Web Paint

Draw shapes, lines, and add text to live web pages and take screenshot.
What is Web Paint?
'Web Paint' is a Chrome extension that provides a toolbox of easy-to-use drawing functionalities. Users can draw shapes, lines, and add text to web pages, even using a touch screen. It offers a variety of tools like a pencil, eyedropper, text tool, line tool, curve tool, polygon tool, ellipse tool, paint bucket, color picker, transparency slider, rectangle tool, eraser and screenshot tool. Updates include a new tab page for sketching and a revamped popup design.

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-12-17 due to malware
Users: 531,358+
Rating: 3.43 (812)
Version: 1.4.09 (Last updated: 2023-11-09)
Creation date: 2020-03-17
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • <all_urls>
  • storage
Size: 670.72K

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Extension summary

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Web Paint provides the following easy to use drawing tools that let you draw shapes, lines, and add text to live web pages and take screenshot (touch screen supported)

Pencil tool - draw a custom line with the selected line width and color. Eyedropper tool - pick a color from the web page or your drawings and use it for drawing. Text tool - insert text into the web page with the selected color and transparency. Line tool - draw a straight line with the selected line width, transparency and color. Arrow tool - draw a straight line with an arrow on the end the selected line width, transparency and color. Quadratic curve - draw a quadratic curve with the selected line width, transparency and color. Bezier curve - draw a bezier curve with the selected line width, transparency and color. Polygon tool - draw a polygon with the selected line width, transparency and color. Ellipse tool - draw an ellipse or a circle with the selected line width, transparency and color. Paint bucket tool - fill an area with selected color and transparency. Color picker - select a color for the text and line. Transparency slider - select a transparency for the text and line. (Drag the slider to the left to decrease the value and to the right to increase the value) Line width slider - select a line width. (Drag the slider to the left to decrease the value and to the right to increase the value)

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Easy to use
  • Useful for studies and making notes
  • Can draw anywhere
Cons
  • Buggy
  • Review prompts are annoying
  • Issues with hotkeys and shortcuts
  • Eraser needs improvements
Most mentioned
  • Helpful
  • Easy to use
  • Issues with shortcuts and hotkeys
Recent reviews
it was great and specially for learners.
by Mauricio Koketsu, 2023-12-02

Does the job
by Davy CUNY, 2023-12-02

its cool and fun! its a bit buggy but not bad!
by Ellen Giovanna, 2023-12-02
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Web Paint requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Web Paint is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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