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The Pencil tool is used to draw free hand lines with a hard edge.
The pencil and paintbrush are similar tools. The main difference
between the two tools is that although both use the same type of
brush, the pencil tool will not produce fuzzy edges, even with a
very fuzzy brush. It does not even do anti-aliasing.
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<p>
Why would you want to work with such a crude tool? Perhaps the
most important usage is when working with very small images, such
as icons, where you operate at a high zoom level and need to get
every pixel exactly right. With the pencil tool, you can be
confident that every pixel within the brush outline will be
changed in exactly the way you expect.
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If you want to draw straight lines with the Pencil (or any of
several other paint tools), click at the starting point, then hold
down Shift and click at the ending point.
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The Pencil Tool can be called in the following
order, from the image-menu:
<span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>ools</span>/
<span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">P</span>aint
Tools</span>/<span class="guimenuitem">Pe<span class="accel">n</span>cil
.</span>
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The Tool can also be called by clicking the tool icon:
<span class="guiicon">
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<span class="term">Shortcut</span>
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<p>
The <span><b class="keycap">N</b></span> key will change the active tool to
Pencil Tool.
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</dd>
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<span class="term">
<span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
<span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span> changes the pencil to a <a href="ch03s06s04.html" title="6.4. Color Picker Tool">Color Picker</a>.
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<span class="term">
<span>
<b class="keycap">Shift</b>
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<p>
<span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span> places the pencil tool into straight
line mode. Holding <span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span> while clicking
<span class="mousebutton">Button 1</span> will generate a straight
line. Consecutive clicks will continue drawing straight lines
that originate from the end of the last line.
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See the <a href="ch03s03.html#gimp-tool-brush" title="3.1. Common Features">Brush Tools
Overview</a> for a description of tool options that apply to
many or all brush tools.
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<span class="term">Overview</span>
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The available tool options can be accessed by double clicking
the Pencil Tool icon.
<span class="guiicon">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/toolbox/pencil.png" /></span>
</span>
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<span class="term">Opacity</span>
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<dd>
<p>
The Opacity slider sets the transparency level for the paint.
A higher opacity setting results in a more opaque fill and a
lower setting results in a more transparent fill. The
resulting opacity is the percentage of the original color
opacity: if the foreground color opacity is 50% and if you set
paintbrush opacity to 50% the paintbrush color opacity will be
25%.
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</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">Mode</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The Mode dropdown list provides a selection of paint
application modes. A list of these modes can be found in the
<a href="go01.html#glossary-modes">Glossary</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">Brush</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Indicates the active brush. Clicking on the brush icon
opens the brush selection dialog.
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</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">Gradient</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The dropdown list allows to select a gradient that will be
used if the "Use Color from Gradient" option is checked. This
gradient can be reversed by checking the
<span class="guilabel">Reverse</span> option.
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</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">Incremental</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The Incremental checkbox activates incremental paint mode for
the tool so that color opacity increases each time the pencil
passes over the same place but cann't excede the original
color opacity. More information about incremental mode can be
found in the
<a href="go01.html#glossary-incremental">glossary</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">Pressure Sensitivity</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The Pressure Sensitivity section sets the sensitivity levels for
input devices that support this option.
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<p>
<span class="guilabel">Opacity</span>: Drawing opacity increases with
stylus pen pressure.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<span class="guilabel">Size</span>: Drawing width increases with stylus
pressure.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<span class="guilabel">Color</span>: Gimp uses the active gradient
colors in order as stylus pressure increases.
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</li>
</ul>
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<dt>
<span class="term">Fade Out</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
This option sets the stroke to fade out after the specified
distance. The stroke will fade to transparency at the completion
of the set distance.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">Use Color from Gradient</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Instead of using the Foreground or Background color, the
color is based on the active gradient selection. By checking
<span class="guilabel">Reverse</span> you can reverse the gradient
direction.
</p>
<p>
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tool-options/brush-gradient-normal.png" /></span>
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tool-options/brush-gradient-none.png" /></span>
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<p>
The gradient is painted in a forward direction. The entire
color sequence of the gradient will be rendered within the
<span class="guilabel">Length</span> set.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">Repeat</span>
</dt>
<dd>
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<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tool-options/brush-gradient-normal.png" /></span>
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tool-options/brush-gradient-sawtooth.png" /></span>
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<p>
<span class="guilabel">Sawtooth Wave</span>: Renders the gradient
repeatedly. At each expiry of the distance that has been
set, the gradient will begin rerendering from the beginning.
</p>
<p>
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tool-options/brush-gradient-normal.png" /></span>
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tool-options/brush-gradient-triangular.png" /></span>
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<p>
<span class="guilabel">Triangular Wave</span>: Renders the gradient
repeatedly. At each expiry of the distance that has been
set, the gradient will reverse direction and render in that
direction until the expiry of the distance once more. At
this point, it will begin again until the stroke is
complete.
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