GNU Paint

{{Short description|Raster graphics editor}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = GNU Paint

| logo = Heckert GNU white.svg

| screenshot = Image:Gpaint-0.3.3-ubuntu.png|300px]]

| caption = GNU Paint v0.3.3-6

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| author =

| developer = Andy Tai

| released =

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| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q3826728|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

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| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q3826728|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}

| programming language = C

| operating system = GNU

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| language = English

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| genre = Raster graphics editor

| license = GPL-3.0-or-later

| website = {{URL|https://gnu.org/software/gpaint/}}

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GNU Paint, otherwise known as Gpaint,{{cite mailing list |url=https://lists.libreplanet.org/archive/html/gfsd-hackers/2000-11/msg00127.html |title=Gpaint |date=22 Nov 2000 |access-date=5 February 2023 |mailing-list=gfsd-hackers |last=Stallman |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Stallman}} is a raster graphics editor similar to Microsoft Paint.{{cite web |url=https://www.gnu.org/software/gpaint/ |title=Gpaint - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) |website=gnu.org |date=2007-09-01 |access-date=2014-06-30}} It is free software under the terms of the GPL-3.0-or-later license and is part of the GNU Project.

Overview

Features of gpaint include:

  • Drawing tools such as ovals, freehand, polygon and text, with fill or shadow for polygons and closed freehand shapes.
  • Cut and paste by selecting irregular regions or polygons.
  • Preliminary print support using gnome-print.
  • Modern, easy-to-use user interface with tool and color palettes.
  • Multiple-image editing in a single instance of the program.
  • All the image processing features present in xpaint.
  • No facility to crop images
  • No ability to make rectangular selections
  • NB No undo feature

See also

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