Program information
- Softonic rating:
- License:
- Free (GPL)
- Added:
- March 6, 2010
- Updated:
- June 10, 2010
- Publisher:
- Soggy Waffles
- File size:
- 6.4 MB
- Downloads:
- 340,069
“The closest thing to Microsoft Paint on Mac”
about Paintbrush
It's not often that a Microsoft product gets remade for Mac but Paintbrush is more or less a clone of MS Paint which comes by default with Windows - you know, that kids app that you never use 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 extremely simple - you've got a toolbox which allows you to use a paintbrush, rubber, color palette, area selector and little more than that. It's mainly aimed at people like me that want a sketch pad that's suitable for smiley faces and badly drawn pictures of houses. Beyond that, it 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 masterpieces in most major formats although you can only select one format to save by default (which is PNG). It's still not easy to paint on Paintbrush however when using a mouse - 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.
Languages:
English
Notes:
Note that this is a free download in ZIP format. Unzip it to reveal the DMG file. Double click the DMG file to open Paintbrush. You will need OS X 10.5+ for it to open correctly.
Recent changes in Paintbrush:
- The text tool's antialiasing has been improved, and a small glitch with the new color selectors has been resolved. As this is only a bug-fixing update, no features have been added, and no major tweaks have been made.
About the license:
- Free to use
OS requirements for Paintbrush:
- OS: Mac OS X
Minimum requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.5+
- Great for kids
- Simple to use
- Supports a range of graphic formats
- Very basic in features and preferences
- Hard to draw with a mouse
Posts about Paintbrush in our blog
- The Evolution of Windows interfaces by Elena Santos
- 3 free ways to paint on your Mac by Nicholas Mead
- Today's downloads for Windows, Mac and Mobile by Elena Santos
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Just like Paint
I wanted something that would behave very similarly to Paint. This is the perfect application. I'm not sure if I would pay for it though. I downloaded it for free, but that may have been just a tri... read more
Paintbrush comes from MacPaint which was before Win/Paint
I like this Paintbrush, it runs good on Tiger. It's simple to use if you only need simple sketches or if you want to alter an image pixel by pixel, which is something I just can't do with Preview. ... read more
Very fun
This app is great. If you're not a serious drawing person, you'll have lots of fun with it. Reminds me just enough of MS Paint to be fun and make joke drawings, but also to make some really cool st... read more
Not quite developed enough...!?
The Paintbrush is a good enough replica of Microsoft Paint, I guess, but the amount of tool options is too little! Most Microsoft Paint models have way more tools, for example most have both a brus... read more
not the same as MS Paint in a significant way
about Paintbrush - 02 Jan 2010Unless I"m missing it on my new MacBook Pro, Paintbrush isn't at all as good as MS Paint. On Paint I could open up any jpeg in Paint or saved drawing, and work on it there. I don't see any option f... read more
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