Siapa sangka seorang remaja biasa mampu
membuat aplikasi editing gambar yang
kompatibel dengan Windows 8. Maka tersebutlah
nama Rahul Dominic, remaja berusia 15 tahun
asal India yang mampu menarik perhatian
dengan aplikasi Duco Paint buatannya.
Pada acara AppFest Coding yang digelar di India
baru-baru ini, pihak Microsoft memang sengaja
ingin menjaring tenaga-tenaga muda berbakat
yang perlu didukung dalam membuat aplikasi
Windows 8 terbaru. Dan sejauh ini usaha
perusahaan raksasa itu membuahkan hasil.
Dengan kehadiran Duco Paint sebagai aplikasi
sederhana namun sangat canggih sangat cocok
disandingkan di Windows 8. Aplikasi ini kabarnya
berada pada lisensi aplikasi gratis. Konsepnya
cukup sederhana, Anda tak perlu menjadi
seorang desainer handal untuk berkreasi
menggunakan aplikasi ini.
“Duco Paint memiliki 25 jenis brush, termasuk
brush standar. Ada juga 24 styles unik, dimana
Anda akan dapat membuat suatu karya yang
indah. Saya mengembangkan aplikasi ini karena
saya sendiri bukan seorang desainer yang
handal.” ungkap Rahul.
Saat ini aplikasi Duco Paint sudah tersedia di
Windows Store. Anda ingin mencobanya?

If klutzy is the best way to define your strokes on
a graphics painting programme on your PC or
laptop, Rahul Dominic has the magic wand to
make them look aesthetically-pleasing.
The 15-year-old student of National Public School
in Bangalore has caught the imagination of
Microsoft with his application (app), the Duco
Paint, for its Windows 8 platform.
What sets Duco Paint apart from other similar
apps? The understanding that you don’t need to
be an artist to make art.
“Duco Paint has 25 different types of paint
brushes, including the regular paint brush. With
the 24 unique styles, you can create something
aesthetically beautiful. I developed it because I’m
am not very artistic either,” explains Dominic,
who developed an interest in coding thanks to his
father and learnt C-programming at 10.
The Class IX student, a familiar face at app fests
and coding events, caught Microsoft’s eye during
the world’s largest app fest for Windows 8 on
September 21-22, 2012, in Bangalore. The 18-
hour-long coding event saw developers designing
and testing applications, with Microsoft on-site
experts at hand to spot talent whose applications
could eventually land up in Windows stores.
The experts were so impressed with Dominic’s
app that they wanted to help him modify it for
commercial use. Duco Paint is expected to hit
Windows stores by March-end. In the first month
of its release, the app will be offered free.
Harish Vaidyanathan, director of technical
evangelism, Microsoft, says Dominic was almost
turned away from the app fest due to
technicalities concerning age, but the experts’
interest in him grew after they saw his
contributions to the app store.