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{{Title|Draw Tool}}
{{Category|Tools}}
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{{l|Image:Draw_icon.png|64px}} <span style="font-size:150%">'''ALT-D'''</span>

The {{Literal|Draw Tool}} is the one that most artists will be familiar with. This {{l|Category:Tools|tool}} is best used with a drawing tablet, although it can be used with a mouse.

The {{Literal|Draw Tool}} can generate a {{l|Region Layer}}, an {{l|Outline Layer}} and an {{l|Advanced Outline Layer}} with pressure output from the tablet mapped to the line's width.

==Options==
[[File:Draw Tool Options.png|frame]]
The {{l|Tool Options Panel}} allows you to specify:
* '''Name''' : Used for the new layer; any number in this field will automatically increment with each layer created
* '''Layer Type''' : Whether create  {{l|Outline Layer|Outline}} and/or {{l|Advanced Outline Layer|Advanced Outline}}, {{l|Region Layer|Region}} layers (Splines)
* '''{{l|Blend_Method_Parameter|Blend Method}}''' : The blending method used to composite on the layers below
* '''Opacity''' : Sets the {{l|Amount Parameter}} for new layers. Defaults to 1.00 (Completely opaque)
* '''Brush Size''' : Sets the {{l|Outline_Layer#Outline_width|Outline width}} or the size of the gradient (only for {{l|Outline Layer|Outline}}, {{l|Advanced Outline Layer|Advanced Outline}} and {{l|Curve Gradient Layer|Curve Gradient}})
* '''Pressure Sensitive'''
** '''Min Pressure''' : The value of this option clamps the lower end of the Pressure sensitivity to a specific value, essentially determining how thin the thinnest possible segment is relative to the {{l|New Layer Defaults#Brush Size|Brush Size}} parameter in the {{l|Toolbox}}.
* '''Smoothness''' : Determines how much tablet jitter is removed, and as a result, how many vertices the resulting splines are composed of. Could by Local or Global
** '''Local'''
** '''Global'''
* '''Width Max Error''' : for advanced outline layer.
* '''Round End'''
* '''Auto Loop''' : When the stroke of the {{Literal|Draw Tool}} ends near the beginning of the stroke, automatically connect the last {{l|Handle}} to the first.
* '''Auto Extend''' : When the stroke begins and/or end at or near an endpoint {{l|Handle}} of another {{l|Outline Layer|outline}}, the resulting {{l|Outline Layer|outline}} is simply appended to the existing {{l|Outline Layer}}
* '''Auto Link''' : When the stroke begins and/or ends at or near a vertex Handle in another {{l|Outline Layer|outline}}, and the outline isn't being extended by the {{Literal|Auto Extend}} option above, the first and/or last vertex of the resulting {{l|Outline Layer|outline}} is {{l|Linking|linked}} to the Handle on the existing {{l|Outline Layer}}.
* '''Feather''' : Set the {{l|Feather Parameter}} on the layer
* '''Auto Export''' : Automatically {{l|Export}} the Spline list points into the Values Base Nodes of the {{l|Library Panel}}

==Buttons==

;'''Fill Last Stroke''' : [[File:Tool fill icon.png|20px]] Hit this button after having created a shape with the {{literal|Draw Tool}} to create a {{l|Region Layer}}, filled with the {{l|New_Layer_Defaults#Brush_Colors|current}} {{literal|Fill Color}}, of the last trace you have drawn.