Tux Paint
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Tux Paint overview
Tux Paint is an open source drawing program for young children. Fun and easy to use. Includes drawing tools, Rubber Stamp support, 'Magic' special effect tools, multiple undo/redo, one-click Save, thumbnail browser for Loading, and sound effects. Translated into nearly 130 languages.
What’s new in version 0.9.28
Updated on Jun 05 2022
- Brush spacing option.
- Color mixer: blend mixtures of red, yellow, blue, black, grey, and white, to form new colors.
- Color selector now provides full Hue/Saturation/Value controls.
- Keyboard shortcut ([Control]) to activate color pipette tool.
- Two new Magic tools: "Tile Zoom" and "Rush".
- Performance improvements.
- Larger on-screen keyboard.
- "Label" tool offers a way to permanently apply label text to the canvas.
- Use of [Command] key for shortcuts on Macs.
- Option to reverse order of images in "Open" and "Slideshow" dialogs.
- Documentation improvements, including styling updates.
- Translation updates: Albanian, Icelandic, Japanese, Santali, Slovak, Korean, Portuguese.
- macOS version now localizes menu bar.
- macOS version now auto-detects system language.
- Various bug fixes & other improvements.
- Now uses Simple DirectMedia Layer library (libSDL) 2.0.
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App requirements
- Intel 64
- Apple Silicon
- Mac OS X OS X 10.10 or later
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Aug 18 2010
Version: 0.9.21
Tux Paint worked on an iMac DV G3 with 10.3.9, but not on 10.4.11 on the same machine.
The app crashes with the following log entry:
Link (dyld) error: incompatible cpu-subtype
This post may help: http://www.idevapps.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6522
Fun little app for my 3+ old daughter. Clever sound effects and good customization ability in Tux Paint Config (which still launches in 10.4.11).
Oct 10 2009
Version: 0.9.21
Thank you for this efun and educational program. I go to country villages in Northeastern Thailand twice a year for several weeks to visit my sons and do research. Children of all ages come to visit me and be entertained. I simply open my computer to Tux Paint and SuperTuxKart and let them play for hours. Being available in Thai is also a great benefit. Thanks again.
Jan 6 2008
Version: 0.9.18.07
What's not to like in this program. The grandkids (and me) LOVE it and play on it and THEY spend hours doodling, etc. Nice sounds, nice graphics, nice Macintosh compatibility... thank you.
Maybe this company should write educational softwares for children as they do an excellent job.
Dec 29 2007
Version: 0.9.18.06
My twin, five year old grandchildren taught themselves in ten minutes. Then played with it for the rest of the afternoon. Perfect!
Jan 28 2005
Version: 0.9.14
Great start but a lot of features are lacking. It doesn't tell you where the files are saved, allow you to name them or open old ones. The stamper only stamps little penguins and the colors are limited.
Jan 5 2005
Version: 0.9.14
Very very creative. Lots of fun. My daughter is cracking up right now. :)
Lots of palette options is great. Multiple undo's. Great magic tricks and stamps! Sound effects are kewl. I havent played with it too much yet, so here is a wish list:
-Larger screen canvas area
-Print set-up (glad my photo printer wasnt setup as default)
-Save-to folder set up (where is the data?)
If this great little app does these things, please let me know how.
Developers, thanks for sharing your talent and time!
Jan 17 2004
Version: 0.9.12
This program is GREAT! Never saw such an easy to handle and yet functionable paint program with even a nice interface too! Excellent work. Congratulations!
Aug 26 2003
Version: 0.9.12
Excellent for young kids, and a good replacement for an old favorite, KidPix.
Aug 26 2003
Version: 0.9.12
FYI, the 'crash on Open' bug that got introduced in 0.9.11 was fixed in 0.9.12. Sorry about that! ;^)
Aug 14 2003
Version: 0.9.11
Nice kids app but check it for bugs. App quits when you choose to open something. My daughter loves it though.
Jun 13 2003
Version: 0.9.10
If you've got kids, don't dowload this, because they'll simply take over your computer. Aimed at kids and very good at this. You can even download more stamps. Very nice.
Mar 14 2003
Version: 0.9.8
Since it's Open Source, it's trivial (you don't even need to know how to program) to change the way the interface looks!
Dec 23 2002
Version: 0.9.2
My daughter loves the program but it crashes everytime we try to print the drawings.
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