Drawing tools

Drawing and painting tool buttons appear along the left side of the main window. Click on any tool to select it for use.

Small black arrows in the upper right corners of the paint brush, color eraser, and rectangle/ellipse buttons indicate that options are available for these tools. Press and hold these buttons down to access their options.

Pencil - Used to paint pixels. Use the left mouse button to draw with Color A or the right button for Color B. Press and hold SHIFT after pressing the mouse button to confine the painting to pixels in the same row or column.
Straight Line - Used to draw straight lines. Use the left mouse button to draw with Color A or the right button for Color B. Press and hold SHIFT after pressing the mouse button to restrict lines to 45-degree increments.
Paint Brush - Used to paint areas of pixels. Select a brush shape by pressing and holding the paintbrush tool button to access the brush options. Use the left mouse button to draw with Color A or the right button for Color B. Press and hold SHIFT after pressing the mouse button to restrict painting to horizontal or vertical strokes.
Flood - Used to fill areas of one color with another color. Use the left mouse button to draw with Color A or the right button for Color B. Flooding starts with the pixel clicked on and continues until other colors are encountered.
Color Eraser - Used to erase a specific color, replacing it with another color. Select an eraser size by pressing and holding the Color Eraser tool button to access different sizes. Use the left mouse button to replace Color A with Color B or the right button to replace Color B with Color A.
Rectangle/Ellipse - Used to draw rectangles and ellipses. Press and hold the tool button to access drawing options. Choose an outline, filled, or solid shape. Outline shapes are drawn in Color A using the left mouse button or Color B using the right. Filled shapes are drawn in Color A and filled with Color B using the left mouse button and reversed when using the right. Solid shapes are drawn in Color A with the left mouse button and Color B with the right. Press and hold SHIFT after pressing the mouse button to draw perfect squares or circles.
Text - Used to draw text. An Add Text input window is used to enter the text and select the font face, size and style. Text is drawn in Color A. The background of the text area is filled with Color B depending on the current setting for Color B in Selection .