An award-winning drawing program for children of all ages Simple Interface * A number of useful drawing. plus, programmers can easily and quickly create new 'Magic' tools using a plug-in interface! * A cartoon version of Tux, the Linux penguin, appears at the bottom to give tips, hints and information.Drawing Tools * Paint brush o Various brushes available o Parents/teachers can add more brushes o Brushes can be animated o Brushes can change shape depending on the direction they're drawn o Alternate color palettes can be created and used * Rubber stamp o Hundreds of photographic and cartoon stamps images are available o Parents/teachers can add more stamps and create categories o Stamps can have descriptive text and sound samples (names, facts, etc.) and/or sound effects assigned to them o Stamps can be resized, flipped and mirrored o Raster bitmaps (Portable Network Graphics ("PNG")) with full-color and alpha transparency (32bpp RGBA) supported o Vector graphics (Scalable Vector Graphics ("SVG")) supported * Line tool o Uses Paint Brushls brushes o oRubberbando shows where the line will be drawn as you move the mouse * Shape tool o Draw various filled and unfilled polygonal shapes o Rotate shapes (this feature can be disabled for younger children) * Text tool o Comes with various fonts o Bold, italic and size can be changed o Parents/teachers can add more fonts o Supports numerous languages (See International Character Input, below) * oMagico (special effects) tool o Blocks l turn parts of the picture oblockyo o Blur l blur parts of the picture using the mouse o Bricks l paint realistic large or small brick patterns o Calligraphy l a smooth brush that changes thickness depending on how quickly you stroke o Cartoon l make parts of the picture look like a cartoon o Chalk l make parts of the picture look like a chalk drawing o Darken l darken the colors of parts of the picture o Distortion l slightly alters the position of the picture under the brush o Drip l make parts of the picture look like itls dripping away o Emboss l gives the image's edges highlights and shadows o Fill l oflood-fillo an area with a particular color o Flip l flip the image vertically o Flower l draws curvy-stalked flowers o Foam l paints foamy bubbles that grow as you o Glass Tile l see your drawing through glass tiles o Grass l paint realistic clumps of grass on the screen and into the distance o Kaleidoscope l four symmetric brushes o Light l draw beams of bright light on your picture o Lighten l fade the colors of parts of the picture o Metal Paint l paints shiny metallic colors o Mirror l flip the image horizontally o Negative l invert the colors of parts of the picture o Rainbow l draw using a brush that paints in all colors in the rainbow o Ripples l rippled waves over your image o Shift l move the entire picture around o Smudge l push the colors around as though smudging wet paint o Tint l change the color of parts of the picture o Waves l wiggle your picture o. Even filenames are unnecessary.Entertaining Interface * Fun sound effects are played when tools are selected and used. (It defaults to 800I600 mode, but can run at larger sizes and in portrait or landscape mode, as well.) * Loading and saving of images is done using thumbnails, so no knowledge of the underlying operating systemls filesystem structure is needed. * The entire program fits on a screen as small as 640I480, and can be displayed full-screen, to hide the computerls underlying odesktopo interface. (See Drawing Tools, below.) * The drawing canvas is a fixed size, so the user doesnlt need to worry about opixelso or oincheso when making a new picture. Simple Interface * A number of useful drawing tools are made available.
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