Line

Use Line  to draw straight lines in the picture. Set the width of the line with Size

 in the Brush section. See Size.

Shortcut

• Paint Window Control Panel, Tools:

  

Draw Straight Lines with the Line Tool

1. Select the desired colors for foreground and background in the Color panel. Use Pick Color 

   

    if you want to select colors from the picture.

2. Click the Line icon

   

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3. Change the line width if desired by selecting a line width in Size

   

   in the Brush section.

4. Click and drag across the work area from the desired start point to the desired end point to draw a line. A line appears "attached" to the pointer showing the size of the line that will be drawn. The length of the line in pixels is shown in the status bar.

5. Lift the pen or release the mouse button and the line is drawn in the foreground color.

6. Each time you drag and release a new line will be drawn, until another feature is selected.

Tools

Choose Painting Colors

Paintbrush

Flood Fill