Doozla for Mac

Play to learn

Plasq makes it easy and fun to learn how to draw in a beautiful, full screen interface.

Paintbrush for Mac is generally considered the standard paint application for Mac, yet it might just have found a more than valid heir. Doozla offers you all the tools to draw up sketches and color up drawings, this in a beautiful, full screen interface.

You get four choices to work with: an image, an iSight photo snap, a color-in image or a blank page. If you choose a color-in image you'll have a nice selection of funny and original characters created by Plasq to choose from, like Bugsy the Beagle or Chester the Cat. Working with iSight is also very easy and fun. Take your picture and start coloring.

Using the brushes and pencils and applying colors is a real pleasure and vector drawing really makes a difference. Also, having the full screen view really enhances the quality of the experience, even though it would have been nice to also have the choice of a windowed interface. You'll also note that Doozla has some fun little sound effects to accompany your movements and actions. You can easily switch them off if you don't want them.

In all, even though Doozla is the perfect application to teach your kids how to draw it's so intuitive that it's also really fun to use for adults. I, for one, really enjoyed playing around with it. Definitely recommended.

Ability to toggle between Fullscreen and Window modeAdded 34 new Coloring-in templatesAdded 9 new colorful backgroundsThe 'Eraser' now has a jumbo setting - the largest notch on the sliderCan now Open previously saved Doozla files from the home screen'Clear' no longer clears the 'Background' or 'Coloring in' template - it 'clears' the artwork on topNow only a single click is required to open 'Coloring in' templates or 'Draw on Background' backgroundsGreen bars added to maintain aspect ratios when resizing windowEnhanced Color Bucket for improved accuracyCursor icon now has new graphicPrinting orientation now matches the screen orientationAdded system typical keystrokes for dialogsFull screen now works on dual screen monitorsSupported files can now be dragged into DoozlaWhen selecting color buttons, added selection feedback on mouse downDisabled 'typing' during camera snappingIf saving of files on remote servers fails, a warning is presentedImproved notification when camera is not available for webcam snapIn Control Panel, the Password dialogue now gives visual confirmation that 'Password' and 'Password Again' matchIncluded artwork now copied to /Library/Application Support/Doozla/; saving drive space and ensuring artwork is visible to all users on a network

Changes

• Ability to toggle between Fullscreen and Window modeAdded 34 new Coloring-in templatesAdded 9 new colorful backgroundsThe 'Eraser' now has a jumbo setting - the largest notch on the sliderCan now Open previously saved Doozla files from the home screen'Clear' no longer clears the 'Background' or 'Coloring in' template - it 'clears' the artwork on topNow only a single click is required to open 'Coloring in' templates or 'Draw on Background' backgroundsGreen bars added to maintain aspect ratios when resizing windowEnhanced Color Bucket for improved accuracyCursor icon now has new graphicPrinting orientation now matches the screen orientationAdded system typical keystrokes for dialogsFull screen now works on dual screen monitorsSupported files can now be dragged into DoozlaWhen selecting color buttons, added selection feedback on mouse downDisabled 'typing' during camera snappingIf saving of files on remote servers fails, a warning is presentedImproved notification when camera is not available for webcam snapIn Control Panel, the Password dialogue now gives visual confirmation that 'Password' and 'Password Again' matchIncluded artwork now copied to /Library/Application Support/Doozla/; saving drive space and ensuring artwork is visible to all users on a network