Cocoa-based paint software similar to Microsoft Paint and MacPaint

Paintbrush for Mac

Paintbrush for Mac

  -  5.22 MB  -  Open Source
  • Latest Version

    Paintbrush 2.6.0 LATEST

  • Review by

    Sophia Jones

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X 10.11 or later

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  • Author / Product

    Soggy Waffles / External Link

  • Filename

    Paintbrush-2.6.0.zip

  • MD5 Checksum

    9ce62dd836baa9be09e11a43933d1b62

Paintbrush for Mac is a simple paint program for macOS, reminiscent of Microsoft Paint and Apple’s own now-defunct MacPaint. It provides users with a means to make simple images quickly, something that has been noticeably absent from the Mac for years.

When Apple released the original Macintosh in 1984, they included two applications: MacWrite and MacPaint. Twenty-five years later, every Mac still includes a basic text editor in TextEdit, but a simple paint program is a thing of the past.

Paintbrush can open and save to most major image formats, including BMP, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and GIF. Full support for transparency is available for image formats that support an alpha channel (currently PNGs and GIFs). You can also paste images copied from many common Mac applications, including Microsoft Office and Apple iWork.

Disclaimer: The app is not intended to replace Adobe Photoshop or other high-end image editors. Instead, it aims to fill the need for a basic, streamlined, and Mac-native image editor. Whether you need to quickly crop a photo, add some text to an image, or just have fun doodling, Paintbrush for macOS has you covered. Sporting a simple and intuitive UI, Paint brush will have you discovering your inner van Gogh in no time. Just pick a tool, pick a color, and go!

  • Paintbrush 2.6.0 Screenshots

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