Run miniPaint - Browser Based Image Editor - on Windows
10#miniPaint #ImageEditor #Windows
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials...
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What is miniPaint?
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[miniPaint is an] online image editor lets you create, edit images using HTML5 technologies. No need to buy, download, install or have obsolete flash. No ads. Key features: layers, filters, HTML5, open source, Photoshop alternative.
miniPaint operates directly in the browser. You can create images, paste from the clipboard (ctrl+v) or upload from the computer (using menu or drag & drop). Nothing will be sent to any server. Everything stays in your browser. - https://github.com/viliusle/miniPaint
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Installing miniPaint
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01. Log into the Windows device
02. Download the latest miniPaint release https://github.com/viliusle/miniPaint...
03. Download NodeJS https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/
04. Install NodeJS, accepting all defaults
05. Extract the downloaded miniPaint files
06. Rename the extracted folder miniPaint
07. Cut the miniPaint folder to a location it can safely run from, C:\Program Files\miniPaint in this example
08. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space ≫ Open PowerShell windows here...
09. Run the following commands in the PowerShell window
install dependencies
npm install
build minipaint
npm run build
run minipaint
npm run server
10. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8080
11. Welcome to miniPaint
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Run miniPaint on System Startup (Optional, but recommended)
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01. Press CTRL + C to kill the running miniPaint process
02. Open a text editor and paste the following
:: Start miniPaint server
cd /D "%~dp0"
start "miniPaint" /b npm run server
03. Save the file as minipaint.bat in the miniPaint directory, C:\Program Files\miniPaint in this example
04. Click on the Start Button ≫ Type task ≫ Launch Task Scheduler
05. Right click the Task Scheduler Library folder in the left pane ≫ Create Basic Task...
06. Set the name to miniPaint and optionally set a Description ≫ Click Next
07. For the Trigger, select When the computer starts ≫ Click Next
08. For the Action, select Start a program ≫ Click Next
09. Complete the form fields as follows:
Program/script: "%ProgramFiles%\miniPaint\minipaint.bat"
Add arguments:
Start in:
10. Click Next
11. Check the Open the Properties dialog checkbox ≫ Click Finish
12. In the Properties dialog, click the Change User or Group... button
13. Type System in the Object name field ≫ Click OK
14. Check the Run with highest privileges box
15. Click OK to create the scheduled task
16. Right click the miniPaint task ≫ Run
17. Refresh the open web browser to verify miniPaint is now running from the scheduled task
Source: https://github.com/viliusle/miniPaint...
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