Drawfire is simple drawing application made on Nimfire framework
as example to learn code from. However, process of writing it was also fun enough
for me to decide to make it an app on its own.
Don't expect anything groundbreaking - it is just fun side-project and it won't get
anywhere close to legends like Krita or GIMP. It's still fun to play with.
It allows you to draw with few predetermined colours, as well as adjust brush size
and type. It exports images to PNG, of strict size 800x600.
From advantages it has I would definitely say that it is extremely small - so if you
want to draw something really quickly, it will definitely be possible.
Additionally, you can feel safe with Nimfire drawing - it follows "no images lost"
rule which means that you will never mistakingly overwrite any image you work on.
Whatever you save, is saved as new file, and whatever image you load and save after
editing, is saved also as new file. While this may feel chaotic, it ensures you will
always have as many history points of your image as you want.
Whenever you run the app, you get empty canvas. Draw with your mouse.
Here are shortcuts that you may need:
| Key(s) | Usage |
|---|---|
| MOUSE | Use any of mouse buttons to draw |
| TAB | Saves the image |
| Q | Clears the canvas |
| T | Changes transparency of canvas |
| UP / DOWN | Changes size of brush |
| LEFT / RIGHT | Changes brush type |
[ / ] |
Change angle of dynamic brush |
If you are not sure about something, please refer to PDF Manual. It also comes with Drawfire bundle on releases page.
None of features listed as todo here is promised to be completed.
See changelog for brief overview of changes.
- Basics
- Changing brush size
- Filling tool
- Eraser
- Colour
- Predefined colour picker
- Fluid colour picker
- Brushes
- Notifier of current brush type & size
- Various brushes
- Circle brush
- Custom brushes
- JSON-driven
- PNG-driven
- Saving the image
- Loading the image
- Advanced
- Layers
- Transparency support
- APIs
- Wacom