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Tux Paint
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version 0.9.31
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A simple drawing program for children
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Copyright © 2002-2023 by various contributors; see AUTHORS.txt.
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https://tuxpaint.org/
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May 29, 2023
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|Table of Contents |
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| * About Tux Paint |
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| * Using Tux Paint |
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| * Launching Tux Paint |
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| * Title Screen |
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| * Main Screen |
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| * Available Tools |
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| * Drawing Tools |
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| * "Paint" Tool (Brush) |
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| * "Stamp" Tool (Rubber Stamps) |
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| * "Lines" Tool |
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| * "Shapes" Tool |
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| * "Text" and "Label" Tools |
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| * "Fill" Tool |
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| * "Magic" Tool (Special Effects) |
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| * "Eraser" Tool |
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| * Other Controls |
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| * "Undo" and "Redo" Commands |
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| * "New" Command |
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| * "Open" Command |
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| * "Save" Command |
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| * "Print" Command |
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| * "Slides" Command (under "Open") |
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| * "Quit" Command |
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| * Sound Muting |
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| * Loading Other Pictures into Tux Paint |
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| * Further Reading |
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| * How to Get Help |
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| * How to Participate |
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About Tux Paint
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What Is "Tux Paint"?
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Tux Paint is a free drawing program designed for young children (kids ages
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3 and up). It has a simple, easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and
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an encouraging cartoon mascot who helps guide children as they use the
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program. It provides a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help
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your child be creative.
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Objectives
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Easy and Fun
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Tux Paint is meant to be a simple drawing program for young
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children. It is not meant as a general-purpose drawing tool. It is
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meant to be fun and easy to use. Sound effects and a cartoon
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character help let the user know what's going on, and keeps them
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entertained. There are also extra-large cartoon-style mouse
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pointer shapes.
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Extensibility
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Tux Paint is extensible. Brushes and 'rubber stamp' shapes can be
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dropped in and pulled out. For example, a teacher can drop in a
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collection of animal shapes and ask their students to draw an
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ecosystem. Each shape can have a sound which is played, and
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textual facts which are displayed, when the child selects the
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shape.
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Portability
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Tux Paint is portable among various computer platforms: Windows,
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Macintosh, Linux, etc. The interface looks the same among them
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all. Tux Paint runs suitably well on older systems, and can be
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built to run better on slow systems.
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Simplicity
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There is no direct access to the computer's underlying
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intricacies. The current image is kept when the program quits, and
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reappears when it is restarted. Saving images requires no need to
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create filenames or use the keyboard. Opening an image is done by
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selecting it from a collection of thumbnails. Access to other
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files on the computer is restricted.
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License
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Tux Paint is an Open Source project, Free Software released under the GNU
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General Public License (GPL). It is free, and the 'source code' behind the
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program is available. (This allows others to add features, fix bugs, and
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use parts of the program in their own GPL'd software.)
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See COPYING.txt for the full text of the GPL license.
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What's New in Tux Paint version 0.9.31?
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Fuzzy Erasers
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Fuzzy-edged round erasers have been added to the Eraser tool
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New Magic tools
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Loops, Ribbon, Smooth, and Squiggles
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Create templates from Open dialog
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Saved drawings can be turned into templates (used to make new
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drawings) via a new option in the Open dialog. (This feature may
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be deactivated using the "notemplateexport" simplification
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option.)
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User interface font may be overridden
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The font used for the user interface (button labels, dialog
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pop-ups, and instructions) can be overridden from its default
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("DejaVu Sans"). (See the "uifont" configuration option. Use
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"--listfonts" to see a list of available fonts.)
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File Erase may be disabled
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Controls to erase saved work — saved drawings (via the Open
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dialog) and exported templates (via the New dialog) — can be
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disabled. (See the "noerase" configuration option.)
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See CHANGES.txt for the complete list of changes.
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Using Tux Paint
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Launching Tux Paint
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Linux/Unix Users
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Tux Paint should have placed a launcher icon in your KDE and/or GNOME
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menus, under 'Graphics.'
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Alternatively, you can run the following command at a shell prompt (e.g.,
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"$"):
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$ tuxpaint
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If any errors occur, they will be displayed on the terminal (to STDERR).
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Windows Users
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[Tux Paint Icon]
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Tux Paint
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If you installed Tux Paint on your computer using the 'Tux Paint
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Installer,' it will have asked you whether you wanted a 'Start' menu
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short-cut, and/or a desktop shortcut. If you agreed, you can simply run
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Tux Paint from the 'Tux Paint' section of your 'Start' menu (e.g., under
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'All Programs'), or by double-clicking the 'Tux Paint' icon on your
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desktop, if you had the installer place one there.
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If you're using the 'portable' (ZIP-file) version of Tux Paint, or if you
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used the 'Tux Paint Installer,' but chose not to have shortcuts installed,
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you'll need to double-click the "tuxpaint.exe" icon in the "Tux Paint"
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folder on your computer.
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By default, the 'Tux Paint Installer' will put Tux Paint's folder in
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"C:\Program Files\", though you may have changed this when you ran the
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installer.
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If you used the 'ZIP-file' download, Tux Paint's folder will be wherever
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you extracted the contents of the ZIP file.
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macOS Users
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Simply double-click the "Tux Paint" icon.
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[Title screen]
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Title Screen
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When Tux Paint first loads, a title/credits screen will appear.
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Once loading is complete, press a key or click or tap in the Tux Paint
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window to continue. (Or, after about 5 seconds, the title screen will go
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away automatically.)
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Main Screen
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The main screen is divided into the following sections:
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[Tools: Paint, Stamp, Lines, Shapes, Text, Magic, Label, Undo, Redo,
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Eraser, New, Open, Save, Print, Quit]
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Left Side: Toolbar
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The toolbar contains the drawing and editing controls.
