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somanna Author

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Any equivalent to MS Paint in Mac?

Hello to all,

I come from a windows background and am very familiar with the simple 'paint' application; I am searching for an equivalent app for my Mac. I have downloaded [free] 'paintbrush for Mac' from the internet but find that it does not have the tools which MS Paint has, and more importantly, I can work only with 2 colors...white an black. Can anyone point out to me any free download that allows me to work in color too?

FYI I do have Adobe photoshop but feel uncomfortable in trying to learn it! A personal 'irrational' dislike!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4), garage band, FCPX:10.0.5 version

Posted on Oct 16, 2012 4:33 AM

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somanna Author

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Posted on Oct 17, 2012 6:16 PM

Hello Ian,

I have been trying out this app which is called SketchBook Express. It is also a free download from the Apple store. It seems to be lacking text input. Let me show my showpiece, my first piece of art with this app. I guess it looks very awful, but will have this noble quality: it will make every other artwork made by any person on earth a better one! Care to view it?

BTW, I had saved this work as TIFF format and it failed to upload. Subsequently I saved it as PNG and lo and behold, it uploaded! Don't know what these formats mean but I am enjoying this every bit!

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somanna Author

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Dec 20, 2015 10:46 AM in response to somanna

Downloaded your App and I think it is a good equivalent for MS Paint. Seems easy to work with and has ruler and grid views which enhance detailed working. Thanks for your input.

Regards and take care!

Dr. Somanna

Dec 5, 2016 12:31 PM in response to somanna

hey m using mac first time and i have the same issue with this. I Had a website name http://www.lokvaani.in/ and http://mhadalottery2017.in/

I Need to upload images created in ms paint. need equivlent mac paints ms paint help.

Dec 13, 2016 12:42 AM in response to Anuj Pandit

Hello, I mainly edit my photos using Preview as well as Instant Alpha from Keynote. You have quite a few options on these Mac programs that automatically come with the computer. Below are links to videos I have made that goes into a little more depth as to how to use these programs.

Preview Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvNMpAs2s0E&feature=youtu.be

Instant Alpha Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edOddvZevH0

I hope this helps!

somanna Author

Level 1

133 points

Feb 10, 2017 2:16 AM in response to Anuj Pandit

Hello Anuj. Dropped by just now to see your post dated 6th of Dec 2016 and I trust that the answer given in the next post has helped you. FYI I too am using this workflow: create my work in Paint, take a screenshot of the work, and do further edits using Preview. This workflow is better than when using Paint alone for adding text and other illustrations.

Regards and take care!

Dr. Somanna