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<!doctype html>
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<head>
<title>Drawing - an alternative to Paint for Linux</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0,width=device-width" />
<meta name="description"
content="Drawing is a simple image editor for Linux, inspired by Paint" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="example.css" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon.png" />
</head>
<body>
<header>
<div class="header-box">
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<div class="col66">
<h1>Drawing</h1>
<p>Simple image editor for Linux</p>
<hr />
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<div class="col33">
<a class="nav-item primary-nav-item" href="./gallery.html">More screenshots</a>
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<div class="col33">
<a class="nav-item" href="https://github.com/maoschanz/drawing">Source code (GPL3)</a>
</div>
<div class="col33">
<a class="nav-item" href="https://paypal.me/maoschannz">Paypal donations</a>
</div>
</div>
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<img
class="header-icon"
src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maoschanz/drawing/master/data/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/com.github.maoschanz.drawing.png"
alt="icon" />
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</div>
</div>
</header>
<main itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/SoftwareApplication">
<div class="responsive-row">
<div class="col33 description">
<p itemprop="abstract">
This free basic raster
<span itemprop="applicationSubCategory">image editor</span>
is similar to Microsoft Paint, but aiming at the
<span itemprop="applicationSuite">GNOME</span> desktop.
</p>
<p class="description">PNG, JPEG and BMP files are supported.</p>
<a href="https://circle.gnome.org/"
class="limited-image">
<img class="limited-image"
src="https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Circle/-/raw/master/assets/button/circle-button-i.svg"
title="Drawing is a 'GNOME Circle' app!"
alt="Drawing is a 'GNOME Circle' app!" />
</a>
</div>
<div class="col66">
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<p>
<img alt="screenshot" class="zoomable-img-100"
src="screenshots/1.0/gnome_menu.png"
itemprop="screenshot" />
</p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="description">
The app works on any GNU-<span itemprop="operatingSystem">Linux</span>
system regardless of the desktop environment:
more traditional design user interfaces are available too, as well as an
elementaryOS layout. The app should also be compatible with GNU-Linux
smartphones.
</p>
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<img alt="screenshot" src="screenshots/1.0/gnome_selection.png" class="zoomable-img-100" />
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<img alt="screenshot" src="screenshots/1.0/gnome_new.png" class="zoomable-img-100" />
</div>
<div class="col33">
<img alt="screenshot" src="screenshots/1.0/gnome_tools_preview.png" class="zoomable-img-100" />
</div>
</div>
<p class="description">
For more screenshots, see the <a href="./gallery.html">gallery</a>.
</p>
<h2><a id="installation"></a>Installation</h2><!-- ******************* -->
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<input type="radio" name="tabs" id="tab1" checked="yes" />
<label for="tab1"><h4>Flatpak</h4></label>
<input type="radio" name="tabs" id="tab2" />
<label for="tab2"><h4>Native packages</h4></label>
<input type="radio" name="tabs" id="tab3" />
<label for="tab3"><h4>Other methods</h4></label>
<div class="tab content1">
<p>
The <b>recommended</b> way to install the most recent version of
Drawing is to use <code>flatpak</code>:
</p>
<p>
<a itemprop="downloadUrl"
href="https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.maoschanz.drawing"
class="limited-image">
<img src="https://flathub.org/assets/badges/flathub-badge-en.png"
class="limited-image"
alt="Install it from Flathub"
title="Install it from Flathub" />
<p>(version <span itemprop="softwareVersion">1.0.1</span>)</p>
</a>
</p>
<p>
Permissions required:
<span itemprop="permissions">ipc/x11/wayland</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="tab content2">
<p>
The app is also available as native packages in the repositories of
the following distributions:
</p>
<p>
<a href="https://repology.org/project/drawing/versions">
<img
src="https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/drawing.svg"
alt="Packaging status" />
</a>
</p>
<p>
You can use the package manager of your distribution to install the
package <code>drawing</code>.
</p>
</div>
<div class="tab content3">
<p>Alternative installation methods for Ubuntu:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://launchpad.net/~cartes/+archive/ubuntu/drawing/">
<b>PPA repository (version 1.0.1)</b>
</a>
</li>
<li>
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<a href="https://snapcraft.io/drawing"
title="is the code even packaged from a tag?">
Snap package (unknown version?)
