coloring book

I have a coloring book PDF that I want to color between the lines.
Whats a good coloring program that isnt too complicated?
I would only use it occasionaly

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I have a coloring book PDF that I want to color between the lines.
Whats a good coloring program that isnt too complicated?
I would only use it occasionaly

I don't know about .pdf as such, but assuming you can extract the images
(I use http://www.extractpdf.com/, but there are other utilities, both
offline and online):

If the areas are closed, or you can easily close them, virtually any
image-editing prog. will have a "fill" function - usually using a
"paintpot" icon. (IrfanView's paint set [F12] does, for example.) You'll
need an undo function for when an area isn't closed when you thought it
was, but, again, any image editor will have that, even IrfanView.


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| If the areas are closed, or you can easily close them, virtually any
| image-editing prog. will have a "fill" function - usually using a
| "paintpot" icon. (IrfanView's paint set [F12] does, for example.) You'll
| need an undo function for when an area isn't closed when you thought it
| was, but, again, any image editor will have that, even IrfanView.
|

I don't understand what the OP wants, or even if
it's a serious question, but IV for filling is an unnecessarily
primitive approach. Any actual image editor (which IV is
really not) will have selection options, including a "magic
wand" tool to select irregular-shaped areas based on color
and modify the selection. Select - Fill. Perfect, easy
filling in between black lines. The range of color values can
also be varied, to include a range of colors in the selection.

The one disadvantage is that a flood fill doesn't usually
offer anti-aliasing. So you can perfectly fill a pink are within
black lines and, say, turn it white, but the edges may look
slightly jagged because there's no transition from white
to black.

This question has come up before. Paint.Net, GIMP,
old Paint Shop Pro versions.... those are just a few of
the highly functional image editors available for free.
But none is going to be "not too complicated" for someone
who's new to digital graphics.

The OP seems to think he can paint on a PDF, and
also doesn't want to have to learn anything new because
this will be only an occasional task, so it may be there's
no realistic answer.

Lasko wrote:
I have a coloring book PDF that I want to color between the lines.
Whats a good coloring program that isnt too complicated?
I would only use it occasionaly

https://i.postimg.cc/0yjn0zhg/colori...ucket-fill.gif

The bucket fill works as long as there is an enclosing
solid single-color border around the area you hit with the "bucket".

If you make a mistake, it has an "Undo" in the Edit menu.

As an example, if you take ordinary fonts in the drawing tool,
like an "O", you can hit the center of the O with the bucket
tool and only paint in the O. If you wanted to color in all
the text using the bucket tool, it would take forever (lots O' clicks).

The GIMP I use for my serious coloring work, is version 2.4.7.
Modern versions offer nothing except a mess of menus and
major migraine material.

https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.4/windows/

https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub...i686-setup.exe

GIMP for Windows (version 2.4.7) 14521 kB

Old versions used to need a copy of GTK2, but that might be
boiled into that installer. Since it's InstallShield or something,
that means more work to check whether it's there or not.

It's not a paint program by the way. If you want to paint,
use a paint program. Gimp can open .ps and .pdf, but you
might need a copy of GhostScript to do that. You'd likely
want a "bitness" to match the folder the GIMP went into.
i686 implies x86.

https://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html

Ghostscript 9.26 for Windows (32 bit)

https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/g...6/gs926w32.exe

To "integrate" GhostScript into GIMP, you'll need
an environment variable.

https://www.werockyourweb.com/instal...dows-and-gimp/

Browse to Start - Control Panel - System
Select the "Advanced" tab
Click the "Environment Variables" button at bottom
then click "Add" to add the following system variable:
Variable: GS_PROG
Value: C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.26\bin\gswin32c.exe === varies...

Put the new environment variable in the System section.
This kinda illustrates someone doing that.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7...600/gsprog.png

*******

Using a computer to color is too sterile.

Print off the sample artwork onto your inkjet printer,
with outlines and so on. Then, use a crayon, colored pencil,
or other coloring source, and go to town.

A color laser printer might do a better job of printing
off the original, as the toner isn't as likely to "run"
as the ink in an inkjet does, when water hits it. If
you use water colors, you could cause the black outlines
on the original print, to run and mix with the water color
paint.

A crayon on the other hand, won't do that.

The wax in the crayon would work well with ordinary
laser printer paper (not a coated paper).

Select materials carefully so the recipient will
feel like a champ.

Paul (who took an art course once, and doesn't remember a bit of it :-)
I remember a lot more about my shop classes [welding, woodwork] )

Lasko wrote:
I have a coloring book PDF that I want to color between the lines.
Whats a good coloring program that isnt too complicated?
I would only use it occasionaly

Both Irfan and Gimp can do that.
Both can import and export PDF's or save as graphics files.
Both formats are actually saved as graphics.
All Real Text is eliminated.

On 02/12/2018 16:35, Lasko wrote:
Whats a good coloring program that isnt too complicated?

None. All programs require some intelligence from the users part. If
you lack determination to use and master something then you should hire
a technician from India. They have mastered computer technology left,
right and centre and now they are available to solve global problems.
India is generating nearly 2 million IT graduates a year and they are
all determined to solve the problems which people like you can't.

Good luck.





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