Graphics Freeware

Zahc

Hi,
Can anyone point in the direction of some graphics freeware for my 9 yr old daughter. Unsurprisingly she finds Gimp and Photoshop a bit much, but shows an emerging talent. I think if there is a cut down version of the above kicking about it would help her get the hang of it.

Thanks

Zahc

headcoat

Prob not for her age, but you could try getpaint.net

fwor

Not actually tried any of these, but they look to be meant to be simple to use:

Tux Paint
KolourPaint
Krita
XPaint

They are all open source packages, so should be free from adware/spyware.

BillScarab

I'd highly recommend ArtRage theres a freeware version called starte edition that is very different it traditional computer graphics packages. It simulates using brushes and chalks etc. If you've got one it works very well with a graphics tablet for freehand drawing.

It's a difficult app to describe but when you use a paint brush for instance you have to keep reloading it and if you paint over an area that's alredy painted the paints blend. It's a sort of digital simulation of real painting. Both of my children love using it.

Zahc

Thanks all, I'll give them a go. Art rage sounds reaaly good .........

totalsolutions

kai power tools from along time ago.. weird interface but with lots of effects

Reluctant_spender

BillScarab wrote: »

I'd highly recommend ArtRage theres a freeware version called starte edition that is very different it traditional computer graphics packages. It simulates using brushes and chalks etc. If you've got one it works very well with a graphics tablet for freehand drawing.

I note that Artrage comes free with the Wacom Graphics tablets. Amazon sell a nice range and as my daughter has been askng about this I going to get one. Thanks for the tip :T

thefirs

Definitely Photofiltre - plenty of places to download it, e.g. http://photofiltre.en.softonic.com/ - there's a review there as well