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[Canvas]
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Middle: Drawing Canvas
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The largest part of the screen, in the center, is the drawing
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canvas. This is, obviously, where you draw!
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💡 Note: The size of the drawing canvas depends on the size of Tux
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Paint. You can change the size of Tux Paint using the Tux Paint
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Config. configuration tool, or by other means. See the Options
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documentation for more details.
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[Selectors - Brushes, Letters, Shapes, Stamps]
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Right Side: Selector
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Depending on the current tool, the selector shows different
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things. e.g., when the Paint Brush or Line tool is selected, it
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shows the various brushes available. When the Rubber Stamp tool is
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selected, it shows the different shapes you can use. When the Text
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or Label tool is selected, it shows various fonts.
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[Colors - Black, White, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan,
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Blue, Purple, Brown, Grey]
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Lower: Colors
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When the active tool supports colors, a palette of colors choices
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will be shown near the bottom of the screen. Click one to choose a
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color, and it will be used by the active tool. (For example, the
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"Paint" tool will use it as the color to draw with the chosen
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brush, and the "Fill" tool will use it as the color to use when
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flood-filling an area of the picture.)
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On the far right are three special color options:
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* Color Picker
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The "color picker" (which has an outline of an eye-dropper)
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allows you to pick a color found within your drawing.
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(A shortcut key is available to access this feature quickly;
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see below.)
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* Rainbow Palette
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The rainbow palette allows you to pick any color by choosing
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the hue, saturation, and value of the color you want. A box
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on the left displays hundreds of hues — from red at the top
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through to violet at the bottom — at hundreds of
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saturation/intensity levels — from pale & washed-out on the
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left through to pure on the right. A grey vertical bar
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provides access to hundreds of value levels — from lighest at
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the top through to darkest at the bottom.
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Click the green checkbox button to select the color, or the
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"Back" button to dismiss the pop-up without picking a new
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color.
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You may also set this tool's color to that of other color
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choices:
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* Whichever built-in color is selected, if any
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* The Color Picker's current color
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* The Color Mixer's current color
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* Color Mixer
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The "color mixer" (which has silhouette of a paint palette)
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allows you to create colors by blending primary additive
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colors — red, yellow, and blue — along with white (to
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"tint"), grey (to "tone"), and black (to "shade").
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You may click any button multiple times (for example, red +
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red + yellow results in a red-orange color). The ratios of
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colors added are shown at the bottom.
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You can start over (reset to no colors in your picture) by
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clicking the "Clear" button. You can also undo or redo
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multiple steps of mixing, in case you made a mistake (without
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having to start over).
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Click the green checkbox button to select the color, or the
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"Back" button to dismiss the pop-up without picking a new
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color.
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⌨ When the active tool supports colors, a shortcut may be used for
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quick access to the "color picker" option. Hold the [Control] key
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while clicking, and the color under the mouse cursor will be shown
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at the bottom. You may drag around to canvas to find the color you
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want. When you release the mouse button, the color under the
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cursor will be selected. If you release the mouse outside of the
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canvas (e.g., over the "Tools" area), the color selection will be
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left unchanged. (This is similar to clicking the "Back" button
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that's available when bringing up the "color picker" option via
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its button the color palette.)
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⚙ Note: You can define your own colors for Tux Paint. See the
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"Options" documentation.
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(Example tip: 'Pick a shape. Click to pick the center, drag, then
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let go when it is the size you want. Move around to rotate it, and
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click to draw it.')
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Bottom: Help Area
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At the very bottom of the screen, Tux, the Linux Penguin, provides
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tips and other information while you use Tux Paint.
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Available Tools
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Drawing Tools
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"Paint" Tool (Brush)
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The Paint Brush tool lets you draw freehand, using various brushes
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(chosen in the Selector on the right) and colors (chosen in the
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Color palette towards the bottom).
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If you hold the mouse button down, and move the mouse, it will
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draw as you move.
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Some brushes are animated — they change their shape as you draw
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them. A good example of this is the vines brush that ships with
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Tux Paint. These brushes will have a small "filmstrip" icon drawn
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on their Selector buttons.
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Other brushes are directional — they will draw a different shape
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depending on what direction you are painting with them. An example
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of this is the arrow brush that ships with Tux Paint. These
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brushes have a small 8-way arrow icon drawn on their Selector
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buttons.
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Finally, some brushes can be both direction and animated. Examples
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of this are the cat and squirrel brushes that ship with Tux Paint.
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These brushes will have both the "filmstrip" and 8-way arrow
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icons.
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As you draw, a sound is played. The bigger the brush, the lower
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the pitch.
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Brush Spacing
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The space between each position where a brush is applied to the
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canvas can vary. Some brushes (such as the footprints and
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flower) are spaced, by default, far enough apart that they don't
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overlap. Other brushes (such as the basic circular ones) are
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spaced closely, so they make a continuous stroke.
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The default spacing of brushes may be overridden using by
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clicking within the triangular-shaped series of bars at the
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bottom right; the larger the bar, the wider the spacing. Brush
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spacing affects both tools that use the brushes: the "Paint"
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tool and the "Lines" tool.
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⚙ Note: If the "nobrushspacing" option is set, Tux Paint won't
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display the brush spacing controls. See the "Options"
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documentation.
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"Stamp" Tool (Rubber Stamps)
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The Stamp tool is like a set of rubber stamps or stickers. It lets
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you paste pre-drawn or photographic images (like a picture of a
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horse, or a tree, or the moon) in your picture.
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As you move the mouse around the canvas, an outline follows the
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mouse, showing where the stamp will be placed, and how big it will
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be. Click on the canvas where you wish to place the stamp.
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Stamp Categories
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There can be numerous categories of stamps (e.g.,
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animals, plants, outer space, vehicles, people,
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etc.). Use the Left and Right arrows near the bottom
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of the Selector to cycle through the collections.
