About Drawing Tools

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Vector Drawing

Bitmap Drawing

Drawing Tools

Here are the drawing tools available in Storyboard Pro, followed by the types of layer on which they are supported. If you are editing a vector layer, then all of the tools are available to you. If you are drawing on a bitmap layer, some tools are not available. When tools are not available, they are grayed out in the Tools toolbar.

Icon Tool Name

Vector Layer

Bitmap Layer

Select

Select by Colour

 

Cutter

Contour Editor

 

Centerline Editor

 

Perspective

 

Edit Gradient/Texture

 

Brush

Pencil

 

Text

Eraser

Paint

Paint Unpainted

Unpaint

Close Gap

 

Line

Rectangle

Ellipse

Polyline

 
Dropper

Each drawing tool has a series of options to customize its behaviour and drawing style. When you select a tool, the Tool Properties view displays the properties of the currently selected tool, where you can configure your drawing tool's behavior and style, if applicable.

NOTE: By default, the Tools toolbar is displayed vertically on the left side of the interface. For convenience, you can display the Tools toolbar horizontally—see Tools Toolbar.