• Aimed at kids between 3 and 12 years of age
• 78 pictures to color (the program can be extended to include further sets of 26 outline images)
• 260 picture suggestions - divided into ten levels - to encourgae your children's imagination
• Macdoodle speaks the picture suggestions
• The 26 frames are indexed by the Alphabet - Macdoodle speaks the letter when clicked.
• Predefined Stamps - draw with images (cars and trees) and textures (walls, cobwebs and fire)
• Pictures can be saved to Mac-standard format (PICT) (ready for printing)
• Button controls to the major tools: color, pen, paint-pot and brush tools
• "Protection Window" stops little ones clicking off the window and into Finder

Macdoodle is now Freeware. Macdoodle can be freely distributed providing that this file and all other files are not changed and also included in the distribution. People who have kindly registered Macdoodle before 11th September 2001 will be eligible for a discount on Etchelon Tracer 4 (expected release date October 2001).

Etchelon Macdoodle is available only for the Apple Power Macintosh (ie PPC only) (Tested on MacOS 8 and 9 and designed to work with the Speech Manager Extension). Macoodle works in Classic mode on MacOS X.

Download Etchelon Macdoodle 2.3 here (approx 1Mb) (14th September 2001)

• Stamps - Draw with predefined shapes and pictures
• New Macdoodle Outlines: "The George Vail Collection" - 26 unique & imaginative fantasy pictures
• Animated Buttons and Color Cursors
• PPC version - much faster

• Minor changes to Default Outlines
• Registration limitations removed.

 FAQ

I have tried unchecking Menu/Draw/Always Outline item - nothing happens. What should happen?

If Always Outline is unchecked, Paint will now cover the outlines To remove outlines and draw your own picture, deselect "Always Outline" from Draw Menu and then "Clear Frame" from File menu.

What's the difference between Brush and Smart Brush?

Smart Brush only draws within the area of the same color that you start drawing within. Macdoodle's Smart Brush let's you fill in the foreground first then let's you add the background without disturbing the foreground.

How do I access the 260 picture ideas?

There is a suggestion for each frame (26 frames). Change to one of the ten themed suggestion levels (by button or menu) for different suggestions for each frame. 26 x 10 =260 picture ideas.