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Stamp Rotation
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Using the rotation toggle button near the bottom
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right, you can enable a rotation step when placing
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stamps. Once you've placed the stamp, choose the
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angle to rotate it by moving the mouse around the
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canvas. Click the mouse button again and the stamp
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will be added to the drawing.
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⚙ Note: If "stamp rotation" option is disabled, the
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stamp will be drawn on the canvas when you let go of
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the mouse button. (There's no rotation step.) See the
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"Options" documentation to learn about the "stamp
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rotation" ("stamprotation") option.
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📜 Note: The stamp rotation feature was added to Tux
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Paint in version 0.9.29.
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Stamp Controls
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Prior to 'stamping' an image onto your drawing,
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various effects can sometimes be applied (depending
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on the stamp):
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* Some stamps can be colored or tinted. If the
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color palette below the canvas is activated, you
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can click the colors to change the tint or color
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of the stamp before placing it in the picture.
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* Stamps can be shrunk and expanded, by clicking
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within the triangular-shaped series of bars at
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the bottom right; the larger the bar, the larger
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the stamp will appear in your picture.
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* Many stamps may be flipped vertically, or
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displayed as a mirror-image, using the control
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buttons at the bottom right.
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⚙ Note: If the "nostampcontrols" option is set, Tux
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Paint won't display the Rotation, Mirror, Flip, or
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sizing controls for stamps. See the "Options"
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documentation.
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Stamp Sounds
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Different stamps can have different sound effects
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and/or descriptive (spoken) sounds. Buttons in the
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Help Area at the lower left (near Tux, the Linux
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penguin) allow you to re-play the sound effects and
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descriptive sounds for the currently-selected stamp.
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"Lines" Tool
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This tool lets you draw straight lines using the various brushes
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and colors you normally use with the Paint Brush.
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Click the mouse and hold it to choose the starting point of the
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line. As you move the mouse around, a thin 'rubber-band' line will
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show where the line will be drawn. At the bottom, you'll see the
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angle of your line, in degrees. A line going straight to the right
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is 0°, a line going straight up is 90°, a line going straight left
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is 180°, a line going straight down is 270°, and so on.
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Let go of the mouse to complete the line. A "sproing!" sound will
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play.
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Some brushes are animated, and will show a pattern of shapes along
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the line. Others are directional, and will show a different shape
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depending on the angle of the brush. And finally some are both
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animated and directional. See "Paint", above, to learn more.
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Different brushes have different spacing, leaving either a series
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of individual shapes, or a continuous stroke of the brush shape.
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Brush spacing may be adjusted. See the brush spacing section of
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the "Paint" tool, above, to learn more.
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"Shapes" Tool
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This tool lets you draw some simple filled, and un-filled shapes.
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Select a shape from the selector on the right (circle, square,
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oval, etc.).
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Use the options at the bottom right to choose the shape tool's
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behavior:
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Shapes from center
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The shape will expand from where you initially
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clicked, and will be centered around that position.
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📜 This was Tux Paint's only behavior through version
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0.9.24.)
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Shapes from corner
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The shape will extend with one corner starting from
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where you initially clicked. This is the default
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method of most other traditional drawing software.
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📜 This option was added starting with Tux Paint
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version 0.9.25.
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⚙ Note: If shape controls are disabled (e.g., with the
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"noshapecontrols" option), the controls will not be presented, and
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the "shapes from center" method will be used.
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In the canvas, click the mouse and hold it to stretch the shape
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out from where you clicked. Some shapes can change proportion
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(e.g., rectangle and oval may be wider than tall, or taller than
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wide), others cannot (e.g., square and circle).
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For shapes that can change proportion, the aspect ratio of the
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shape will be shown at the bottom. For example: "1:1" will be
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shown if it is "square" (as tall as it is wide); "2:1" if it is
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either twice as wide as it is tall, or twice as tall as it is
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wide; and so on.
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Let go of the mouse when you're done stretching.
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Normal Shapes Mode
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Now you can move the mouse around the canvas to
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rotate the shape. The angle your shape is rotated
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will be shown at the bottom, in degrees (similar to
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the "Lines" tool, described above).
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Click the mouse button again and the shape will be
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drawn in the current color.
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Simple Shapes Mode
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If the "simple shapes" option is enabled, the shape
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will be drawn on the canvas when you let go of the
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mouse button. (There's no rotation step.)
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⚙ See the "Options" documentation to learn about the
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"simple shapes" ("simpleshapes") option.
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"Text" and "Label" Tools
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Choose a font (from the 'Letters' available on the right) and a
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color (from the color palette near the bottom). You may also apply
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a bold, and/or an italic styling effect to the text. Click on the
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screen and a cursor will appear. Type text and it will show up on
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the screen. (You can change the font, color, and styling while
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entering the text, before it is applied to the canvas.)
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Press [Enter] or [Return] and the text will be drawn onto the
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picture and the cursor will move down one line.
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Alternatively, press [Tab] and the text will be drawn onto the
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picture, but the cursor will move to the right of the text, rather
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than down a line, and to the left. (This can be useful to create a
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line of text with mixed colors, fonts, styles and sizes.)
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Clicking elsewhere in the picture while the text entry is still
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active causes the current line of text to move to that location
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(where you can continue editing it).
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"Text" versus "Label"
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The Text tool is the original text-entry tool in Tux
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Paint. Text entered using this tool can't be modified
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or moved later, since it becomes part of the drawing.
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However, because the text becomes part of the
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picture, it can be drawn over or modified using Magic
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tool effects (e.g., smudged, tinted, embossed, etc.)
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When using the Label tool (which was added to Tux
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Paint in version 0.9.22), the text 'floats' over the
|
|
image, and the details of the label (the text, the
|
|
position of the label, the font choice and the color)
|
|
get stored separately. This allows the label to be
|
|
repositioned or edited later.
