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Google Docs Drawing tool removes any reason to use MS Paint ever again
OK, drawn something fun? Now I can tell you about cool bits that I really didn't expect to see in a browser-based drawing tool. Hit Ctrl-Z to undo your last action -- Ctrl-Y to redo works as well. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are available for copying and pasting. Because it's vector-based, you can click anything you've scribbled and grab a corner to stretch or scale it.
There's more! The Drawing tool has a complete set of flow chart symbols (and other shapes) that you can drag and drop into place -- and because this is Google Docs, you can collaboratively work on the same chart or diagram! I'm sure there's a plethora of potential organizey-businessy applications for that kind of functionality.
Finally, there's a ton of ways in which you can export your Google Drawings. There's a new 'Web Clipboard', which lets you select your image and then paste into another Google Doc. This clipboard is associated with your Google account, so you can store something there and retrieve it from any Web-attached computer if you desire. You can also download your finished image as a JPEG, PNG, SVG or PDF file.
I told you it was awesome! Die, MS Paint, die.
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Subscribe to commentsAndroid underlingAug 18th 2010 11:34AM
This is just as crappy as MS paint and far less accessible since it requires far more steps to open.
IvanAug 26th 2010 2:22PM
Damn, you beat me to it.
This subject line needs to be revamped ... a lot.
Sebastian AnthonyAug 18th 2010 11:49AM
Aren't there ways to open Google Apps from desktop icons/shortcuts...?
Scott MorrisAug 18th 2010 11:50AM
I LOVED it! I hopped right over to google docs, pulled up an image and put in some goofy graphics...worked like a charm.
What a really cool discovery. Apparently I missed the part where you said it would replace the Adobe Suite of Editing tools???
Keep the title. The tool rocks...thanks for the heads up!
Sebastian AnthonyAug 18th 2010 11:57AM
Well, I know they're working on video editing stuff -- and image editing is certainly more realistic, given bandwidth and computation concerns...
In a few years perhaps!
brownpauAug 18th 2010 11:53AM
Know whose cat that is in your drawing? ^_^
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brownpau/236670416/
Sebastian AnthonyAug 18th 2010 11:56AM
Awesome! I think I just typed 'cat' into the Google Image Search :)
Demola OladipoAug 18th 2010 12:36PM
And we can paste screenshots? No, didnt think so!
appsbyaaronAug 18th 2010 12:46PM
What is this "MS Paint" you speak of? jk. I've not used paint....ever. Too many free options out there.
Chris.p.chikanAug 18th 2010 1:07PM
If you're not 5yo, get serious and try plxlr.com instead. It's a free, online Photoshop clone.
Chris.p.chikanAug 18th 2010 1:11PM
Correction: pixlr.com. I love it. check it out. :-)
earlsAug 18th 2010 6:31PM
Too bad there's no scale. Did the flowchat connecters make it in yet? Symbols aren't much good without them.
Sebastian AnthonyAug 18th 2010 6:47PM
I'm not sure -- you can draw arrows... but I didn't see any explicit connectors as such.
RebeccaAug 23rd 2010 7:48PM
Ever since they bought ArtRage, they should have switched it instead of MSPaint.
TurboTadAug 20th 2010 6:00PM
Can't replace the _one_ use I have for mspaint right now, which is to take a quick screen capture & save it to disk. Obviously I have easy tools for that on the Linux dsktop I'm currently authoring this on, but on Windows, you can't just alt+prtscrn and then ctrl+v it into a Google Docs window.
robAug 23rd 2010 6:00PM
hey you moth*f*kk*s* leave MSPAINT alone. For one thing that MS does that works out of the box! MSPAINT roxxxxxxxxxxxxx!