# Tools Toolbar

Use this toolbar to access tools to create and colour drawings, and apply transformations to objects. Many of these commands can be accessed from the Tools Menu.

Command |  | Action | Other Access Methods
--- | --- | --- | ---
Brush |  | Draws brush stroke shapes. With a graphic tablet and pen, change the amount of pressure to draw variable-width strokes. | Tools > Brush panel pop-up menu: Brush [Alt]+[B]
Camera Transform |  | Allows you to select a camera transformation. | Tools > Camera Transform panel pop-up menu: Camera Transform
Close Gap |  | Finds gaps and adds vector lines to close them so that you can fill the zone with colour. Drag this tool near to an area where you think there are holes in the zones that you drew. Press [Shift]+[Alt] to use the line ends, instead of the closest point, to close a gap. To view strokes that you create with this tool, select the Show Strokes command. | Tools > Close Gap panel pop-up menu: Close Gap
Dropper |  | Selects a colour based on where you click your drawing. Toon Boom Storyboard selects the corresponding colour in the palette. | Tools > Dropper panel pop-up menu: Dropper [Alt]+[D]
Ellipse |  | Draws ellipses and circles. Press [Shift] to draw circles. Press [Alt] to draw from the centre. | Tools > Ellipse panel pop-up menu: Ellipse
Eraser |  | Removes regions from a drawing object. | Tools > Eraser panel pop-up menu: Eraser [Alt]+[E]
First Frame Transform |  | Determines the start position of a drawing that will be transformed in the panel over time. Transformations occur over time between the first frame and last frame of the panel. | Tools > First Frame Transform panel pop-up menu: First Frame Transform
Flatten |  | Reduces the selected overlapping objects in a layer into a single drawing object. | Tools > Flatten panel pop-up menu: Flatten [Alt]+[Shift]+[F]
Freehand Cutter |  | Draws cut selection shapes. | Tools > Freehand Cutter panel pop-up menu: Freehand Cutter [Alt]+[T]
Last Frame Transform |  | Determines the end position of a drawing that will be transformed in the panel over time. Transformations occur over time between the first frame and last frame of the panel. | Tools > Last Frame Transform panel pop-up menu: Last Frame Transform
Line |  | Draws straight lines. Press [Shift] to draw lines at angles of 15 degrees. Press [Alt] to snap to a nearby line. | Tools > Line panel pop-up menu: Line
Paint |  | Fills the zones of a layer with a colour. | Tools > Paint [Alt]+[I] panel pop-up menu: Paint
Pan |  | Pans your view vertically or horizontally. This tool helps you see the part of the frame that is obscured while you are working on another part your drawing. | Tools > Pan panel pop-up menu: Grabber Hold down the [Spacebar] while you click and drag the window.
Rectangle |  | Draws rectangles or squares. Press [Shift] to draw squares. Press [Alt] to draw from the centre. | Tools > Rectangle panel pop-up menu: Rectangle
Rectangle Cutter |  | Draws rectangular cut selections. | Tools > Rectangle Cutter panel pop-up menu: Rectangle Cutter
Select |  | Selects drawing objects. By default, the selection tool is a lasso. Press [Alt] to switch temporarily between the lasso tool and the rectangular marquee selection tool. | Tools > Select panel pop-up menu: Select [Alt]+[S]
Text |  | Adds text to a layer. | Tools > Text panel pop-up menu: Text Windows [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[T] Mac OS X [Command]+[Shift]+[T]
Toolbar Manager |  | Customizes which tools appear on the selected toolbar. |
Zoom Tool |  | Selects the area of the frame that you want to zoom in or zoom out. Click the area of the drawing where you want to zoom in. Drag the pointer to draw a rectangle around the area you want see. Press [Alt] and click the area where you want to zoom out. | Tools > Zoom panel pop-up menu: Zoom [Alt]+[Z] Press [Ctrl]+[Spacebar] to enable the Zoom tool temporarily