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Tux Paint 0.9.34 Quickstart Guide
### Tools (Drawing) ###
## 🖌Paint ##
* Choose a brush on the right.
* Some brushes are animated 🎞, some are directional ✲, some are both.
* Change brush spacing with the bars 📶 at the bottom right.
* Choose a color (see "Colors").
* Click/tap and drag in the canvas to paint.
## ⌧Selos ##
* Change categories with the arrow buttons ⇦⇨ near the bottom right.
* Choose a stamp on the right.
* Some stamps may be mirrored 🪞, and/or flipped ↕, using controls near the
bottom right.
* Some stamps allow you to choose their color (see "Colors").
* Change stamp size with the bars 📶 at the bottom right.
* Rotation ⟳ may be enabled, if desired.
* Click/tap in the canvas to place a stamp.
+ If rotation is enabled, drag to rotate it, and click/tap again to add
it to the drawing.
* Some stamps play sound effects; press the speaker 🕪 button to hear it
again.
* Some stamps play descriptive sounds; press the headphones 🎧 button to hear
it again.
## ⚟Lines ##
* (See Paint)
* Click/tap and drag to draw a line.
## ⭓Shapes ##
* Choose a shape on the right.
* Select whether you want to extend the shape from the center ⧈, or a corner
◰, using controls at the bottom right.
* Click/tap to position, and drag to set the size of the shape.
* Drag to rotate it, and click/tap again to add it to the drawing.
## 🄰Text ##
* Choose a font on the right.
* Select whether you want the text bold 𝗔 and/or italic 𝘈, using controls
near the bottom right.
* Change text size using the up 🡁 and down 🡃 arrow buttons at the bottom
right.
* Choose a color (see "Colors").
* Click/tap the canvas to position an insertion cursor.
* Enter text via your keyboard or the on-screen keyboard.
* Click/tap the canvas again if you wish to reposition the text.
* Press [Enter]/[Return] or click/tap ⮨ to add the text to the drawing and
begin entering more text one line down.
* Or, press [Tab] or click/tap or ⟷ to add the text to the drawing and
continue entering more text immediately to the right.
* Using the on-screen keyboard:
+ "Cmp" can be used to compose characters, e.g. Cmp ' a results in á.
+ "AltGr" can be used to quickly access more characters.
+ Left/Right arrows switches keyboard layouts (e.g., "QWERTY" vs. "ABC")
## 🅰Label ##
* (See Text)
* Labels float 'above' the drawing; you cannot paint or stamp over them,
apply Magic effects, etc.
* Labels may be edited, repositioned, and styled after they've been added to
the drawing.
* Click/tap the ☝ button near the lower right to choose a label. Click/tap
the label you wish to modify, then click/tap somewhere else in the canvas
to reposition, or change the font/style, change color, and/or type to edit
the text.
* Or, use the 🖑 button near the lower right to "flatten" a label, applying it
to the canvas; it may no longer be edited with the Label tool.
## 🪣Fill ##
* Choose a fill mode on the right.
* Choose a color (see "Colors").
* Click/tap (and drag, with Brush and Linear modes) to fill an area of the
picture with a color.
+ Solid - Flood-fills an area with a solid color
+ Brush - Paints with a solid color, without drawing outside the chosen
area
+ Linear - Fills the area with a linear gradient (drag to choose angle
and gradient)
+ Radial - Fills the area with a radial gradient, centered where you
clicked/tapped
+ Shaped - Fills the area with a gradient that follows the contours of
the area being filled
+ Eraser - Replaces an area with the background color, or Starter or
Template background image
## 🪄Magic ##
* Choose a magic tool on the right.
* Change categories with the arrow buttons ⇦⇨ near the bottom right.
* Some magic tools draw or apply effects via click/tap and drag 〰🪄, some
affect the entire drawing 🖻🪄, and some offer both options; use the controls
at the bottom right.
* Some magic tools offer various sizes; change it with the bars 📶 at the
bottom right.
* Some magic tools allow you to choose their color.
## 🖓Desfacer ##
* Use to undo the most recent changes (multiple undo available).
* Shortcut: [Control]+[Z]
## 🖒Refacer ##
* Use to redo the most recent undone change (multiple redo available).
