Paintbrush

Paintbrush
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Free (GPL)
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Nick Mead

“The closest thing to Paint for Mac”

by Nick Mead about Paintbrush

Paintbrush is a Microsoft Paint clone for Mac - in other words, a basic picture editor that even kids will find easy to use.

It's not often that a Microsoft product gets remade for Mac but Paintbrush is more or less a version of MS Paint which comes by default with Windows - you know, the kids app that you never used when you were on Windows. Be warned that it's not quite as simple as Paint, but it follows a similar pick-up-and-paint format and is easy to learn with just a little perseverance.

Paintbrush is an extremely simple app – don’t make the mistake of thinking it’s a photo editor or replacement for an image editor like Photoshop. You've got a toolbox which allows you to use a paintbrush, rubber, color palette, area selector and little more than that. In other words, Paintbrush won't appeal to any serious artist but it could be useful to keep your kids happy for a while or simply if you want to doodle a few minutes away.

You can save your Paintbrush masterpieces in most major formats, although you can only select one default save format (.PNG). It's not easy to paint on Paintbrush when using a mouse, however; the app should support the addition of a light-pen and pad to make it more usable.

Simple to use and easy to get going, Paintbrush is the blank canvas that will take you back to kindergarten.

Pros
  • Great for kids
  • Simple to use
  • Supports a range of graphic formats
Cons
  • Very basic in features and preferences
  • Hard to draw with a mouse
Free Download Paintbrush 2.1.1

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Paintbrush (18) User reviews

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    Really irritating if I want to reduce picture size or cut the picture. I have to go all the way to Canvas to do some cutting, plus it takes years to succeed pfff..... In Microsoft Paintbrush you ca... More

    • Review of Paintbrush - 27 Jun 2011
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    This software is really useful for some graphics work, but there is a bug. You cannot zoom in and use the cut and paste feature. The stuff you paste ends up in the wrong place and you can't grab it... More

    • Review of Paintbrush - 27 Sep 2011
      This review is liked by 11 of 12
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    Horrible. I just downloaded it & it timed out on me about 5 times already before I could even do the first step of what I wanted to. Worst thing ever and very annoying. Can't even reduce image size... More

    • Review of Paintbrush - 04 Aug 2011
      This review is liked by 10 of 11
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