SMART SELECTION & CONTROL
DIGITAL PAINTING DECISIONS
DESIGN STRATEGY & CREATION
100

A student wants to quickly color all areas with the same shade without touching the rest of the artwork. This tool is the MOST efficient choice.

Magic Wand Tool

100

An illustrator needs thousands of customizable drawing styles like pencils, pens, and airbrushes to start sketching.

Brush Tool

100

During flat coloring (undercoating), a student needs to instantly fill enclosed areas with a single color.

Bucket Tool

200

An artist needs to select a character with irregular hair strands that are not enclosed by lines. This freehand tool is the best option.

Lasso Tool

200

A student accidentally colors outside the lines and wants to remove only specific parts without affecting other layers.

Eraser Tool

200

A comic artist wants lines that remain smooth even after resizing and can be edited later.

Vector Tool

300

After selecting a drawing, a student wants to resize and rotate it without redrawing. Which tool should be used?

Transform Tool

300

To create a realistic gradient between two colors without adding new strokes, which blending tool should be used?

Smudge Tool

300

A designer wants to add dialogue and titles with adjustable fonts and layouts.

Text Tool

400

While coloring, a student wants the exact same skin tone already used earlier without guessing the color code.

Eyedropper Tool

400

An artist wants to soften only the background manually instead of applying a filter to the entire image.

Blur Tool

400

While creating manga panels, a student needs to divide one frame into several smaller panels quickly.

Frame Divider Tool

500

A comic artist realizes the canvas is too small and needs resizing and flipping without changing the artwork itself.

Canvas Tool

500

ou need to match the exact shade of green used earlier for consistency in branding. Guessing the color manually may cause inconsistency.

Eyedropper Tool

500

A student wants to apply artistic effects like Gaussian Blur, Noise, or perspective adjustments to enhance the entire artwork.

Filter Tool