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|
|
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To edit a label, click the label selection button.
|
|
All labels in the drawing will appear highlighted.
|
|
Click one — or use the [Tab] key to cycle through all
|
|
the labels, and the [Enter] or [Return] key to select
|
|
one — and you may then edit the label. (Use they
|
|
[Backspace] key to erase characters, and other keys
|
|
to add text to the label; click in the canvas to
|
|
reposition the label; click in the palette to change
|
|
the color of the text in the label; etc.)
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|
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You may "apply" a label to the canvas, painting the
|
|
text into the picture as if it had been added using
|
|
the Text tool, by clicking the label application
|
|
button. (This feature was added in Tux Paint version
|
|
0.9.28.) All labels in the drawing will appear
|
|
highlighted, and you select one just as you do when
|
|
selecting a label to edit. The chosen label will be
|
|
removed, and the text will be added directly to the
|
|
canvas.
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|
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|
⚙ The Label tool can be disabled (e.g., by selecting
|
|
"Disable 'Label' Tool" in Tux Paint Config. or
|
|
running Tux Paint with the "nolabel" option).
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|
International Character Input
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|
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|
Tux Paint allows inputting characters in different
|
|
languages. Most Latin characters (A-Z, ñ, è, etc.)
|
|
can by entered directly. Some languages require that
|
|
Tux Paint be switched into an alternate input mode
|
|
before entering, and some characters must be composed
|
|
using numerous keypresses.
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|
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When Tux Paint's locale is set to one of the
|
|
languages that provide alternate input modes, a key
|
|
is used to cycle through normal (Latin character) and
|
|
locale-specific mode or modes.
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|
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|
Currently supported locales, the input methods
|
|
available, and the key to toggle or cycle modes, are
|
|
listed below.
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* Japanese — Romanized Hiragana and Romanized
|
|
Katakana — right [Alt] key or left [Alt] key
|
|
* Korean — Hangul 2-Bul — right [Alt] key or left
|
|
[Alt] key
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* Traditional Chinese — right [Alt] key or left
|
|
[Alt] key
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|
* Thai — right [Alt] key
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💡 Note: Many fonts do not include all characters for
|
|
all languages, so sometimes you'll need to change
|
|
fonts to see the characters you're trying to type.
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|
|
|
On-screen Keyboard
|
|
|
|
An optional on-screen keyboard is available for the
|
|
Text and Label tools, which can provide a variety of
|
|
layouts and character composition (e.g., composing
|
|
"a" and "e" into "æ").
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|
|
|
⚙ See the "Options" and "Extending Tux Paint"
|
|
documentation for more information.
|
|
|
|
"Fill" Tool
|
|
|
|
The 'Fill' tool 'flood-fills' a contiguous area of your drawing
|
|
with a color of your choice. Three fill options are offered:
|
|
* Solid — click once to fill an area with a solid color.
|
|
* Brush — click and drag to fill an area with a solid color
|
|
using freehand painting.
|
|
* Linear — click and then drag to fill the area with color that
|
|
fades away (a gradient) towards where you drag the mouse.
|
|
* Radial — click once to fill an area with a color that fades
|
|
away (a gradient) radially, centered on where you clicked.
|
|
* Shaped — click once to fill an area with a color that fades
|
|
away (a gradient), following the contours of the shape you're
|
|
filling.
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|
|
|
📜 Note: Prior to Tux Paint 0.9.24, "Fill" was a Magic tool (see
|
|
below). Prior to Tux Paint 0.9.26, the "Fill" tool only offered
|
|
the 'Solid' method of filling. 'Shaped' fill was introduced in Tux
|
|
Paint 0.9.29.
|
|
|
|
"Magic" Tool (Special Effects)
|
|
|
|
The Magic tool is actually a set of special tools. Select one of
|
|
the 'magic' effects from the selector on the right. Then,
|
|
depending on the tool, you can either click and drag around the
|
|
picture, and/or simply click the picture once, to apply the
|
|
effect.
|
|
|
|
Magic Controls
|
|
|
|
If the tool can be used by clicking and dragging, a 'painting'
|
|
button will be available on the left, below the list of Magic
|
|
tools on the right side of the screen. If the tool can affect
|
|
the entire picture at once, an 'entire picture' button will be
|
|
available on the right.
|
|
|
|
⚙ Note: If the "nomagiccontrols" option is set, Tux Paint won't
|
|
display the painting or entire picture controls. See the
|
|
"Options" documentation.
|
|
|
|
💡 If the magic controls are disabled, the Magic plugin may make
|
|
separate tools available, one for painting and one that affects
|
|
the entire pictre.
|
|
|
|
Magic Sizing
|
|
|
|
Some tools offer different sizing options. If so, a slider will
|
|
appear at the bottom right side of the screen. This may affect
|
|
the radius of a special effect (e.g., Darken) or painted object
|
|
(e.g., Patterns), or other attributes (e.g., large versus small
|
|
Brick shapes).
|
|
|
|
⚙ Note: If the "nomagicsizes" option is set, Tux Paint won't
|
|
display the sizing controls. See the "Options" documentation.
|
|
|
|
💡 If the sizing option is disabled, the Magic plugin may simply
|
|
offer a default size (e.g., Patterns), or it may make separate
|
|
tools available with different pre-set sizes (e.g., Bricks and
|
|
Googly Eyes).
|
|
|
|
📜 This option was added starting with Tux Paint version 0.9.30.
|
|
|
|
See the instructions for each Magic tool (in the 'magic-docs'
|
|
folder).
|
|
|
|
"Eraser" Tool
|
|
|
|
This tool is similar to the Paint Brush. Wherever you click (or
|
|
click and drag), the picture will be erased. (This may be white,
|
|
some other color, or to a background picture, depending on the
|
|
picture.)
