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The activity features soft brushes, collaborative painting, the ability to watch tutorial paintings as they are painted, and a variety of input methods including "video paint" using the webcam.
 
The activity features soft brushes, collaborative painting, the ability to watch tutorial paintings as they are painted, and a variety of input methods including "video paint" using the webcam.
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===Setting up a Wacom tablet===
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Colors! versions 11 and above support USB Wacom tablets, such as the [http://www.amazon.com/Bamboo-Small-Pen-Tablet-Only/dp/B000V9T2JA/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1228608694&sr=1-22 Wacom Bamboo] ($60 at Amazon). 
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====On OLPC XO-1====
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Wacom support requires OLPC Software Release 8.2.0, so update if you are on an older build. 
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To use your USB Wacom tablet with Colors, you need to do a little work at the Terminal.
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wget http://dev.laptop.org/~wadeb/setupwacom.sh
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sudo sh setupwacom.sh
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This will install the linuxwacom package, download and install the Wacom kernel module, and download and replace your Xorg configuration file with one that supports Wacom tablets.
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Restart your XO and launch Colors!.  Voila, Wacom support!  Check the Sensitive buttons in the Brush Control screen to enable pressure sensitivity for brush size and opacity.
    
===Resources===
 
===Resources===
    
* [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/colors Sources]
 
* [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/colors Sources]
* [http://download.sugarlabs.org/sources/honey/Colors/ Sources tarball]
   
* [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4050 Downloads and user-land pages]
 
* [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4050 Downloads and user-land pages]
 
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Colors%21 Colors! on OLPC wiki]
 
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Colors%21 Colors! on OLPC wiki]
 
* Trac Tickets: [http://trac.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&component=Colors&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=version&col=severity&col=resolution&col=status_field&col=reporter&col=time&col=changetime Sugar Labs] [http://dev.laptop.org/query?status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&max=150&component=colors-activity&order=id&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=next_action&col=changetime OLPC]
 
* Trac Tickets: [http://trac.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&component=Colors&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=version&col=severity&col=resolution&col=status_field&col=reporter&col=time&col=changetime Sugar Labs] [http://dev.laptop.org/query?status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&max=150&component=colors-activity&order=id&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=next_action&col=changetime OLPC]
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