A painting software made with Qt.
These instructions are aimed towards getting you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.
In order to build this project, you'll need to download the following dependencies and IDEs:
Make sure to install the MSVC compiler when installing Qt.
It is fairly easy to install the project, all you need to do is to clone it from GitHub. There is also the option to download a copy of the repository.
If you want to clone the repository using the terminal instead, use:
git clone https://github.com/DatDarkAlpaca/alpaint/
Once everything is downloaded, open the solution alpaint.sln
, click on Extensions
and Manage Extensions
. A dropdown list will show up. You'll need to install the Qt Visual Studio Tools extension. You may need to restart Visual Studio.
Once installed, open the versions menu under Extensions
> Qt VS Tools
> Qt Version
, then click on the plu sign, and select the qmake.exe
path from your Qt installation. It can usually be found under C:\Qt\Version\msvc...\bin\qmake.exe
.
To build the project, click Build
then Build Solution
on Visual Studio. Alternatively, you can use the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+B
.
The executable files are generated under bin/Configuration/Platform
, and the intermediate files are generated under intermediate/Configuration/Platform
.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details