Drawing Tools

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Toolbar

The toolbar displayed above contains the drawing tools currently available in Pencil Planner Pro.

Here are the descriptions of each tool starting from the left:

Undo / Redo

• Use this tool to undo or redo a stroke or other canvas action
• You can also use the gestures below to undo or redo
  • Undo: Three finger swipe right
  • Redo: Three finger swipe left

Writing Tools

• These are the three writing tools:
  • Pen
  • Highlighter
  • Crayon / Pencil
• After you select a writing tool you can select any color from the color palette to use with it
• Double tap on a writing tool to change the thickness and opacity

Eraser

• Use the eraser to erase strokes on the canvas
• Double tap on the eraser to pick between “Object” or “Pixel” mode
  • Pixel Eraser: Erase only where the eraser is placed
  • Object Eraser: Erase any stroke that is touched by the eraser

Lasso

• Use the lasso tool to select content drawn on the canvas
• Once content is selected, you can
  • Use the pencil to move it by dragging it
  • Tap on the selected content to cut, copy, delete or duplicate it as shown above
  • Copy within the same canvas by tapping “duplicate” then use the pencil to move the copy
  • To paste after cut or copy, tap with the pencil on an empty area of the canvas and select “Paste”
    • Apple has a bug which prevents the above functionality
    • Instead, to copy to another canvas, follow the steps shown in the image below
      1. Select the writing
      2. Use your finger to press and hold until a box shows up (about 1 second)
      3. Drag and place on a different view to copy
      4. Repeat as needed!

Ruler

• Use the ruler to draw straight lines
• You can move the ruler around using two fingers
• When you have it where you would like, use a writing tool to draw in a straight line along the edge of the ruler
• Tap on the ruler again to hide it

Color Palette

• There are a set of default colors displayed for changing the color of the current writing tool
• For additional color selection, tap on the rainbow item
• Pencil Planner Pro will someday have more available colors, but for now the app is limited to the colors shown in the palette

More Options

• Auto-minimize: With this feature enabled, the palette will automatically collapse when you start to draw. Just tap it again to open the palette

Other tips

• Double tap with your finger on Apple Pencil
  • This will trigger whatever action you have set in the Settings app.
  • To change it, visit Settings App > Apple Pencil