Advanced Paint Program for Linux?

Hi, im looking for a paint program in Linux which is more advanced than the basic Paint they give you, I do not want GIMP, I have gimp and that is too advanced as it's toolbox seems terrible for doing basic things like create rectangles. On windows I used programs like fireworks and Paint.net just to give you an understanding on what may be good for me.

 

It's probably worth you looking at Scribus and Inkscape, both of which are available in the repositories so can be installed using the add/remove software tool.

 

Kolourpaint is also a nice little paint tool, roughly equivalent to paint.net. It's actually included as a standard tool in KDE, but I'm pretty sure it can be installed seperately.

Edit: I just checked, and it's actually already installed on my AAO, either by default, or something else I added needed it. Be that as it may, I can confirm that it runs nicely on the AAO.

 

Ok thanks, Im now using Inkspace, I already have Kolourpaint but its a bit too basic so Im using Inkspace however Im gonna have to look at some guides for it because its quite confusing to use but least I can create shapes unlike with GIMP lol

 

If you don't like the default interface of Gimp, you might want to try Gimp Shop-

http://www.gimpshop.com/

Which is a reworked Gimp to make the interface more Photoshop like. However, creating rectangles in the Gimp is really simple- I don't understand your problem. Another good paint/image editing program is Krita:

http://www.koffice.org/krita/

It should be in the Fedora 8 repo.

 

No. Scribus is a DTP (Desktop publishing) program. Inkspace is a vector drawing program.

 

OpenOffice Draw, perhaps?

 

Not really, Draw is also a vector drawing program (like Adobe Illustrator) and not a paint/image manipulation (pixel based, like Adobe Photoshop) program.

 

I dont see a shape tool or any easy method for creating shapes in GIMP, maybe I should try that alternative layout

 

http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-using-rectangular.html

 

Create a rectangular selection; to give iot a border select 'stroke' from the edit menu; to fill it use the bucket fill tool.

 

thanks, im just so use to using tools from the tool bar for most other programs

 

is Paint.NET available for linux

 

From the website:

I suspect the answer is 'no'.

 

.NET doesn't work on Linux and without the .Net framework any .Net Programs will not work (which includes Paint.net)

I would really recommend you spend some time using GIMP, its a very powerful and fully functional program. I would (after using it for a while)choose it over Photoshop any day.

PS Gimpshop is a bit too buggy for my likings.

 

I never tried it but it looks promissing : http://mypaint.intilinux.com/

 

more :
http://www.flowpaint.org/
http://drawpile.sourceforge.net/
http://www.goghproject.com/

 

Krita was originally developed as a paint prog although it is developing as a more general image app.

http://www.koffice.org/krita/