ThePen

ThePen is a software for drawing on screen in Windows. It started just for my online lectures. I don't have any specific plan to push this work. But I really hope it used widely and be helpful for you.

Download the Latest Version

• Alpha10 : https://github.com/ladofa/thepen/releases/download/%23thepenalpha/ThePen-alpha12.zip
• It is not allowed by Windows SmartScreen. It is not officially authorized for Windows yet. You have to check the advanced option.

• Virus warning can be shown

- For installation, you need to select advanced option

Important Features

• One Key Sourtcut : Push only one keyboard button to change your pen type and color.

• Easy Switch : Just by lifting the stylus pen, it switches to drawing mode. And just move your mouse to escape drawing mode.

  • It doesn't work on some applications(Chrome, Edge, VSCode, etc.). In this case, move your pen to edges of the monitor to switch mode.

  

• Shaking gesture to clear all drawing.

• Shapes : Line, Circle, Rectangle, Grid (One Key Shortcut Only)

• Stamp : Just push a key to put your stamps. (One Key Shortcut Only)

• Arrow : Add arrow on free drawings or any shapes.

• Overlay - Display current time, text messages and images. (It is not in maintenance yet)

• Right click and move to erase.

• Color palette swap (shortcut : number key 7(&) )

• Multi Board (shortcut : F1, F2, F3)

Reference

• Epic Pen : https://epic-pen.com/
• Panser Pen : https://kinfolksoft.com/%EB%B8%8C%EB%A6%AC%ED%95%91%ED%8E%9Cbriefing-pen-2/
• And others : I refered them in source codes.

Development Environment

• WPF C# on .NET 6.0
• PixiEditor.colorPicker (3.1.0) - MIT License

Release Notes

• 2024-05-26 (Alpha 12)
  • Fix Undo/redo bug
  • Shaking gesture was readopted.
  • Main contron window is always on drawing.
• 2024-03-23 (Alpha 11)
  • Fix Eraser Bug (from Alpah10)
  • Fix Arrow Bug (arrow tip will not split with body)
  • Fix Background Bug (back1.png, back2.png will be possible)
  • New gesture (in eraser mode, touch left screen edge and right -> clear all)
• 2024-03-15 (Alpha 10)
  • add Multi board, each board has own pen style, (shortcut F1, F2, F3) (pen swap will be deprecated.)
  • add temporary hide drawing (shortcut F1, F2, F3 - press again)
  • add palette swap, in setting you can choose twin color.
  • Right click works as eraser.
  • Quick quit - clear all and quit drawing at once (shortcut q)
• 2024-03-02 (Alpha 8)
  • The taskbar is always visible when you press alt+tab between fullscreen applications.
• 2024-01-18 (Alpha 7)
  • The eraser got bigger, you can change the size.
  • Draw arrow on the tip of your line with the shotcut (default : Left Shift)
  • Bug Fixed : mouse effects are available from now.
  • Changed to .Net 6.0
• 2023-03-14 (Alpha 6)
  • Fix the dpi problem
  • Changed to .Net 7.0 (VS 2022)

Future Works

• More settings for the mouse effect.
• Offering Background To Draw
• Temporary hide

Copyright

This includes quite a lot of people's source codes and I haven't been able to look at all of their copyrights. This project may not be used for commercial purposes (if I have the right to claim it)

My plan is to upload this project to Microsoft Store for free. (if I can afford it, and if this program is worth it)