Toolbar

The pixel tool let's you draw single pixels. Click and drag the mouse over the draw panel to set pixels. Pressing the left mouse button sets pixels in the current foreground colour, the right mouse button sets the background colour.

The colour picker selects a colour when you click on a pixel in the drawing panel. Left-clicking sets the foreground colour, right-clicking the background colour.

The line tool draws lines. Click into the drawing panel and drag the mouse to the line's end point. Doing this using the left mouse button draws the line in the foreground colour, the right mouse button uses the background colour. The line tool supports antialiasing.

The rectangle tool draws rectangles. Click and drag to specify the rectangle's dimension. Again the left mouse button uses the foreground, the right button the background colour.

The filled rectangle tool draws either solid or gradient filled rectangles. In solid filling the left mouse button uses the foreground, the right button the background colour. The filled rectangle tool supports gradient filling.

The oval tool draws ovals. Click and drag to specify the oval's dimension. Again the left mouse button uses the foreground, the right button the background colour.

The filled oval tool draws either solid or gradient filled ovals. In solid filling the left mouse button uses the foreground, the right button the background colour. The filled oval tool supports antialiasing and gradient filling.

The clip tool let's you copy and move portions of an image within a frame or between different frames. Click and drag to specify the clip's dimension. When releasing the mouse button the selected clip is represented by a red-white rectangle.
If you move the mouse close to the clip's borders, the cursor changes; you can now click and drag to change the clip's size. You can move the clip around by clicking inside and dragging. To paste the clip into the image, double click within the clip. You can define a different clip by clicking outside the active clip and dragging.
The clip tool enables the crop, flip horizontally, flip vertically and rotate menu items.

The text tool let's you place text into your image. When clicking on the text tool, a font dialog is displayed, that - hopefully - is self-explanatory. After selecting a font, a clip containing your text is displayed within the current frame. You can move it around by clicking inside and dragging. To paste the clip into the image, double-click within the clip. To create a new text clip, just click the text tool again.
The text tool enables the crop menu item and supports antialias and gradient filling.

The Gradient toggle button enables or disables gradient filling. It can only be selected (deselected), if a tool supporting gradient filling is active. When selected, the current tool uses the specified gradient pattern.

The Antialias toggle button enables or disables the antialias mode. It can only be selected (deselected), if a tool supporting antialias is active. "Antialiasing" means that lines and curves are smoothed by setting extra pixels that reduce the contrast between back- and foreground. When selected, the penguin looks even cuter and the current tool draws in antialias mode, which might enlarge the frame's palette.