Comments on: Tuxpaint

By: Ian Chia

Ian Chia — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 03:30:03 +0000

Just had to drop a bunch of pictures into the OSX box for my daughter. The images are stored in:

~yourusername/Library/Application Support/TuxPaint/saved/

Images must be in PNG format. (I think Quicktime can convert to PNG, but I just batched them all using Fireworks.)

Cheers,

- Ian

By: Kiddley » Blog Archive » Online: Disney Playhouse

Kiddley » Blog Archive » Online: Disney Playhouse — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:02:12 +0000

[...] AJ currently doesn’t get much time in front of the computer. When she does, it’s usually to spend some time using TuxPaint or to play games at Disney Playhouse. [...]

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:23:09 +0000

Ian, that’s great information. Thanks!

By: Ian Chia

Ian Chia — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:00:18 +0000

Some good tips that I recently discovered about Tux Paint – both the Windows and OS X versions come with a second app called tuxpaint-config (.exe or .app depending on the platform.)

This solves a bunch of niggly things that frustrated my 4 year old (and me ). First, you can set the screen size so it covers the WHOLE screen, which is great for little ones still learning mouse control.

There’s also an option to have “no button distinction”, which translates to them being able to click the left or right or centre buttons and still have it do the left click action – again very handy for little ones.

You can also define a different save directory as well as a bunch of other options. *Definitely* worth checking out and exploring the various options.

Finally, by default TuxPaint saves pictures in the:

your_boot_drive_letter:\Documents and Settings\your_user_name\Application Data\TuxPaint\saved

folder under Win XP. (I think it’s similar under Win98). This is handy if you’re scanning various bits of doodles that your children have drawn and want to draw extra stuff using TuxPaint!

By: Bargin Hunter

Bargin Hunter — Wed, 31 May 2006 00:42:41 +0000

cool thing. might just use it for my daghter.

By: hannah

hannah — Tue, 30 May 2006 00:31:02 +0000

love this tuxpaint download and having great fun on it, must remember to show it to the kids!!!

By: kelli ann

kelli ann — Mon, 29 May 2006 00:08:49 +0000

thank you! i downloaded tux paint this past week & it is great to see the boys (6 and 4) giggling uncontrollably as they stamp the page with toilets (huge and small) with rubber ducks rising out of them. love kiddley BTW– and best of courage & rest for the weeks upcoming!

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 28 May 2006 08:16:28 +0000

Wow. Thank you so much. My daughter uses it everyday and she really enjoys figuring out all of the features.

By: Ali

Ali — Sun, 28 May 2006 05:29:34 +0000

Thank you for the great link – I downloaded it (just in time for half-term!) and my 5 yo loves it. Very intuitive program.

By: caroline

caroline — Fri, 26 May 2006 10:42:04 +0000

I downloaded this straight away and my son (6) is smitten. I love his laughter from the crazy pictures he has created. Thank you for letting me know about this.