This part of the series for beginners will be interesting especially for parents. For parents who want to draw with children and have an intermediary computer. There is a very nice addition about plugins and multi-platform program that will allow it. Its environment is adapted to be used by children from three years old.
In a recent work, we spun around graphics programs today and in one such stay. This is a full raster editor, which allows you to work with images. His name is tuxpaint. Its way to the computer screen program began in 2002, when Mr. Bill Kendrick came with the first version. Today it is possible to tuxpaint run in Linux, in Microsoft Windows, MacOS, BeOS, and the other (like OS2 or Zaurus).
Although tuxpaint has many typical features such as "adult" programs (like GIMP), differs from them significantly. The environment is designed so that it is clear and easily understandable have children in the age of three. For example, if you store the finished picture, specifying a path where to save the file or its name. When you open just choose the preview of your specific stored image. The main program mascot is a penguin of course, which probably infer from the title. It contains a minimum of text labels, everything is subject to a lot of great icons and buttons. In addition, the number of events in the program danced about plugins to the soundtrack, so it is ideal for children to use them. Many a professional about plugins would definitely tired of listening to the ubiquitous ringing or rattling in the program primarily aimed at children but it certainly has its importance. When it sit a small child, certainly with it a lot of fun, the older children to entertain themselves.
The program interface is divided into several parts (toolbar, color palette, tool properties) and the program also supports localization, the Czech version is supported (and still Slovak and other languages). This is especially important for the children's about plugins program, because some information (but not too many, as has been said) are communicated to the text, whether in terms of color names, tools or other instructions on how to use the tools. There are quite a substantial program can of course be used without understanding them, which does not discriminate against smaller children who can not read. Larger children but is certainly appreciated. Comparing the tools in other graphics programs and tuxpaint, and here you come across brushes (and be animated, as you know from GIMP), eraser tool for drawing basic geometric shapes. Specific functions of the job with the so-called. Stamp. They are actually images in PNG or SVG format, which you can post your creation stamping. In the current version there are more than 800, so you can choose almost unlimited. For text input is determined by the Text tool and allows you to change the font or its size, the color of mention. Interesting are also known. Special effects resulting creation when you can still doupravit various effects such as. Comic effect (appears black outlines around objects), sagging (selected part of the picture as if the pitch), blurring, filling etc.. Emphasis is placed and to undo that is multi-level and small-makers can thus help in the event that you accidentally delete about plugins something or redrawn differently than originally wanted.
The creativity of your children is minimally hampered. Typically you start that you draw a scene and use the stamps about plugins in her place objects such as animals about plugins or objects. A special feature is that many stamps are sound, so when choosing, for example. Pet show its typical sound and English name of the animal is announced. For teaching English as done. Can it fun for a long time and in many cases do not even have to draw as a child trying to walk through stamps and what sound effects are associated with them.
If your child has a need to share your creations with others, it's not a problem. On the project, visit the gallery where you can send your creations here or browse other creations. Get tuxpaint probably is not the problem, the package is included in the repositories of each distribution and perhaps you can find it in many LiveCD distributions. If you can not find it, try the home page to the download about plugins section. Author on its website also offers the possibility of a contribution, even if the course program offered to download and use for free. This is done by purchasing the CD version.
In addition, the program is called. Configurator, which parents (or teachers) let you enable or disable certain features (eg. Printing or sound effects). The latest version (January 2009) is 0.9.20 about plugins as of August 2008 created images you can store and use the program, you can view a kind of presentation. The picture can of course also be printed. If you want to see the program environment, try to look at the screenshots section on the home page. Some pearl is the fact that the first public about plugins version has been available for two days after the start of work on the program.
the last point added on 15 2nd 2009 14:14
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