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Tools that use the current colour will use the foreground colour on a left click and the background colour on a right click.

The primitive tools can either be filled or outline. You can select which behaviour using the icon.

Brush Tool

This tool is currently pretty much just like the freehand tool. But what is of interest is it's properties allow you to set the operator.

The alpha operator combines the brush pixels with the document pixels in the ratio you specify. 90% would mean mostly the brush and a little of the document.

Select/Paste Tool
When there is no brush this tool allows you to select a rectangular region from which a new brush is created. Selecting the tool always clears the brush.

Once a brush is created this tool alows you to paste the brush on to the document.

If the "Paste Transparent" option is on when selecting an area as a new brush any pixel that is the same as the current background colour is made transparent in the brush. This allows for non-rectangular brushes to be created.

Eye Dropper Tool
The eyedropper will pick up the colour when you click on the document and place it in the current foreground colour (left click) or current background colour (right click)
Magnify Tool
Will center the zoomed view around the location clicked in the normal view.
Text Tool
Is currently still in development. Check in out in the next version.
Flood Fill Tool
Fills with the current colour till the boundry of the colour clicked on.
Freehand Tool
Draws a freehand line in the current colour.
Line/Circle/Ellipse/Square/Rectangle Tools
Draws a primitive in the current colour and fill setting.
Polygon Tool
Draws a polygon in the current colour and fill setting. Place each point in the polygon using the left mouse button. Use the right mouse button to complete the object.

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