Tux Paint
Tux Paint: Open Source Drawing Software for Children


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Tux Paint is free computer art software for children.
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Random review:
“Those who know me know I am weak in the knees when it comes to any fun and artistic computer program and Tux Paint is a blast!” — Michelle Trippi, Community Kids magazine, Vacaville, California, December 2007

Videos

Watch videos of Tux Paint in action!


tuxpaint-paintbrush.avi
Size: 407KB Resolution: 320x240 Length: 1 min 41 sec
Using Tux Paint's paint brush tool.


tuxpaint-text.avi
Size: 229KB Resolution: 320x240 Length: 1 min 5 sec
Using Tux Paint's text tool.


tuxpaint-starter-coloringbook-sm.avi
Size: 407KB Resolution: 160x120 Length: 2 min 4 sec
Loading a coloring book-style 'Starter' image and painting on it.


tuxpaint-starter-scene.avi
Size: 818KB Resolution: 320x240 Length: 1 min 41 sec
Loading a scene-style 'Starter' image and painting on it.


How-to Videos:

Creating Tux Paint Templates ('Starters')
Jennifer Graber, a kindergarten teacher from Battle Creek, Michigan, created a collection of videos explaining how Tux Paint's 'Starter' images work, how she uses them as templates for classes, and how to create your own templates (using Windows).
Demo Screencast
Chris Harvey created a video demonstrating some features of Tux Paint for his Superuser Community and Education Projects website.

To find more free educational software, please visit www.educational-freeware.com.
One of our friends at Tux Paint is the amazing kids Magician Matthew James.
He creates fun shows for kids with magic and Bounce Houses just like we create fun for kids with paint!
Go check out his site and enjoy the magic.


Did you know? Tux Paint is named after Tux the penguin, the mascot of the Linux operating system. "Tux" is short for tuxedo.