Paintbrush [Mac Paint] are there better Open Source Alternatives in 2022?
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Activity status
- Stale
- Tech stack
- macos
- Domain
- desktop
Research direction
Start with the Paintbrush links and the brief review of awesome-mac described in the issue; no repository files or tests are named. Compare similarly simple open-source Mac image editors, then document the alternatives with screenshots and feedback, with a clear recommendation recorded as done.
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Description
Whenever I need to edit an image (e.g: screenshot) to illustrate a specific section/element, my GOTO is Paintbrush.
https://paintbrush.sourceforge.io
https://paintbrush.sourceforge.io/downloads/
It's a tiny App:
You will get a warning when you attempt to open it:
Example
Took this screenshot:
And made this proposed feature wireframe:
Ref: https://github.com/dwyl/mvp/issues/195
I've had a brief look at https://github.com/jaywcjlove/awesome-mac but nothing jumped out at me.
Todo
- Research if there are alternatives that a similarly simple UI but potentially have more advanced editing features.
- Try a couple of them out and share screenshots/feedback.
Thanks! 🙏
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