An idea I've mentioned before is a 'coloring book' mode for Tux Paint. One could install a set of 'immutable' images, which are simply black-n-white outlines of a picture.
Example, grabbed via images.google.com search for "coloring book": http://www.harford.cc.md.us/department/cbs/youth/preschool/coloring.asp The child draws, like normal, but the black outlines will always appear 'over' their drawing. And when they save, it obviously will not overwrite the original coloring book file (which will probably be saved somewhere different -- say, near the stamps collection -- even though it appears in the "Open" dialog). The person I've been speaking too from a school just suggested a similar, but different idea. Backgrounds. Like coloring book style images, these would be immutable files, but when you draw on them, what you draw appears over the original background. And when you use the 'Eraser' tool, it won't erase to white, but simply erase back to the background image! Random example: http://www.donsutherland.com/images/Maldives%20Seascapes/646-21%20L%20HP%20Reef.jpg I could even imagine having a background image that has two layers... True background (anyhthing you draw or stamp goes on top of it), and then a 'foreground' layer (which anything you draw or stamp will be occluded by). Whaddaya think? -bill! [EMAIL PROTECTED] C is like an industrial strength http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ nail gun; if wielded improperly, New Breed Software it can cause untold carnage. _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxpaint-dev