|
|
|
|
A number of eraser sizes are available, with both square and round
|
|
shapes. Fuzzy-edged round shapes are also available.
|
|
|
|
As you move the mouse around, a square outline follows the
|
|
pointer, showing what part of the picture will be erased to white.
|
|
|
|
As you erase, a 'squeaky clean' eraser wiping sound is played.
|
|
|
|
⌨ Hold the [X] key while clicking for quick access to a small
|
|
sharp round eraser (not available when the Text or Label tools are
|
|
selected, when you're in the process of rotating a stamp or shape,
|
|
or when using an interactive magic tool). Release the mouse to
|
|
return to your currently-selected tool.
|
|
|
|
Other Controls
|
|
|
|
"Undo" and "Redo" Commands
|
|
|
|
Clicking the "Undo" button will undo (revert) the last drawing
|
|
action. You can even undo more than once!
|
|
|
|
⌨ Note: You can also press [Control / ⌘] + [Z] on the keyboard to
|
|
Undo.
|
|
|
|
Clicking the "Redo" button will redo the drawing action you just
|
|
un-did via the "Undo" command.
|
|
|
|
As long as you don't draw again, you can redo as many times as you
|
|
had undone!
|
|
|
|
⌨ Note: You can also press [Control / ⌘] + [R] on the keyboard to
|
|
Redo.
|
|
|
|
"New" Command
|
|
|
|
Clicking the 'New' button will start a new drawing. A dialog will
|
|
appear where you may choose to start a new picture using a solid
|
|
background color, or using a 'Starter' or 'Template' image (see
|
|
below). You will first be asked whether you really want to do
|
|
this.
|
|
|
|
⌨ Note: You can also press [Control / ⌘] + [N] on the keyboard to
|
|
start a new drawing.
|
|
|
|
Special Solid Background Color Choices
|
|
Along with the preset solid colors, you can also
|
|
choose colors using a rainbow palette or a "color
|
|
mixer". These operate identically to the options
|
|
found in the color palette shown below the canvas
|
|
when drawing a picture. See Main Screen > Lower:
|
|
Colors > Special color options for details.
|
|
|
|
'Starter' & Template Images
|
|
* 'Starters' can behave like a page from a
|
|
coloring book — a black-and-white outline of a
|
|
picture, which you can then color in, and the
|
|
black outline remains intact — or like a 3D
|
|
photograph, where you draw in between a
|
|
foreground and background layer.
|
|
* 'Templates' are similar, but simply provide a
|
|
background drawing to work off of. Unlike
|
|
'Starters', there is no layer that remains in
|
|
the foreground of anything you draw in the
|
|
picture.
|
|
|
|
When using the 'Eraser' tool, the original image from
|
|
the 'Starter' or 'Template' will reappear. The 'Flip'
|
|
and 'Mirror' Magic tools affect the orientation of
|
|
the 'Starter' or 'Template', as well.
|
|
|
|
When you load a 'Starter' or 'Template', draw on it,
|
|
and then click 'Save,' it creates a new picture file
|
|
— it doesn't overwrite the original, so you can use
|
|
it again later (by accessing it from the 'New'
|
|
dialog).
|
|
|
|
⚙ You can create your own 'Starter' and Template
|
|
images. See the Extending Tux Paint documentation's
|
|
sections on 'Starters' and Templates.
|
|
|
|
💡 You can also convert your saved drawings into
|
|
Templates directly within Tux Paint, from the 'Open'
|
|
dialog. See "Open", below.
|
|
|
|
Erasing Exported Template Images
|
|
|
|
If you've selected a Template in your personal
|
|
templates folder, and it was created from within Tux
|
|
Paint (using the "Template" button in the "Open"
|
|
dialog), you may remove it from within Tux Paint,
|
|
too. An 'Erase' (trash can) button will appear at the
|
|
lower right of the list. Click it to erase the
|
|
selected template. (You will be asked to confirm.)
|
|
|
|
💡 Note: On Linux, Windows, and macOS, the picture
|
|
will be placed in your desktop's trash can / recycle
|
|
bin (where you may recover and restore it, if you
|
|
change your mind).
|
|
|
|
⚙ Note: The 'Erase' button may be disabled, via the
|
|
"noerase" option.
|
|
|
|
⚙ Note: The solid colors can be placed at the end of the 'New'
|
|
dialog (below the Starters and Templates), via the "newcolorslast"
|
|
option.
|
|
|
|
"Open" Command
|
|
|
|
This shows you a list of all of the pictures you've saved. If
|
|
there are more than can fit on the screen, use the up and down
|
|
arrows at the top and bottom of the list to scroll through the
|
|
list of pictures.
|
|
|
|
Click a picture to select it, and then...
|
|
* Click the green 'Open' button at the lower left of the list
|
|
to load the selected picture. You will then be able to edit
|
|
it.
|
|
|
|
(Alternatively, you can double-click a picture's icon to load
|
|
it.)
|
|
|
|
💡 If choose to open a picture, and your current drawing
|
|
hasn't been saved, you will be prompted as to whether you
|
|
want to save it or not. (See "Save," below.)
|
|
|
|
* Click the brown 'Erase' (trash can) button at the lower right
|
|
of the list to erase the selected picture. (You will be asked
|
|
to confirm.)
|
|
|
|
📜 Note: On Linux (as of version 0.9.22), Windows (as of
|
|
version 0.9.27), and macOS (as of version 0.9.29), the
|
|
picture will be placed in your desktop's trash can / recycle
|
|
bin (where you may recover and restore it, if you change your
|
|
mind).
|
|
|
|
⚙ Note: The 'Erase' button may be disabled, via the "noerase"
|
|
option.
