Tool Options Panel

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The "Tool Options Panel" displays the options you have available to apply to the current tool you're using. For the tools that can create multiple layers at the same time the panel contextually display the available options for the selected type of layers.

The panel's icon is the current active tool is being used.

The values of the "Tool Options Panel" parameters are stored between tool usages and between SynfigStudio sessions, so you can reuse them as may times as you like.

This is the list of available options for each tool:

Transform Tool

• None

Smooth Move Tool

• Radius (real number)

Scale Tool

• Lock Aspect Ratio (boolean)

Rotate Tool

• Allow Scale (boolean)

Mirror Tool

• Horizontal (boolean exclusive)
• Vertical (boolean exclusive)

Circle Tool

The 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 Star Layer and/or Outline, Advanced Outline, Region, Plant and Curve Gradient layers (Splines)
• Blend Method : The blending method used to composite on the layers below
• Opacity : Sets the Amount for new layers. Defaults to 1.00 (Completely opaque)
• Brush Size : Sets the Outline width or the size of the gradient (only for Outline, Advanced Outline and Curve Gradient)
• Spline Points : Specify the number of Spline Points that will be used in the new Splines (for other than Circle Layer)
• Offset : Offset of the tangent of the Spline Points (for other than Circle Layer)
• Invert : Whether invert the create(d) layer(s). Is related to his Invert.
• Feather : Width of the area to be dissolved at the edge (not for Plant and Curve Gradient)
• Falloff : Determines the falloff function for the feather (only for Circle Layer)
• Link Origins : Whether Link the Offset of Splines
• Spline Origins at Center : Set the origin of the layer at the center of the circle, else the center is set at the Canvas center

Rectangle Tool

• New Layer's name (text)
• Create Rectangle Layer (boolean)
• Create Outline (boolean)
• Create Advanced Outline (boolean)
• Create Region (boolean)
• Create Plant (boolean)
• Create Curve Gradient (boolean)
• Link Spline Origins (boolean)
• Invert (boolean)
• Expansion (real)
• Feather (real)

Star Tool

• New Layer's name (text)
• Create Star Layer (boolean)
• Create Outline (boolean)
• Create Advanced Outline (boolean)
• Create Region (boolean)
• Create Plant (boolean)
• Create Curve Gradient (boolean)
• Link Origins (boolean)
• Spline Origins at Center (boolean)
• Invert (boolean)
• Regular Polygon (boolean)
• Feather (real)
• Number of points (integer)
• Inner Tangent (real)
• Outer Tangent (real)
• Inner Width (real)
• Outer Width (real)
• Radius Ratio (real)
• Angle Offset (real)

Polygon Tool

• New Layer's name (text)
• Create Star Layer (boolean)
• Create Outline (boolean)
• Create Advanced Outline (boolean)
• Create Region (boolean)
• Create Plant (boolean)
• Create Curve Gradient (boolean)
• Link Origins (boolean)
• Spline Origins at Center (boolean)
• Invert (boolean)
• Feather (real)
• Make Polygon (action button)
• Clear current Polygon (action button)

Gradient Tool

• New Layer's name (text)
• Gradient Type (drop down list)

Spline Tool

This tool has the following options:

• Name: Sets the name of the Spline that you will create, in this case "Spline070". If the ending part of the string contains an integer number, this input text box will parse it and increase that number for the next created Spline. Otherwise, it will add a three digit number while creating the next one.
• Layer Type: Sets whether to create Region, Outline, Advanced Outline, Plant and/or Curve Gradient Layers.
• Blend Method: Sets the blending method used to composite on the layers below.
• Opacity: Sets the Amount for new layers. Defaults to 1.00 (Completely opaque).
• Brush Size: Sets the size of the line for Outline Layer and/or Advanced Outline Layer.
• Feather: Sets the feather parameter of the Region or Outline Layer created.
• Link Origin: If checked, links the Origin for the Plant, Region or Outline if two of them (or all them) are checked.
• Auto Export: If checked, exports automatically the Vertices parameter (that's a Spline type parameter)

Draw Tool

• New Layer's name (text)
• Create Outline (boolean)
• Create Advanced Outline (boolean)
• Create Region (boolean)
• Auto Loop (boolean)
• Auto Extend (boolean)
• Auto Link (boolean)
• Auto Export (boolean)
• Pressure Width (boolean)
• Local Error (boolean)
• Min Pressure (boolean) & (real)
• Spline Smoothness (real)
• Max Width Error (real)
• Feather (real)
• Fill Last Stroke (action button)

Cutout Tool

• Local (real)
• Global (real)
• Feather (real)

Width Tool

• Growth (real)
• Radius (real)
• Relative Growth (boolean)

Fill Tool

• None

Eyedrop Tool

• None

Text Tool

• New Layer's name (text)
• Multiline Editor (boolean)
• Size (2D vector)
• Orientation (2D vector)
• Family (text)

Sketch Tool

• Show Sketch (boolean)
• Undo Last Stroke (action button)
• Clear Sketch (action button)
• Save Sketch As... (action button)
• Open a Sketch (action button)

Brush Tool

• Eraser check box. When checked, the brush acts as a rubber.
• Display the set of configured brushes (MyPaint brushes format). By default, Synfig is installed with a selected set of brushes from "Concept Design (C_D)" pack by Ramon Miranda.
  From the Preferences Dialog, you can configure the "Brush Presets Path" to use other brushes package (for example the ones listed by MyPaint)

The "Brush Tool" uses the color of the Outline Color and the Brush Size set in the Toolbox to paint.

Zoom Tool

• None

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