</a>
</li>
</ul>
<hr />
<p>
<a href="https://gitlab.com/src_prepare/src_prepare-overlay/-/tree/master/media-gfx/drawing">
Gentoo package
</a>
from an external overlay
</p>
</div>
<br />
<h2><a id="news"></a>What's new</h2><!-- ***************************** -->
<details open="open">
<summary>New features in version 1.0.2</summary>
<ul itemprop="releaseNotes">
<li>fix the default value of the text background option</li>
<li>fix a scenario where saving without transparency would consistently fail</li>
<li>automatically reload the picture after saving</li>
<li>mitigate a bug concerning the initial state of the "filters" tool when "blur" is selected</li>
<li>change the keyboard shortcuts to switch tabs</li>
<li>remove from the highlighter the (ineffective) UI to change the active cairo operator</li>
<li>change the UI of the selection tools to improve readability of various items</li>
<li>fix typos in the user help manual</li>
</ul>
</details>
<details>
<summary>New features in versions 1.0.0 to 1.0.1</summary>
<p>Drawing 1.0.1</p>
<ul>
<li>enable the highlighter by default</li>
<li>less intrusive "what's new" message dialog</li>
<li>non-linear zooming speed profile (to zoom faster when using extreme values)</li>
<li>slower scrolling speed to have a better precision with higher zoom levels</li>
<li>require itstool as a dependency even though it's some useless bloat</li>
<li>fix the adaptativity of the elementaryOS layout</li>
<li>better keep the image centered on the mouse pointer when changing the zoom</li>
<li>avoid —again— insane attempts to open the binary as an image</li>
</ul>
<p>Drawing 1.0.0</p>
<ul>
<li>enable tools with "alt+letter" mnemonics</li>
<li>larger sidebar items, where the selected tool is easier to see</li>
<li>new "skew" tool</li>
<li>enable or disable specific tools options with the [shift] or [alt] keyboard modifiers</li>
<li>show more numerous, more dynamic, more contextual help tips as the window's subtitle</li>
<li>display cursor coordinates and other related data when pressing the [ctrl] keyboard modifier</li>
<li>dynamically change the label of the "options" submenu in the menu-bar, to increase its discoverability</li>
<li>scale tool option to set the size in percentage</li>
<li>suggest to "apply & save" when trying to save while an operation is unapplied</li>
<li>highlighter option to straighten the line, so it better follows the underlying text</li>
<li>improvements to the "points" tool's numbers readability</li>
<li>suggest to "apply & deselect" when trying to save while the selection is active</li>
<li>more precise tools for tiny modifications required by pixel-art</li>
<li>display pixels sharply when zooming deeper than 400%</li>
<li>hide information messages after 4 seconds if they're not that useful</li>
<li>disable the 'reload image from the disk' action if the image has never been saved</li>
<li>new 'reset the canvas' action (ctrl+backspace)</li>
<li>warn the user if they're opening an already opened image</li>
<li>suggest to reload the picture if it has changed on the disk</li>
<li>artificially limited framerate to avoid overloading the CPU</li>
<li>menu item and action to change the theme variant preference</li>
<li>toggle the menubar with ctrl+f2</li>
<li>update the user help manual</li>
<li>shorter appdata summary, to comply with guidelines</li>
<li>update several translations</li>
</ul>
</details>
<details>
<summary>New features in versions 0.8.0 to 0.8.5</summary>
<p>Drawing 0.8.5</p>
<ul>
<li>text tool option for a thicker outline</li>
<li>visual feedback when the user moves the minimap preview</li>
</ul>
<p>Drawing 0.8.4</p>
<ul>
<li>option to disable anti-aliasing with the text tool</li>
<li>if "undo" is pressed several times in a short period, recompute only once</li>
<li>disable the 'reload image from the disk' action if it has never been saved</li>
</ul>
<p>Drawing 0.8.3</p>
<ul>
<li>draw a wider outline to the free selection when the image is zoomed out</li>
<li>don't try to open the app binary as an image when running outside of a flatpak sandbox</li>
<li>fix incorrectly huge height of the selection after rotating it</li>
</ul>
<p>Drawing 0.8.2</p>
<ul>
<li>refactoring of the optionsbars (bottom panes) of the transform tools</li>
<li>add a "lock line orientation" option to the line tool</li>
<li>fix shift+f10 action when using a selection tool on mobile</li>