|
|
|
|
* Click the 'Export' button near the lower right to export the
|
|
selected picture to your export folder. (e.g.,
|
|
"~/Pictures/TuxPaint/")
|
|
|
|
From the "Open" screen you can also:
|
|
* Click the blue 'Slides' (slide projector) button at the lower
|
|
left to go to slideshow mode. See "Slides", below, for
|
|
details.
|
|
|
|
* Click the blue 'Template' button at the lower left to go to
|
|
convert the selected picture into a new template, which can
|
|
be used as the basis for new drawings.
|
|
|
|
📜 Note: The Template creation feature was added to Tux Paint
|
|
in version 0.9.31. To learn how to create Templates outside
|
|
of Tux Paint, see Extending Tux Paint
|
|
|
|
⚙ The Template creation feature can be disabled (e.g., by
|
|
selecting "Disable 'Make Template'" in Tux Paint Config. or
|
|
running Tux Paint with the "notemplateexport" option).
|
|
|
|
* Click the red 'Back' arrow button at the lower right of the
|
|
list to cancel and return to the picture you were drawing.
|
|
|
|
⌨ Note: You can also press [Control / ⌘] + [O] on the keyboard to
|
|
bring up the 'Open' dialog.
|
|
|
|
"Save" Command
|
|
|
|
This saves your current picture.
|
|
|
|
If you haven't saved it before, it will create a new entry in the
|
|
list of saved images. (i.e., it will create a new file)
|
|
|
|
💡 Note: It won't ask you anything (e.g., for a filename). It will
|
|
simply save the picture, and play a "camera shutter" sound effect.
|
|
|
|
If you have saved the picture before, or this is a picture you
|
|
just loaded using the "Open" command, you will first be asked
|
|
whether you want to save over the old version, or create a new
|
|
entry (a new file).
|
|
|
|
⚙ Note: If either the "saveover" or "saveovernew" options are set,
|
|
it won't ask before saving over. See the "Options" documentation.
|
|
|
|
⌨ Note: You can also press [Control / ⌘] + [S] on the keyboard to
|
|
save.
|
|
|
|
"Print" Command
|
|
|
|
Click this button and your picture will be printed!
|
|
|
|
On most platforms, you can also hold the [Alt] key (called
|
|
[Option] on Macs) while clicking the 'Print' button to get a
|
|
printer dialog. Note that this may not work if you're running Tux
|
|
Paint in fullscreen mode. See below.
|
|
|
|
Disabling Printing
|
|
|
|
The "noprint" option can be set, which will disable
|
|
Tux Paint's 'Print' button.
|
|
|
|
⚙ See the "Options" documentation.
|
|
|
|
Restricting Printing
|
|
|
|
The "printdelay" option can be set, which will only
|
|
allow occasional printing — once every so many
|
|
seconds, as configured by you.
|
|
|
|
For example, with "printdelay=60" in Tux Paint's
|
|
configuration file, printing can only occur once per
|
|
minute (60 seconds).
|
|
|
|
⚙ See the "Options" documentation.
|
|
|
|
Printing Commands
|
|
|
|
(Linux and Unix only)
|
|
|
|
Tux Paint prints by generating a PostScript
|
|
representation of the drawing and sending it to an
|
|
external program. By default, the program is:
|
|
|
|
lpr
|
|
|
|
This command can be changed by setting a
|
|
"printcommand" option in Tux Paint's configuration
|
|
file.
|
|
|
|
An alternative print command can be invoked by
|
|
holding the "[Alt]" key on the keyboard while
|
|
clicking clicking the 'Print' button, as long as
|
|
you're not in fullscreen mode, an alternative program
|
|
is run. By default, the program is KDE's graphical
|
|
print dialog:
|
|
|
|
kprinter
|
|
|
|
This command can be changed by setting a
|
|
"altprintcommand" option in Tux Paint's configuration
|
|
file.
|
|
|
|
⚙ See the "Options" documentation.
|
|
|
|
Printer Settings
|
|
|
|
(Windows and macOS)
|
|
|
|
By default, Tux Paint simply prints to the default
|
|
printer with default settings when the 'Print' button
|
|
is pushed.
|
|
|
|
However, if you hold the [Alt] (or [Option]) key on
|
|
the keyboard while clicking the 'Print' button, as
|
|
long as you're not in fullscreen mode, your operating
|
|
system's printer dialog will appear, where you can
|
|
change the settings.
|
|
|
|
You can have the printer configuration changes stored
|
|
between Tux Paint sessions by setting the "printcfg"
|
|
option.
|
|
|
|
If the "printcfg" option is used, printer settings
|
|
will be loaded from the file "printcfg.cfg" in your
|
|
personal folder (see below). Any changes will be
|
|
saved there as well.
|
|
|
|
⚙ See the "Options" documentation.
|
|
|
|
Printer Dialog Options
|
|
|
|
By default, Tux Paint only shows the printer dialog
|
|
(or, on Linux/Unix, runs the "altprintcommand"; e.g.,
|
|
"kprinter" instead of "lpr") if the [Alt] (or
|
|
[Option]) key is held while clicking the 'Print'
|
|
button.
|
|
|
|
However, this behavior can be changed. You can have
|
|
the printer dialog always appear by using
|
|
"--altprintalways" on the command-line, or
|
|
"altprint=always" in Tux Paint's configuration file.
|
|
Conversely, you can prevent the [Alt]/[Option] key
|
|
from having any effect by using "--altprintnever", or
|
|
"altprint=never".
|
|
|
|
⚙ See the "Options" documentation.
|
|
|
|
"Slides" Command (under "Open")
|
|
|
|
The 'Slides' button is available in the 'Open' dialog. It can be
|
|
used to play a simple animation within Tux Paint, or a slideshow
|
|
of pictures. It can also export an animated GIF based on the
|
|
chosen images.
|
|
|
|
Chosing pictures
|
|
|
|
When you enter the 'Slides' section of Tux Paint, it
|
|
displays a list of your saved files, just like the
|
|
'Open' dialog.
