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Free Graphics Software for K-12
Web sites:
Brother Creative Center Online tools with an downloadable active X plug in to create your own Greeting Cards, Calendars, etc.
http://www.brother.com/creativecenter/us/en_us/family/index.htm
National Gallery of Art for Kids - many great tools
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/
Use print screen and paste into a word processor to print, Requires shockwave
Using Math to make Art!
Online spirograph - requires java
http://www.math.psu.edu/dlittle/java/parametricequations/spirograph/index.html
Math cats explore
http://www.mathcats.com/explore.html
Awesome Text design
http://www.graffiticreator.net/
Online media converter
Converts pictures, movies, docs, sounds, etc.
http://media-convert.com/convert/index.php
Downloads: Use when internet isn't available! Better printing control.
Google Free Toolshttp://picasa.google.com/
Simple photo organizer and basic editor.
http://sketchup.google.com/
Create, view, and modify 3D ideas.
Tux Paint - Simple drawing tools
http://www.tuxpaint.org/download/
Download and install both the paint and the stamps programs.
Tux paint stores the images as a .png file.
You can find the student images by browsing the hard drive under c:/program files/Tux Paint/userdata/saved OR c:/documents and settings/user/application data/TuxPaint/saved (hidden folder)
It automatically names the files with a date/time stamp, and it automatically prints to the default printer.
Options can be set manually at c:/program files/tux paint/tuxpaint-config.
Tux Paint handout in Word format
ArtRage 2
Paint without the mess!! Give them time to explore with this one.
http://www.artrage.com/artrage.html
Beautiful Dorena - Mac OSX only. Looks neat, but I couldnt' test it.
http://www.dryreading.com/dorena/index.html
Gimp - more advanced
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
Online tutorials to learn more - with screen shots!
http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/
http://bachue.com/alejo/gimptutorial.html
http://mozillaquest.com/OpenSource04/Gimp-Photo-Edit-Tutorial-02_Story01.html http://mailman.linuxchix.org/pipermail/courses/2005-February/001712.html
Gimp T Shirt Lesson Plan