                                   Tux Paint
                                version 0.9.34
                               PNG Documentation

        Copyright © 2007-2022 by various contributors; see AUTHORS.txt.
                             https://tuxpaint.org/

                                 June 4, 2022

About PNGs

PNG is the Portable Network Graphic format. It is an open standard, not
burdened by patents (like GIFs). It is a highly compressed format (though not
"lossy" like JPEGs - lossiness allows files to be much smaller, but introduces
'mistakes' in the image when saved), and supports 24-bit color (16.7 million
colors) as well as a full "alpha channel" - that is, each pixel can have a
varying degree of transparency.

For more information, visit: http://www.libpng.org/

These features (openness, losslessness, compression, transparency/alpha) make
it the best choice for Tux Paint. (Tux Paint's support for the PNG format comes
from the Open Source SDL_Image library, which in turn gets it from the libPNG
library.)

Support for many colors allows photo-quality "rubber stamp" images to be used
in Tux Paint, and alpha transparency allows for high-quality brushes.

                           ### How To Make PNGs ###

The following is a very brief list of ways to create PNGs or convert existing
images into PNGs.

→ GIMP & Krita ←

    Excellent tools with which to create PNG images for use in Tux Paint are
    GIMP and Krita, both high-quality Open Source interactive drawing and photo
    editing programs.

    It is likely that one or both are already installed on your system. If not,
    they should be readily available from your Linux distribution's software
    repository. If not, or to learn more, visit http://www.gimp.org/ and http:/
    /www.krita.org/, respectively.


     
→ Command-line Tools ←
    → NetPBM ←

        The Portable Bitmap tools (collectively known as "NetPBM") is a
        collection of Open Source command-line tools which convert to and from
        various formats, including GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG, and many more.

        It is possible that it's already installed on your system. If not, they
        it be readily available from your Linux distribution's software
        repository. If not, or to learn more, visit http://
        netpbm.sourceforge.net/.


         
    → cjpeg/djpeg ←

        The "cjpeg" and "djpeg" command-line programs convert between the
        NetPBM Portable Any Map (PNM) format and JPEGs. It is possible that
        it's already installed on your system. If not, they it be readily
        available from your Linux distribution's software repository. If not,
        or to learn more, visit https://jpegclub.org/.


         

     
→ Proprietary Software for Windows ←
      o CorelDRAW (Corel) — http://www.corel.com/
      o Illustrator (Adobe) — http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html
      o Paint Shop Pro (Corel) — https://www.paintshoppro.com/
      o Photoshop (Adobe) — http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html
      o PIXresizer (Bluefive software) — http://bluefive.pair.com/
        pixresizer.htm

     
→ Macintosh Users ←
      o CorelDRAW (Corel) — http://www.corel.com/
      o GraphicConverter (Lemke Software) — https://www.lemkesoft.de/
        mac-fotobearbeitung-mac-diashow-mac-grafikprogramm-mac-bildbetrachter/
      o Illustrator (Adobe) — http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html
      o Photoshop (Adobe) — http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html

     