|
|
|
|
Click each of the images you wish to display in a
|
|
slideshow-style presentation, one by one. A digit
|
|
will appear over each image, letting you know in
|
|
which order they will be displayed.
|
|
|
|
You can click a selected image to unselect it (take
|
|
it out of your slideshow). Click it again if you wish
|
|
to add it to the end of the list.
|
|
|
|
Set playback speed
|
|
|
|
A sliding scale at the lower left of the screen (next
|
|
to the 'Play' button) can be used to adjust the speed
|
|
of the slideshow or animated GIF, from slowest to
|
|
fastest. Choose the leftmost setting to disable
|
|
automatic advancement during playback within Tux
|
|
Paint — you will need to press a key or click to go
|
|
to the next slide (see below).
|
|
|
|
💡 Note: The slowest setting does not automatically
|
|
advance through the slides. Use it for when you want
|
|
to step through them manually. (This does not apply
|
|
to an exported animated GIF.)
|
|
|
|
Playback in Tux Paint
|
|
|
|
To play a slideshow within Tux Paint, click the
|
|
'Play' button.
|
|
|
|
💡 Note: If you hadn't selected any images, then all
|
|
of your saved images will be played in the slideshow!
|
|
|
|
During the slideshow, press [Space], [Enter] or
|
|
[Return], or the [Right arrow] — or click the 'Next'
|
|
button at the lower left — to manually advance to the
|
|
next slide. Press [Left arrow] to go back to the
|
|
previous slide.
|
|
|
|
Press [Escape], or click the 'Back' button at the
|
|
lower right, to exit the slideshow and return to the
|
|
slideshow image selection screen.
|
|
|
|
Exporting an animated GIF
|
|
|
|
Click the 'GIF Export' button near the lower right to
|
|
have Tux Paint generate an animated GIF file based on
|
|
the selected images.
|
|
|
|
💡 Note: At least two images must be selected. (To
|
|
export a single image, use the 'Export' option from
|
|
the main 'Open' dialog.) If no images are selected,
|
|
Tux Paint will not attempt to generate a GIF based on
|
|
all saved images.
|
|
|
|
Pressing [Escape] during the export process will
|
|
abort the process, and return you to the 'Slideshow'
|
|
dialog.
|
|
|
|
Click 'Back' in the slideshow image selection screen to return to
|
|
the 'Open' dialog.
|
|
|
|
"Quit" Command
|
|
|
|
Clicking the 'Quit' button, closing the Tux Paint window, or
|
|
pushing the [Escape] key will quit Tux Paint.
|
|
|
|
You will first be prompted as to whether you really want to quit.
|
|
|
|
If you choose to quit, and you haven't saved the current picture,
|
|
you will first be asked if wish to save it. If it's not a new
|
|
image, you will then be asked if you want to save over the old
|
|
version, or create a new entry. (See "Save" above.)
|
|
|
|
⚙ Note: If the image is saved, it will be reloaded automatically
|
|
the next time you run Tux Paint -- unless the "startblank" option
|
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is set.
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⚙ Note: The 'Quit' button within Tux Paint, and quitting via the
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[Escape] key, may be disabled, via the "noquit" option.
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In that case, the "window close" button on Tux Paint's title bar
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(if not in fullscreen mode) or the [Alt] + [F4] key sequence may
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be used to quit.
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If neither of those are possible, the key sequence of [Shift] +
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[Control / ⌘] + [Escape] may be used to quit.
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⚙ See the "Options" documentation.
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Sound Muting
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There is no on-screen control button at this time, but by using
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the [Alt] + [S] keyboard sequence, sound effects can be disabled
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and re-enabled (muted and unmuted) while the program is running.
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Note that if sounds are completely disabled via the "nosound"
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option, the [Alt] + [S] key combination has no effect. (i.e., it
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cannot be used to turn on sounds when the parent/teacher wants
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them disabled.)
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⚙ See the "Options" documentation.
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Loading Other Pictures into Tux Paint
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Tux Paint's 'Open' dialog only displays pictures you created with Tux
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Paint. So what do you do if you want to load some other drawinng or even a
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photograph into Tux Paint, so you can edit or draw on it?
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You can simply convert the picture to the format Tux Paint uses — PNG
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(Portable Network Graphic) — and place it in Tux Paint's "saved"
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directory/folder. Here is where to find it (by default):
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Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista
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Inside the user's "AppData" folder, e.g.:
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"C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\TuxPaint\saved\".
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Windows 2000, XP
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Inside the user's "Application Data" folder, e.g.: "C:\Documents
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and Settings\username\Application Data\TuxPaint\saved\".
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macOS
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Inside the user's "Library" folder, e.g.:
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"/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Tux Paint/saved/".
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Linux/Unix
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Inside a hidden ".tuxpaint" directory, in the user's home
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directory ("$HOME"), e.g. "/home/username/.tuxpaint/saved/".
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💡 Note: It is also from this folder that you can copy or open pictures
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drawn in Tux Paint using other applications, though the 'Export' option
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from Tux Paint's 'Open' dialog can be used to copy them to a location
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that's easier and safer to access.
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Using the import script, "tuxpaint-import"
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Linux and Unix users can use the "tuxpaint-import" shell script which
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gets installed when you install Tux Paint. It uses some NetPBM tools to
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convert the image ("anytopnm"), resize it so that it will fit in Tux
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Paint's canvas ("pnmscale"), and convert it to a PNG ("pnmtopng").
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It also uses the "date" command to get the current time and date, which
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is the file-naming convention Tux Paint uses for saved files. (Remember,
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you are never asked for a 'filename' when you go to save or open
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pictures!)
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To use this script, simply run it from a command-line prompt, and
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provide it the name(s) of the file(s) you wish to convert.
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They will be converted and placed in your Tux Paint "saved" directory.
