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Action
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Other Access Methods
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Brush
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Draws brush stroke shapes.
With a graphic tablet and pen, change the amount of pressure to draw variable-width strokes.
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Tools > Brush
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panel pop-up menu: Brush
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[Alt]+[B]
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Camera Transform
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Allows you to select a camera transformation.
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Tools > Camera Transform
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panel pop-up menu: Camera Transform
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Close Gap
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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.
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Tools > Close Gap
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panel pop-up menu: Close Gap
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Dropper
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Selects a colour based on where you click your drawing. Toon Boom Storyboard selects the corresponding colour in the palette.
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Tools > Dropper
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panel pop-up menu: Dropper
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[Alt]+[D]
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Ellipse
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Draws ellipses and circles.
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Press [Shift] to draw circles.
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Press [Alt] to draw from the centre.
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Tools > Ellipse
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panel pop-up menu: Ellipse
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Eraser
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Removes regions from a drawing object.
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Tools > Eraser
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panel pop-up menu: Eraser
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[Alt]+[E]
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First Frame Transform
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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.
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Tools > First Frame Transform
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panel pop-up menu: First Frame Transform
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Flatten
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Reduces the selected overlapping objects in a layer into a single drawing object.
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Tools > Flatten
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panel pop-up menu: Flatten
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[Alt]+[Shift]+[F]
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Freehand Cutter
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Draws cut selection shapes.
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Tools > Freehand Cutter
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panel pop-up menu: Freehand Cutter
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[Alt]+[T]
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Last Frame Transform
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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.
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Tools > Last Frame Transform
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panel pop-up menu: Last Frame Transform
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Line
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Draws straight lines.
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Press [Shift] to draw lines at angles of 15 degrees.
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Press [Alt] to snap to a nearby line.
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Tools > Line
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panel pop-up menu: Line
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Paint
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Fills the zones of a layer with a colour.
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Tools > Paint
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[Alt]+[I]
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panel pop-up menu: Paint
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Pan
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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.
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Tools > Pan
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panel pop-up menu: Grabber
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Hold down the [Spacebar] while you click and drag the window.
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Rectangle
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Draws rectangles or squares.
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Press [Shift] to draw squares.
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Press [Alt] to draw from the centre.
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Tools > Rectangle
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panel pop-up menu: Rectangle
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Rectangle Cutter
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Draws rectangular cut selections.
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Tools > Rectangle Cutter
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panel pop-up menu: Rectangle Cutter
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Select
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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.
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Tools > Select
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panel pop-up menu: Select
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[Alt]+[S]
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Text
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Adds text to a layer.
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Tools > Text
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panel pop-up menu: Text
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Windows [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[T]
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Mac OS X [Command]+[Shift]+[T]
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Toolbar Manager
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Customizes which tools appear on the selected toolbar.
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Zoom Tool
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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.
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Tools > Zoom
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panel pop-up menu: Zoom
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[Alt]+[Z]
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Press [Ctrl]+[Spacebar] to enable the Zoom tool temporarily
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