Hi to all. I am Dmitriy and I develop this free software, which can help you to draw pixelart pictures. Its history started from 2005 when i create first versions of PaintCAD for Java2ME (mobile versions). And two years ago I started to port my soft to Windows. Now it is almost fully-functional editor. Short description - see below:

PaintCAD 4Windows by Blackstrip Studios - is a free freely-distributed graphics editing program., it was ported from mobile platform (Java2ME) to Windows. It works on any OS from Windows 95 to Windows 7. Not requires any VMs like Java or .NET Framework.

Download last version here (5 Mbytes):
http://blackstrip.ru/pcw.rar

Main window screenshot with all panels opened:


Main window with hided virtual keyboard and hided main menu:


Main difference between PaintCAD and other editors - it has real cursor you can operate by mouse or by keyboard or by touchscreen.

Some windows:

Tools, Effects, Selection-Clipboard menus


Text input window


Palette window (three color selection methods: table, spectral, RGB)


Image or Text paste


Work with web-can (or TV-tuner)


Raster PCF-font creation


Error message (if you get it - send info from textbox to developer email dt85@mail.ru )

Now you can:
— use ONLY keyboard without mouse (may be you mouse for file selection in open/save dialogs);
— if you are mouse-user: use ONLY mouse;
— draw graphics primitives, text;
— use internal effects: color, brightness, contrast, gamma, colorizer, 3D, bevel, gradient, blur, stroke, shadow, glow, stars, hot air, snow, fire, hellfire, combustion by trajectory, sepia, grays, relief, sharpness, visions, spray, thermo, colorswitch, ex-channel, black-white, color wool;
— resize small images to big sizes with «lossless» quality (using Extender effect);
— fill objects with texture;
— draw animations on touchscreens: at the bottom of Main Window you can find buttons for frame switching, jumping between frames, compare previous frame with current frame e.t.c;
- create your own raster PCF-fonts from scratch or based on Windows-fonts, use your fonts for text drawing;
— use webcam or tv-tuner for single frame shots;
— use webcam for video-recording:
а) in automatic mode (shot frames with 10fps or less speed);
б) in manual mode — make sequence of frames by pressing shot-key for every frame, and make cartoons;
— pack frames to AVI file;
— process frames with selected effects;

In details - see Help included to PaintCAD 4Windows distributive pack.

In PaintCAD you can draw 2D graphics, control every pixel, mix colors, use effects.
PaintCAD user-pictures gallery (for PaintCAD mobile and PaintCAD 4Windows) - http://pg.blackstrip.ru

INFORMATION: PaintCAD must detect your system language automatically, but if it is not - to switch UI-language to English click on brush-icon at the left-top and select this item in Main Menu:


Edited by blackstrip - 10 June 2012 at 3:07am