Existing users, 
I've used this in an elementary / primary school and was disappointed that I couldn't export the paintings to other programs that could be used by the kids. Each painting is stored somehow inside the programme and can't be accessed apart from it.
It's an impressive programme that compares favourably with KidsPix but an export facility will bring it closer.
Tux Paint
drawing program for young children
Version: 0.9.20b
Tux Paint
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: lnewton1 Friday, May 27 2005 @ 06:59 AM PDT
Product Platform: WinNT,Win95,Win98,WinME,WinXP,Win2k
Used Product For: 1-6 months
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Tux Paint - azisman
TuxPaint includes a configuration utility, which installs its own icon in the TuxPaint start menu group. With it, you can customize a variety of useful things- in my school setups, for instance, I change the default which auto-opens the last-saved picture at startup, prefering to start up with a blank canvas. I also change the default save location, changing it to a shared network drive.To 'export' children's saved works, all you need to do is know where they are being saved, which is within a folder named Saved within the location set by the configuration utility.
Pictures are saved in PNG format-- this can't be altered, at least not in the version I'm using. As a result, any other graphics program that works with PNG can work with saved TuxPaint images. For instance, I regularly open children's drawings in the free Irfanview, and use that program's fantastic Print options to print their drawings so they take up the bottom half of a letter-size printout, making them into instant cards for birthdays or holidays.
Saturday, July 05 2008 @ 08:37 AM PDT
Tux Paint - azisman
The comment re. saving/exporting files is not accurate-- TuxPaint saves files as standard *.PNG files; these can be used by a variety of software, or converted (using something like the free Irfanview) into JPG or BMP or what-have-you.There is a non-standard default folder used for storing files-- and no standard File Open/Save dialogue box allowing you to navigate to another folder... probably a wise decision since the program is designed to be used by young kids. That default can be changed, however, by running the TuxPaint options program- a separate program which is automatically loaded at the end of the software installation.
At the school where I teach (and use TuxPaint), each student has a personal, networked folder-- when they log in, it's automatically mapped to drive Z:. It was reasonably straightforward to set TuxPaint to automatically save to Z: rather then its default location.
Note as well that there is a large library of stamps that can be downloaded and installed separately from the main TuxPaint program- again, a good decision since it's a larger download then the main program.
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Wednesday, July 18 2007 @ 04:04 PM PDT