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The program offers young artists a variety of brushes (including flowers, animals, and shapes), special effects, text, and colors to use on their virtual canvas. An optional download includes hundreds of photographic and cartoon-image stamps, and some coloring pages are included as well.
Like other children's software, Tux Paint uses thumbnails to save files rather than filenames, and the interface is simple to navigate. No reading is necessary, as the tool buttons use icons, such as a thumbs down symbol for Undo. Readers can look at Tux's tips at the bottom of the screen; this feature is like a Clippy for kids, only cuter and much less obtrusive. The sound effects are also fun--for kids anyway!
My 6-year-old loves this program, and I think it's fun to play around with, too. My daughter loves adding stamps to her creations and using the magic wand, especially the rainbow effect. Here's one of her Tux Paint works in progress:
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6 comments:
Thanks for sharing ... I just downloaded it :)
~Heather
Even though my daughter isn't quite old enough to use this program I have been looking for an open-source project to get involved in as a way to escape corporate life but still keep up with my coding skills.
Thank you for promoting this open-source project!
This looks like hours of fun!
Looks like fun. I will have to check it out.
Thanks! Just downloaded it!
Hubby will be thrilled that I geeked out like this! LOL
b
Thanks for sharing! Can't wait to introduce it to my boys
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