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06: Tools

Overview

There are a large set of predefined tools available after installation.
The application window contains toolbars, where you can place the tools you want to use. Tools can be added or removed in run-time.
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Drawing

Controls

Control Description

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Saves current drawing to currently selected clip. The drawing will be loaded again when the clip is selected.

Not visible when no clip is selected.

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 Undo. Removes last tool placed in the preview window.

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Clear all the drawings.

To open the Administration menu:

  • Click the button by Right mouse button
  • Or hold your finger down on the button for few seconds
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Tools Administration

  1. Open the Administration menu on the Clear button
  2. Select the “Tools Administration” item, or press the Tools Admin icon.
  3. The dialog can be closed by pressing the Clear button.

The Tool Administration dialog has two tabs:

  • Default tab contains all predefined tools coming with the Paint.
  • Custom tab contains customized tools. Drag and drop tools here to save them.

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Add tool to the toolbar

Open the Tool administration dialog. Drag a tool from one of the tabs and drop it into the toolbar.

Remove tool from the toolbar

Open the Tool administration dialog. Drag a tool the opposite direction back and drop it into the default tab of the administration dialog.

Groups

It is possible to group tools, which will be represented by one tool, but you can quickly change to another tool from the group.

Create group

  1. Open the Tool Administration dialog.
  2. Drag a tool from the Tool Administration dialog or the toolbar and drop it on an existing tool (drop location is middle part of the Tool button.).
  3. A group is created and expanded.

A red and green circles with numbers Description automatically generated with medium confidence

Expand group

There's a user gesture to expand the group. The gesture depends on tool layout:

Tools placement Default expand group gesture
Bottom Drag up
Left Drag right
Right Drag left
Top Drag down

Group buttons are marked with a small group symbol in the corner of the button. Tools in each group are numbered for better orientation.

Remove tool from group

  1. Open the Tool administration dialog.
  2. Expand the group.
  3. Now drag the tool and drop it into the:
    • Default tab of the administration dialog to remove the tool
    • Custom tab of the administration dialog to save the tool for later use
    • Toolbar to make it permanently visible in the Toolbar

Add tool to existing group

  1. Open the Tool administration dialog.
  2. Drag a tool from the Tool administration dialog or the toolbar and drop the tool in the middle part of a group button (as described in the Create Group paragraph).
  3. The tool is appended to the group.

During drag, park the cursor in the middle part of the group button for a while (~2 seconds), it makes the group expand. Then you place the tool at the desired position.
Expand the destination group. Drag the cursor and place it at the desired position.

Change the active tool in a group

  1. Open the group.
  2. Select another tool.
  3. The group is automatically closed and the tool is ready to use.