Summary
Art
Tools for children to produce artwork. The simplest of these is
tuxpaint, which is designed for small children. It features sounds
and easy to use controls. For older children, there are gimp and
xpaint. While gimp is more complex, and is aimed at the graphic
artist, it is not necessarily much harder to use than the older,
less full-featured xpaint. Children starting out with just a small
subset of the functions of these tools eventually pick up quite a
number of new things as they explore, either with adults or other
children with whom they share their computers, or on their own.
The list to the right includes various software projects which are of some interest to the Debian Junior Project. Currently, only a few of them are available as Debian packages. It is our goal, however, to include all software in Debian Junior which can sensibly add to a high quality Debian Pure Blend.
For a better overview of the project's availability as a Debian package, each head row has a color code according to this scheme:
If you discover a project which looks like a good candidate for Debian Junior
to you, or if you have prepared an unofficial Debian package, please do not hesitate to
send a description of that project to the Debian Junior mailing list
Links to other tasks
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Debian Junior Art packages
Official Debian packages with high relevance
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Gimp
The GNU Image Manipulation Program
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| Versions of package gimp |
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| Release | Version | Architectures |
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| lenny | 2.4.7-1 | alpha,amd64,arm,armel,hppa,i386,ia64,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| squeeze | 2.6.10-1+squeeze1 | amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| squeeze-security | 2.6.10-1+squeeze3 | amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| squeeze-proposed-updates | 2.6.10-1+squeeze3 | amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| wheezy | 2.6.12-1 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| sid | 2.6.12-1 | armel,hurd-i386,mipsel |
| sid | 2.8.0-2 | amd64,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| Debtags of package gimp: |
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| interface | x11 |
| role | program |
| scope | application |
| suite | gnu, gimp |
| uitoolkit | gtk |
| use | editing |
| works-with | text, image:raster, image |
| works-with-format | tiff, png, pdf, jpg, gif |
| x11 | application |
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License: DFSG free
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GIMP is an advanced picture editor. You can use it to edit, enhance, and
retouch photos and scans, create drawings, and make your own images.
It has a large collection of professional-level editing tools and
filters, similar to the ones you might find in Photoshop. Numerous
fine-control settings and features like layers, paths, masks, and
scripting give you total control over your images.
Many image file formats are supported, including JPEG, Photoshop (.psd),
and Paint Shop Pro (.psp) files. It can also be used to scan and print
photos.
To open files remotely (like over HTTP), install the gvfs-backends
package.
To use a MIDI device (like a musical keyboard) as an input controller in GIMP,
install libasound2 and read the how-to at /usr/share/doc/gimp/README.MIDI
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Tuxpaint
A paint program for young children
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| Versions of package tuxpaint |
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| Release | Version | Architectures |
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| lenny | 0.9.20-2 | alpha,amd64,arm,armel,hppa,i386,ia64,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| squeeze | 0.9.21-1 | amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| wheezy | 0.9.21-1.1 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| sid | 0.9.21-1.1 | amd64,armel,armhf,hurd-i386,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| Debtags of package tuxpaint: |
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| interface | x11 |
| role | program |
| scope | application |
| uitoolkit | sdl |
| use | learning, editing |
| works-with | image:raster, image |
| x11 | application |
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License: DFSG free
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Tux Paint is meant to be a simple drawing program for young
children. It is not meant as a general-purpose drawing tool.
It IS meant to be fun and easy to use. Sound effects and a
cartoon character help let the user know what's going on, and
keeps them entertained.
Tux Paint is extensible. Brushes and "rubber stamp" shapes can be
dropped in and pulled out. For example, a teacher can drop in a
collection of animal shapes and ask their students to draw an
ecosystem. Each shape can have a sound which is played, and
textual facts which are displayed, when the child selects the shape.
There is no direct access to the computer's underlying intricacies.
The current image is kept when the program quits, and reappears when
it is restarted. Saving images requires no need to create filenames
or use the keyboard. Opening an image is done by selecting it from
a collection of thumbnails.
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Xpaint
simple paint program for X
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| Versions of package xpaint |
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| Release | Version | Architectures |
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| lenny | 2.7.8.1-1.2 | alpha,amd64,arm,armel,hppa,i386,ia64,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| squeeze | 2.9.1.4-2 | amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| wheezy | 2.9.1.4-3 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| sid | 2.9.1.4-3 | amd64,armel,armhf,hurd-i386,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| upstream | 2.9.9.1 |
| Debtags of package xpaint: |
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| interface | x11 |
| role | program |
| scope | application |
| uitoolkit | athena |
| use | editing |
| works-with | image:raster, image |
| x11 | application |
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License: DFSG free
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XPaint is suitable for producing simple graphics. It does offer some
advanced features such as image processing functions and gradient
fill.
In the C Script Editor of XPaint, the External editor in the File menu
will invoke x-terminal-emulator -e sensible-editor.
The gv package will be needed for PDF/PS reading, netpbm will be needed
for external conversion, lpr for printing.
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