Pencil 

For drawing freehand lines and individual pixels. 

Press and hold to draw freehand lines. 

Line 

For drawing straight lines. 

Press and hold to stretch the line. Release to draw the line. 

Rectangle 

For drawing solid or outlined rectangles. 

Press and hold to stretch the outline of the rectangle. Release to draw the rectangle. 

Circle 

For drawing solid or outlined circles. 

Point to where you want the center of the circle, press and hold, drag to the desired size, and release.  

Eraser 

For erasing large areas of the image. 

Press and hold; then drag over the area to erase. 

To erase individual pixels, select the Pencil tool and the Transparent color. 

Flood 

For flooding a region of one color with the selected color.  

Click any pixel within the region to be flooded. The selected pixel and all adjacent pixels of the same color are recolored with the selected color. The filled region extends in all directions, bounded only by pixels of a different color.  

Open Polygon 

For drawing connected straight lines. 

Click the starting point; then click for each segment. 

Double-click to end the last segment.  

Closed Polygon 

For drawing connected straight lines, where the first line and last line are connected to form a closed polygon. 

Click the starting point; then click for each segment. 

Double-click to end the last segment. 

Ellipse 

For drawing solid or outlined ovals. 

Press and hold, drag to the desired size and shape, and release. 

Selection 

For selecting an area to work on. Several commands in the Edit menu require an area to be selected. 

Point to the corner pixel of the region to be selected, press and hold, drag to the desired region, and release.  

Fill Solids 

For changing the rectangle, circle, ellipse, and closed polygon tools to draw filled-in shapes instead of outlines.

Select the check box to automatically draw filled-in shapes. Deselect the check box to return the tools to drawing outlines.