LazPaint Tools

Hand

Action: move and scroll picture. How to use it: click and hold the button while you move the mouse.

This tool does not modify the content of the picture. It only changes how it is displayed.

The canvas is the area where it is possible to draw. When it is empty, it is displayed as a checkerboard pattern.

It can be smaller, equal, or greater than the blue area of the main window.

If the canvas is smaller than the blue area, then it can be moved around.

If the canvas is larger, then it can be scrolled.

Color picker

Action: retrieves a color of the picture How to use it: hover a pixel and click to get its color.

When doing a left click, the color of the pixel is stored in the pen color. When doing a right click, it is stored in the back color. Those displayed at the top of the window, in the middle of the toolbar. It is also displayed in the color window, if this window is visible.