PaintZ Help

screenshot of the PaintZ toolbar with the drawing tools, tool settings, color palette, and help icon highlighted.
 
Document actions
Clear icon Clear your current drawing and start over.
Shortcut key: Ctrl+N (only in a standalone window)
Open icon Open a new image for editing.
Shortcut key: Ctrl+O
Save icon Save your current drawing to your computer.
Shortcut key: Ctrl+S
Print icon Print your drawing. You may need to adjust margins or scaling in your system's print preview.
Shortcut key: Ctrl+P
Undo icon Undo your last change.
Shortcut key: Ctrl+Z
Redo icon Redo the last change you undid.
Shortcut key: Ctrl+Y
Resize icon Increase or decrease the canvas size and crop or scale your drawing.
Shortcut key: Ctrl+E
Paste icon Paste a copied image. Alt-click to “paste from” a file.
Shortcut key: Ctrl+V
 
Tools
Selection icon Select a rectangular section of your drawing to move (click and drag), duplicate (Ctrl+D), or delete (Delete or Backspace).
Shortcut key: S
Freeform selection icon Draw a shape to select that section of your drawing to move (click and drag), duplicate (Ctrl+D), or delete (Delete or Backspace).
Shortcut key: F
Eraser icon Cover any part of your drawing with the current fill color. Right-click to use the current line color.
Shortcut key: E
Flood fill icon Fill the section with the current line color. Right-click to use the current fill color.
Shortcut key: K
Eyedropper icon Select a color in your drawing to use it as the line color. Right-click to select the fill color instead.
Shortcut key: I
Pan icon Grab and pan around your drawing by clicking and dragging.
Shortcut key: H
Pencil icon Draw single pixels in the current line color. Right-click to use the current fill color.
Shortcut key: P
Brush icon Draw any shape you want in the current line color. Right-click to use the current fill color.
Shortcut key: B
Airbrush icon Spray paint in the current line color. Right-click to use the current fill color.
Text icon Add text to your drawing in the current line color. Click and drag to create a text box, then type your text, and click outside the box to finalize.
Shortcut key: T
Line icon Draw a straight line in the current line color. Right-click to use the current fill color.
Shortcut key: L
Curve icon Draw a line in the current line color, then turn it into a curve. Right-click to use the current fill color.
Shortcut key: C
Rectangle icon Draw a rectangle. Right-click to swap the line and fill colors.
Shortcut key: R
Polygon icon Draw a line, then add additional lines to make a polygon. Double-click or select the starting point to close it. Right-click to swap the line and fill colors.
Oval icon Draw an oval. Right-click to swap the line and fill colors.
Shortcut key: O
Rounded rectangle icon Draw a rounded rectangle. Right-click to swap the line and fill colors.
 
PaintZ actions
Full screen icon Show off your drawing in full screen mode.
Settings icon Customize PaintZ settings.
Information icon View information about PaintZ.
Help icon Open this help page.