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

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.

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Saturday, July 05 2008 @ 08:37 AM PDT