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
| collapsible =
| author =
| developer = Andy Tai
| released =
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q3826728|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q3826728|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q3826728|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q3826728|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| programming language = C
| operating system = GNU
| platform =
| size =
| language = English
| status =
| genre = Raster graphics editor
| license = GPL-3.0-or-later
| website = {{URL|https://gnu.org/software/gpaint/}}
}}
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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References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{Freshmeat|gpaint|GNU Paint}}
- [https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gpaint/ GNU Paint] at GNU Savannah
{{Raster graphics editors}}
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Category:Raster graphics editors for Linux
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