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The toolbar: pen, shapes, grids, freehand, transform, colour, navigation.

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Selection

Pick & move a shape

Drawing — Pen

Click corner · drag curve

Auto-smoothed path tool

Shapes

Drag a rectangle · Shift for a square · Alt from the centre

Rectangle with corner radius · Shift for a square · Alt from the centre

Drag an ellipse · Shift for a circle · Alt from the centre

Regular N-sided polygon

Star with adjustable inner radius

Lines & Curves

Straight line segment · Shift snaps to 45°

Single curved segment

Logarithmic spiral

Grids

Parametric rectangular grid

Concentric + radial polar grid

Freehand

Free-hand with thicker stroke

Drag to delete shapes

Click anchor to split path

Paint

Paint with a brush from the library · [ ] size · Alt-click picks a colour

Erase paint on a paint layer · [ ] size

Drag and blend wet paint

Bucket fill inside line art — closes small gaps

Drag around a shape to fill (or erase) it

Drag along the paint — runs of paint grow down

Click for a paint splat

Click to pick the colour you see on the canvas

Transform

Drag around the centre

Drag outwards to scale

Click to flip H (Alt = V)

Colour & Type

Sample colours from a shape

Apply a linear gradient

Navigate

Click in · Alt-click out

Tool

Drag anchor points & handles

Insert a point on a path

Remove an existing point

Toggle corner ↔ smooth

Auto-smooth a clicked path