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💡 Note: If you're doing this for a different user (e.g., your child)
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you'll need to make sure to run the command under their account.)
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Example:
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$ tuxpaint-import grandma.jpg
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grandma.jpg -> /home/username/.tuxpaint/saved/20211231012359.png
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jpegtopnm: WRITING A PPM FILE
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The first line ("tuxpaint-import grandma.jpg") is the command to run.
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The following two lines are output from the program while it's working.
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Now you can load Tux Paint, and a version of that original picture will
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be available under the 'Open' dialog. Just double-click its icon!
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Importing Pictures Manually
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Windows, macOS, and Haiku users who wish to import arbitrary images into
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Tux Paint must do so via a manual process.
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Load a graphics program that is capable of both loading your picture and
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saving a PNG format file. (See the documentation file "PNG.html" for a
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list of suggested software, and other references.)
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When Tux Paint loads an image that's not the same size as its drawing
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canvas, it scales (and sometimes smears the edges of) the image so that
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it fits within the canvas.
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To avoid having the image stretched or smeared, you can resize it to Tux
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Paint's canvas size. This size depends on the size of the Tux Paint
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window, or resolution at which Tux Paint is run, if in fullscreen.
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(Note: The default resolution is 800x600.) See "Calculating Image
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Dimensions", below.
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Save the picture in PNG format. It is highly recommended that you name
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the filename using the current date and time, since that's the
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convention Tux Paint uses:
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YYYYMMDDhhmmss.png
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* YYYY = Year
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* MM = Month (two digits, "01"-"12")
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* DD = Day of month (two digits, "01"-"31")
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* HH = Hour (two digits, in 24-hour format, "00"-"23")
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* mm = Minute (two digits, "00"-"59")
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* ss = Seconds (two digits, "00"-"59")
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Example: "20210731110500.png", for July 31, 2021 at 11:05am.
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Place this PNG file in your Tux Paint "saved" directory/folder. (See
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above.)
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Calculating Image Dimensions
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This part of the documentation needs to be rewritten, since the new
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"buttonsize" option was added. For now, try drawing and saving an
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image within Tux Paint, then determine what size (pixel width and
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height) it came out to, and try to match that when scaling the
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picture(s) you're importing into Tux Paint.
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Further Reading
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Other documentation included with Tux Paint (found in the "docs"
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|
folder/directory) includes:
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|
Using Tux Paint:
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* OPTIONS.html
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|
Detailed instructions on command-line and configuration-file
|
|
options, for those who don't want to use the Tux Paint
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Config. tool to manage Tux Paint's configuration.
|
|
* 'Magic' Tool Documentation ("magic-docs")
|
|
Documentation for each of the currently-installed 'Magic'
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|
tools.
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How to extend Tux Paint:
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|
* EXTENDING.html
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|
Detailed instructions on extending Tux Paint: creating
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brushes, stamps, starters, and templates; adding fonts; and
|
|
creating new on-screen keyboard layouts and input methods.
|
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* PNG.html
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|
Notes on creating PNG format bitmapped (raster) images for
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use in Tux Paint.
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* SVG.html
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|
Notes on creating SVG format vector images for use in Tux
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Paint.
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Technical information:
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* INSTALL.html
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|
Instructions for compiling and installing Tux Paint, when
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|
applicable.
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|
* SIGNALS.html
|
|
Information about the POSIX signals that Tux Paint responds
|
|
to.
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|
* MAGIC-API.html
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|
Creating new Magic tools using Tux Paint's plugin API.
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|
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|
Development history and license:
|
|
* AUTHORS.txt
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|
List of authors and contributors.
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|
* CHANGES.txt
|
|
Summary of what has changed between releases of Tux Paint.
|
|
* COPYING.txt
|
|
Tux Paint's software license, the GNU General Public License
|
|
(GPL)
|
|
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|
How to Get Help
|
|
|
|
If you need help, there are numerous ways to interact with Tux Paint
|
|
developers and other users:
|
|
* Report bugs or request new features via the project's bug-tracking
|
|
system
|
|
* Participate in the various project mailing lists
|
|
* Contact the developers directly
|
|
|
|
To learn more, visit the "Contact" page of the official Tux Paint website:
|
|
https://tuxpaint.org/contact/
|
|
|
|
How to Participate
|
|
|
|
Tux Paint is a volunteer-driven project, and we're happy to accept your
|
|
help in a variety of ways:
|
|
* Translate Tux Paint to another language
|
|
* Improve existing translations
|
|
* Create artwork (stamps, starters, templates, brushes)
|
|
* Add or improve features or magic tools
|
|
* Create classroom curriculum
|
|
* Promote or help support others using Tux Paint
|
|
|
|
To learn more, visit the "Help Us" page of the official Tux Paint website:
|
|
https://tuxpaint.org/help/
|
|
|
|
Follow the Tux Paint project on social media
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|
|
|
Tux Paint maintains a presence on a variety of social media networks,
|
|
where we post updates and artwork.
|
|
* Join the Tux Paint page on Facebook
|
|
* Follow @TuxPaintDevs on Instagram
|
|
* Follow @tuxpaint@floss.social on Mastodon
|
|
* Follow u/TuxPaintDevs on Reddit
|
|
* Follow Tux Paint on Tumblr
|
|
* Follow @TuxPaintTweets on Twitter
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|
Trademark notices
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* "Linux" is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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* "Microsoft" and "Windows" are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
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* "Apple" and "macOS" are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.
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* "Facebook" and "Instagram" are registered trademarks of Meta
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Platforms, Inc.
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* "Mastodon" is a registered trademark of Mastodon gGmbH.
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* "Reddit" is a registered trademark of Reddit, Inc.
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* "Tumblr" is a registered trademark of Tumblr, Inc.
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* "Twitter" is a registered trademark of X Corp.
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