<li>add an outline to the canvas, so its limit are always understandable</li>
<li>fix the `-c` option when using Wayland</li>
<li>lock image proportions by default when scaling with the numerical inputs</li>
<li>fix an unexpected way the "crop" tool could expand the selection</li>
<li>preview correctly the areas created by a transform tool before applying a change</li>
<li>fix when the app starts with a transform tool, and this tool is immediately used and applied</li>
<li>compatibility with older distributions (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS)</li>
</ul>
<p>Drawing 0.8.1</p>
<ul>
<li>add an action "selection > define as current image"</li>
<li>fix how the canvas was ERASED if it was being cropped on one side but expanded on the other side</li>
<li>add an action "selection > expand image to fit [the size of the selection]"</li>
<li>add a several ways of censoring information as an option to the eraser tool</li>
<li>preference to select a theme variant (thanks to @alexislozano)</li>
<li>add "nib direction" option to the calligraphic nib</li>
<li>better pre-select the currently used font in the font chooser dialog</li>
<li>add optional outline to the pencil, line, and curve tools</li>
<li>better looking outline for the "insert text" tool</li>
<li>install files in /usr instead of /usr/local</li>
</ul>
<p>Drawing 0.8.0</p>
<ul>
<li>new, richer, more readable bottom pane for the selection tool</li>
<li>add a "replace with" option to the eraser tool</li>
<li>use an adequate layout on LXDE or LXQt</li>
<li>force the release notes down users' throat</li>
<li>rewrite the help manual to better force it down users' throat</li>
<li>add color application mode support to the "shape" tool</li>
<li>persist the text background style and the shape filling style options</li>
<li>brush supporting pressure-sensitive input</li>
<li>hairy brush supporting pressure-sensitive input</li>
<li>airbrush supporting pressure-sensitive input</li>
<li>calligraphic nib supporting pressure-sensitive input</li>
<li>fix unexpected "jumps" when unselecting a selection that was defined by an undo</li>
<li>improve the fullscreen mode, with a way to toggle the tools list</li>
<li>add an "increase constrast" filter</li>
<li>deleting the selection can now leave something else than transparency</li>
<li>option to exclude the color left under the selection from the selection itself</li>
<li>rewrite the UI for changing the color application mode</li>
<li>remove the cool but deprecated GNOME Shell app menu</li>
<li>improve flatpak CI</li>
</ul>
</details>
<details>
<summary>New features in versions 0.6.0 to 0.6.5</summary>
<p>Drawing 0.6.5</p>
<ul>
<li>fix unexplained regression of bottom panes responsiveness</li>
<li>mitigation of the "very quick series of ctrl+b" bug</li>
<li>disable importing or opening an image using drag-and-drop with flatpak (it was broken)</li>
<li>fix printing</li>
<li>more pertinent movements of the view when holding and moving the middle-click</li>
</ul>
<p>Drawing 0.6.4</p>
<ul>
<li>add more keyboard shortcuts</li>
<li>slightly better "erase and replace" algo for the paint tool</li>
<li>better handle attempts to open webp images</li>
<li>better handle attempts to open incorrect file types</li>
<li>remember the value of the antialiasing option</li>
</ul>
<p>Drawing 0.6.3</p>
<ul>
<li>use submenus for the "tools" menu in the menubar</li>
<li>fix arrows' heads when the line was semi-transparent</li>
<li>fix arrows' heads with specific angles (#286)</li>
<li>fix arrows' heads when the line had a square end</li>
<li>add option for double-ended arrows</li>
<li>add more options for dashed lines</li>
<li>support for older distributions (pygobject older than 3.30)</li>
</ul>
<p>Drawing 0.6.2</p>
<ul>
<li>add keyboard shortcuts for increasing and decreasing the tool width</li>
<li>ensure all features are available with all layouts (e.g. "reload" with Cinnamon and eOS)</li>
<li>suggest to reload when the file has been saved without transparency</li>
<li>new 'copy to clipboard' action</li>
<li>new "paint over the entire image" option to the paint tool</li>
<li>fix Debian Buster (and PureOS Amber) support</li>
<li>add option for the 'highlighter' tool to highlight on dark background</li>
</ul>
<p>Drawing 0.6.1</p>
<ul>
<li>new 'save without transparency' action, that works with PNG</li>
