<s>
mtPaint	B-Language
(	O
short	O
for	O
Mark	B-Language
Tyler	I-Language
's	I-Language
Painting	I-Language
Program	I-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
raster	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
creating	O
icons	O
,	O
pixel	O
art	O
and	O
for	O
photo	B-Application
editing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
mtPaint	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Mark	O
Tyler	O
specifically	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
as	O
a	O
personal	O
project	O
for	O
his	O
own	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
the	O
interface	O
uses	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
1/2	O
toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
design	O
goals	O
included	O
that	O
it	O
be	O
fast	O
,	O
reliable	O
and	O
free	O
software	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
to	O
protect	O
user	O
freedom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
version	O
0.30	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
as	O
Tyler	O
personally	O
wanted	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	O
computer	O
he	O
had	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Groshev	O
's	O
coding	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
that	O
another	O
developer	O
's	O
work	O
had	O
been	O
directly	O
written	O
for	O
mtPaint	B-Language
,	O
although	O
open	O
source	O
code	O
from	O
other	O
projects	O
had	O
been	O
incorporated	O
previously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
3.00	O
Tyler	O
decided	O
to	O
leave	O
the	O
mtPaint	B-Language
and	O
work	O
on	O
other	O
software	O
projects	O
and	O
Groshev	O
became	O
the	O
maintainer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
mtPaint	B-Language
has	O
been	O
included	O
as	O
a	O
default	O
application	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
including	O
all	O
the	O
LXDE	B-Language
versions	O
of	O
Lubuntu	B-Application
(	O
18.04	O
LTS	O
and	O
earlier	O
)	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
Puppy	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
mtPaint	B-Language
includes	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
features	O
for	O
creating	O
drawings	O
and	O
editing	O
photographs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
mtPaint	B-Language
supports	O
BMP	B-Device
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
LSS	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
TGA	O
,	O
TIFF	O
,	O
XPM	O
and	O
XBM	B-Device
formats	O
for	O
both	O
loading	O
and	O
saving	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
mtPaint	B-Language
has	O
been	O
criticized	O
for	O
low	O
discoverability	O
of	O
features	O
,	O
by	O
users	O
and	O
even	O
by	O
the	O
lead	O
developer	O
,	O
Dmitry	O
Groshev	O
,	O
who	O
noted	O
that	O
its	O
features	O
,	O
"	O
may	O
look	O
opaque	O
to	O
users	O
who	O
do	O
not	O
like	O
to	O
read	O
docs	O
;	O
but	O
not	O
everything	O
in	O
image	O
processing	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
self-explanatory	O
,	O
particularly	O
if	O
one	O
tries	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
program	O
small	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
users	O
have	O
written	O
their	O
own	O
guides	O
to	O
make	O
up	O
for	O
deficiencies	O
in	O
the	O
official	O
mtPaint	B-Language
Handbook	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2015	O
review	O
on	O
Softpedia	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
mtPaint	B-Language
GTK	B-Application
interface	O
looks	O
"	O
outdated	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
although	O
it	O
has	O
n't	O
been	O
updated	O
for	O
a	O
while	O
and	O
the	O
interface	O
could	O
use	O
some	O
work	O
in	O
the	O
graphical	O
department	O
,	O
mtPaint	B-Language
features	O
some	O
pretty	O
advanced	O
options	O
to	O
help	O
you	O
manipulate	O
images.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewer	O
Seth	O
Kenlon	O
praised	O
mtPaint	B-Language
in	O
2017	O
,	O
writing	O
,	O
"	O
what	O
makes	O
mtPaint	B-Language
great	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
specializes	O
in	O
pixel	O
art	O
,	O
has	O
a	O
tiny	O
footprint	O
—	O
the	O
application	O
is	O
about	O
391k	O
,	O
compiled	O
(	O
assuming	O
Gtk	B-Application
is	O
installed	O
separately	O
)	O
—	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
efficiently	O
on	O
specs	O
as	O
low	O
as	O
200MHz	O
CPU	O
with	O
16MB	O
of	O
available	O
RAM.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Experten	O
noted	O
,	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
efficient	O
design	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
older	O
PC	O
hardware	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
200mhz	O
cpu	O
and	O
32mb	O
frame	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
in	O
Top	O
Best	O
Alternatives	O
praised	O
mtPaint	B-Language
's	O
"	O
efficient	O
and	O
simple	O
interface	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2017	O
review	O
by	O
Martins	O
D	O
.	O
Okoi	O
for	O
FOSSMint	O
noted	O
the	O
infrequent	O
releases	O
of	O
mtPaint	B-Language
,	O
but	O
praised	O
its	O
small	O
memory	O
footprint	O
and	O
advanced	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2020	O
review	O
in	O
Full	O
Circle	O
magazine	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
mtPaint	B-Language
is	O
a	O
very	O
mature	O
application	O
–	O
with	O
15	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
behind	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
fast	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
enough	O
features	O
that	O
many	O
users	O
will	O
find	O
it	O
very	O
useful	O
for	O
photo	B-Application
editing	I-Application
and	O
making	O
drawings.	O
"	O
</s>
