page_title: Tux Paint
section_title: Features
hierarchical_section_title: Tux Paint / Features
caption_attribution_description: A drawing made in Tux Paint using various brushes and the Paint tool.
context_page_description: Tux Paint is a raster graphics editor geared towards young children. The project was started in 2002 by Bill Kendrick who continues to maintain and improve it, with help from numerous volunteers. Tux Paint is seen by many as a free software alternative to Kid Pix, a similar proprietary educational software product.
context_section_description: Tux Paint stands apart from typical graphics editing software (such as GIMP or Photoshop)  that it was designed to be usable by children as young as 3 years of age. The user interface is meant to be intuitive, and utilizes icons, audible feedback and textual hints to help explain how the software works. The brightly colored interface, sound effects and cartoon mascot (Tux, the mascot of the Linux kernel) are meant to engage children.
  Tux Paint's normal interface is split into five sections:
  Toolbox, containing the various basic tools (see below) and application controls (undo, save, new, print)
  Canvas, where the images are drawn and edited
  Color palette, where colors can be chosen (when applicable to the current tool)
  Selector, providing various selectable objects (e.g., brushes, fonts or sub-tools, depending on the current tool)
  Information area, where instructions, tips and encouragement are provided
  A simple slideshow feature allows previously saved images to be displayed as a basic flip-book animation or as a slide presentation.
caption: Drawing with the Paint tool
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