### 3.7. Paintbrush

The paintbrush tool paints fuzzy brush strokes. All strokes are rendered using the current brush.

#### 3.7.1. Activating the Tool

There are different possibilities to activate the tool:

- From the main menu: Tools → Paint Tools → Paintbrush.

- By clicking the tool icon in the Toolbox.

- By pressing the P keyboard shortcut.

#### 3.7.2. Key modifiers

Ctrl

  This key changes the paintbrush to a Color Picker.

Shift

  This key places the paintbrush into straight line mode. Holding Shift while clicking Button 1 will generate a straight line. Consecutive clicks will continue drawing straight lines that originate from the end of the last line.

#### 3.7.3. Options

Figure 14.61. Tool Options Dialog

Normally, tool options are displayed in a window attached under the Toolbox as soon as you activate a tool. If they are not, you can access them from the main menu through Windows → Dockable Windows → Tool Options which opens the option window of the selected tool. The available tool options can also be accessed by double clicking the corresponding tool icon in the Toolbox.

Mode, Opacity, Brush, Size, Aspect Ratio, Angle, Spacing, Hardness, Force, Dynamics, Dynamics Options, Apply Jitter, Smooth Stroke, Lock brush to view, Incremental, Expand Layers
  See the Common Paint Tool Options for a description of tool options that apply to many or all paint tools.

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