update of the tried-and-true Paint app.

Microsoft is testing background removal within Microsoft Paint, the great Magic Select tool that Microsoft originally built into Paint 3D.

Microsoft is putting 3D image creation and editing into the hands of the masses in a radical update of the tried-and-true Paint app.

Microsoft is putting 3D image creation and editing into the hands of the masses in a radical update of the tried-and-true Paint app.

Microsoft is putting 3D image creation and editing into the hands of the masses in a radical update of the tried-and-true Paint app.