This panel provides a tool for drawing lines or figures with a "brush" or a "pen."
After selecting the tool, you can draw pictures on the selected image object on the canvas.
The colors to be used for drawing are set from the "Color Palette" dialog box.
When you paint a figure, draw with a pen, or draw a rectangle frame, you can use foreground colors. Background colors are used to fill a figure such as a rectangle.
Hint If you hold down the [Ctrl] key as you draw, you can use the background color to draw.
Caution! Note that you cannot use the Paint Tool to draw on logos, buttons, or font frame objects. To draw on these objects, first select "Object"->"Rasterize" from the menu to convert them into image objects. Note that, if an object is not selected, an image object having the same size as the canvas is created when you start drawing.
[Eraser]
Used to erase a dragged portion. The erased portion is transparent.
[Fill]
Used to fill an area with a selected color. Select the area to be filled by clicking.
[Fill with Transparent Color]
Used to fill an area with a transparent color. Select the area to be filled by clicking.
[Zoom In/Out]
Used to enlarge or reduce the display size of the canvas.
When you click the canvas, it will be enlarged ("zoom-in".)
If you click on the canvas while holding down the [Alt] key, it will be reduced ("zoom-out".)
[Pen]
Used to produce drawings as if with a pen.
[Brush]
Used to produce drawings as if with a brush.
[Air Brush]
Used to produce drawings as if with an air brush.
[Straight Line]
Used to draw straight lines.
[Rectangle], [Painted Rectangle], [Painted Rectangle without Frame]
Used to draw rectangles.
When you select [Rectangle], only the frame of a rectangle is drawn.
When you select [Painted Rectangle], a filled rectangle with a frame is drawn.
When you select [Painted Rectangle without Frame], a filled rectangle without a frame is drawn.
Hint If you hold down the [Shift] key while drawing with this tool, you can draw a perfect square.
[Round Rectangle], [Painted Round Rectangle], [Painted Round Rectangle without Frame]
Used to draw rectangle with rounded corners.
When you select [Round Rectangle], only the frame of a round rectangle is drawn.
When you select [Painted Round Rectangle], a filled round rectangle with a frame is drawn.
When you select [Painted Round Rectangle without Frame], a filled round rectangle without a frame is drawn.
Hint If you hold down the [Shift] key while drawing with this tool, you can draw a perfect square with rounded corners.
[Ellipse], [Painted Ellipse], [Painted Ellipse without Frame]
Used to draw ellipses.
When you select [Ellipse], only the frame of an ellipse is drawn.
When you select [Painted Ellipse], a filled ellipse with a frame is drawn.
When you select [Painted Ellipse without Frame], a filled ellipse without a frame is drawn.
Hint If you hold down the [Shift] key while drawing with this tool, you can draw a perfect circle.
[Pen Size] field
Used to set the size and a shape of the "pen" used to draw an image.
[Transparency] slider, field
You can specify a transparency for your drawing. You can set a value of between 0 and 100. The greater the specified value, the higher the resulting transparency.
[Range of Color to Be Filled] slider, field
When you use the [Fill] or the [Fill with Transparent Color] tool, you must specify a range of color to be used for the fill. You can specify a value of between 0 and 255. As the specified value gets smaller, the range of colors relative to that at the point that you click, and which is to be filled with the specified color, also gets smaller.