<li>add 'initial color' as a replacement for transparent pixels</li>
<li>fix a bug in the 'rotate' tool that occured when the selection was flipped before being rotated</li>
<li>add the additional tool 'points', to help captioning</li>
<li>update the user help manual</li>
</ul>
<p>Drawing 0.6.0</p>
<ul>
<li>remove the "windows" menu from the menubar</li>
<li>refactor bottom panes management to allow several tools to share the same pane</li>
<li>rectangle selection, freehand selection, and color selection, are now distinct tools</li>
<li>the 'rotate' tool now handles horizontal or vertical flipping</li>
<li>the 'rotate' tool now supports any angle when rotationg the selection</li>
<li>tools producing shapes (circle, rectangle, polygon, …) are merged into a single 'shape' tool</li>
<li>"close shape" action for the 'shape' tool</li>
<li>"close selection" action for the 'free selection' tool</li>
<li>replace the 'saturate' tool by a new 'filters' tool</li>
<li>add several types of blur to 'filters'</li>
<li>add color inversion, pixelization, partial transparency to 'filters'</li>
<li>add "additional tools" section to the preferences window</li>
<li>add specialized types of pencils (eraser, highlighter) as optional tools</li>
<li>a fullscreen mode is now available</li>
<li>zoom in (or out) using the minimap, the touch gestures, the mouse wheel, or keyboard shortcuts</li>
<li>move the "color application mode" selection to the colors menus/popovers</li>
<li>add "antialiasing" option to several tools</li>
<li>fix how the canvas is displayed on HiDPI screens</li>
<li>warn the user when they try to save despite the current operation not being applied</li>
<li>rewrite the user help manual</li>
</ul>
</details>
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<br />
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<h2><a id="tools"></a>Tools</h2><!-- ********************************* -->
<div class="responsive-row" itemprop="featureList">
<div class="col50">
<p>Tools to <b>draw</b>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Pencil</li>
<li>Eraser*</li>
<li>Highlighter*</li>
<li>Insert text</li>
<li>Points*</li>
<li>Shape
<ul>
<li>Rectangle</li>
<li>Rounded rectangle</li>
<li>Circle</li>
<li>Oval</li>
<li>Polygon</li>
<li>Free shape</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Line & arrow</li>
<li>Curve</li>
<li>Color picker*</li>
<li>Paint*</li>
</ul>
<p>*these tools are disabled by default.</p>
</div>
<div class="col50">
<p>Tools to <b>select</b> a part of the image:</p>
<ul>
<li>Rectangle selection</li>
<li>Free selection</li>
<li>Adjacent color selection*</li>
</ul>
<p>Tools to <b>transform</b> the canvas or the selected area:</p>
<ul>
<li>Crop</li>
<li>Scale</li>
<li>Rotate & flip</li>
<li>Filters
<ul>
<li>Blur</li>
<li>Pixelization</li>
<li>Saturate & desaturate</li>
<li>Add transparency</li>
<li>Invert colors</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>(last update of this list: version 0.8.4</p>
</div>
</div>
<h2><a id="translations"></a>Available languages</h2><!-- ************ -->
<div class="responsive-row">
<div class="col50">
<ul itemprop="countriesSupported">
<li>Basque</li>
<li>Brazilian portuguese</li>
<li>Castillan</li>
<li>Croatian</li>
<li>Chinese (simplified)</li>
<li>Chinese (traditional)</li>
<li>Czech</li>
<li>Danish</li>
<li>Dutch</li>
<li>English</li>
<li>Finnish</li>
<li>French</li>
<li>German</li>
<li>Hebrew</li>
<li>Hindi</li>
<li>Hungarian</li>
<li>Italian</li>
<li>Japanese</li>
<li>Korean</li>
<li>Polish</li>
<li>Russian</li>
<li>Swedish</li>
<li>Turkish</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="col50">
<p>
Credits for these translations are available
<a href="https://github.com/maoschanz/drawing#available-languages">
here</a> and in the app's "about" dialog.
</p>
<p>
If the translation in your language is missing or incomplete, your
contribution is welcome!
</p>
</div>
</div>
</main>
<footer>
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<a class="nav-item primary-nav-item" href="./gallery.html">More screenshots</a>
</div>
<div class="col33">
<a class="nav-item" href="https://github.com/maoschanz/drawing">Source code (GPL3)</a>
</div>
<div class="col33">
<a class="nav-item" href="https://paypal.me/maoschannz">Paypal donations</a>
</div>
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