# Paintbrush

The paintbrush tool paints fuzzy brush strokes. All strokes are rendered using the current brush.

## Activating the Tool

There are different possibilities to activate the tool:

- From the main menu: Tools Paint Tools Paintbrush .

- By clicking the tool icon in the Toolbox.

- By pressing the P keyboard shortcut.

## Key modifiers (Defaults)

Ctrl

  This key changes the paintbrush to a Color Picker.

Shift

  This key places the paintbrush into straight line mode. Holding Shift while clicking Button 1 will generate a straight line. Consecutive clicks will continue drawing straight lines that originate from the end of the last line.

## Options

Paintbrush tool options

Mode; Opacity; Brush; Size; Aspect Ratio; Angle; Spacing; Hardness; Dynamics; Dynamics Options; Force; Apply Jitter; Smooth Stroke; Lock brush size to view; Incremental

Tools Paintbrush
Paintbrush