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Graphics Freeware

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

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  • Prob not for her age, but you could try getpaint.net
  • fwor
    fwor Posts: 6,846 Forumite
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    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
    BillScarab Posts: 6,027 Forumite
    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.
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  • Zahc
    Zahc Posts: 986 Forumite
    Thanks all, I'll give them a go. Art rage sounds reaaly good .........
  • kai power tools from along time ago.. weird interface but with lots of effects
  • 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
    thefirs Posts: 700 Forumite
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    Definitely Photofiltre - plenty of places to download it, e.g. http://photofiltre.en.softonic.com/ - there's a review there as well
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