On my badly broken Linux desktop, the Gimp is missing its
file-saving plug-ins, so it cannot save files except in a format
I cannot use. XPaint does not exist, for some reason. The
venerable bitmap program does work, but can only
produce X11 bitmap files (which are black and white only). How
then to produce colour icons for my Picky Picky Game mock-ups?
Paint Shop Pro 8 (a Windows paint program) is out in beta and uses Python as its scripting engine. It also has new distortion and fancy brush features. --More (25%)--
New toy! My Wacom Intuos2 graphics tablet arrived yesterday, and, despite being a rather shocking shade of dark purple, works very nicely. Read more
If you’ve been wondering why I’ve not added anything to my site for the last few weeks, it’s because I have been spending my spare time playing with my new graphics tablet instead. Read more
In my previous rant I mention a file format called RIFF. Why can't I just google for a RIFF converter? Here's why. Read more