* Shortcut: [Control]+[R]
## ◪Eraser ##
* Choose the size and shape of the eraser on the right.
* Click/tap and drag to erase parts of the picture (solid color, or starter
or template image).
* Shortcut: [X] and click/tap in the drawing (not always available)
### Tools (Controls) ###
## 🗏New ##
* Choose a solid color, starter, or template image to start with.
+ Starters allow drawing "under" a picture (e.g., a coloring book
outline), sometimes with a background layer, too.
+ Templates are pictures to start with (background only).
+ Eraser tool ◪ reveals the solid color, or starter/template background.
* Click/tap "🕮⮫Open" to begin a new drawing.
* Click/tap "⤺Back" to abort and return to your current drawing.
* Shortcut: [Control]+[N]
## 🕮⮫Open ##
* Choose a previously-saved drawing to open (or export or erase).
* Click/tap "🕮⮫Open" to open the saved drawing and continue editing it.
* Click/tap "🗏⮫Export" to save the drawing to your system's "Pictures"
folder.
* Click/tap "🗑Erase" to move the drawing to your system's Trash/Recycle Bin.
* Click/tap "⤺Back" to abort and return to your current drawing.
* Click/tap "📽Slides" to switch to slideshow mode:
+ Click/tap two or more of your previously-saved drawings, in the order
you want them shown. Numbers will appear on them.
+ Choose the playback speed using the bars 📶 near the lower left.
+ Click/tap "⯈Play" to watch the slideshow/animation.
+ Or, click/tap "🎞GIF Export" to save an animated GIF of the animation to
your system's "Pictures" folder.
+ Click/tap "⤺Back" to return to the Open dialog.
* Click/tap "🖻⮫🗏Template" to turn the drawing into a new template.
* Shortcut: [Control]+[O]
## 🕮⮪Save ##
* Click/tap to save your drawing.
* If you've saved previously, you'll be prompted whether to overwrite the
previously-saved drawing (a la "File→Save") or create a new saved drawing
(a la "File→Save As...")
* Shortcut: [Control]+[S]
## 🖶Print ##
* Click/tap to print your drawing.
* Hold [Alt] or [Option] while clicking/tapping to bring up printer dialog,
if available.
* Shortcut: [Control]+[P]
## 🗙Quit ##
* Click/tap to quit Tux Paint.
* Shortcut: [Escape]
### Colors ###
* Click/tap to choose a color to use with the Paint, Lines, and Shapes tools,
and Stamps and Magic tools that support colors.
* Use the pipette / color picker 💉 button to choose a color from a pixel in
your current drawing.
+ Shortcut: When colors are available, press [Control] and click/tap in
your drawing, to quickly pick a color from your drawing.
* Click/tap the rainbow 🌈 button to choose a arbitrary color.
+ Click/tap in the rainbow square to pick a color (hue and saturation).
+ Click/tap in the grey gradient bar to adjust brightness (value).
+ Click/tap the green checkbox ✓ to accept.
+ Click/tap "⤺Back" to abort and dismiss the palette.
+ You may grab the currently-chosen built-in color (if any), the color in
the pipette / color picker, or the color in the color mixer, by
clicking one of the colored arrow ⇫ buttons.
* Click/tap the paint palette 🎨 button to create a color by mixing primary
colors: red, yellow, and blue, and white (tint), grey (tone), and black
(shade).
+ Click/tap the green checkbox ✓ to accept.
+ Color mixing offers its own 🖓Undo and 🖒Redo options.
+ Click/tap "🗑Clear" to start over with no mixed colors.
+ Click/tap "⤺Back" to abort and dismiss the color mixer.
### Shortcuts while drawing: ###
* [Control]+Click/tap - Quick pipette / color picker 💉 access
* [X]+Click/tap - Quick eraser ◪ access
* [Control]+[Z] - 🖓Undo
* [Control]+[R] - 🖒Redo
* [Control]+[N] - 🗏New
* [Control]+[O] - 🕮⮫Open
* [Control]+[S] - 🕮⮪Save
* [Control]+[P] - 🖶Print
* [Alt]+[S] - Toggle sound effects on/off
* [Escape] - ⤺Back or 🗙Quit
Last updated: 25 de Outubro de 2024
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