Technical Manual

Table of Contents

General Overview

2D Mode

2D Tool

Tools are on top right of the canvas.

  • 3D Mode: Load 3d scene
  • Line Tool (L): Draw Stright Line
  • Brush Tool (B): Draw with freehand
  • Eraser Tool (E): Earse the drawings
  • Selection Tool (S): Use the tool for selection
  • Clear Canvas (C): Clear the drawing in the canvas
  • Gradient Tool (G): Draw Stright Line
  • Fill Tool (F): Fill color to similar
  • Color Picker (I): Fill color to similar

    • 3D Mode: Load 3d scene

    Line Tool (L): Draw Stright Line

    Brush Settings

    Brush Tool (B): Brush settings are toggled under the canvas when tools like Pen, Line, Eraser are active
    Brush Size ([ and ]): Increases and decreases brush size.

  • Brush Pressure : Increase brush pressure for more thuckness
  • Brush Pressure : Increase brush pressure for more thuckness
  • Brush Smooth : Draw a smooth curve line
  • Brush Catch-up : Speed the catchup for smooth line

    • Eraser (E): Erase your drawing in the canvas



    Selection Tools

  • Polygonal Selection (S): do selection with points
  • Rectangle Selection (S): select the drawing with rectangle
  • Freehand Lasso Selection (S): select drawing with freehand

    • Polygonal Selection (S): do selection with points

    Rectangle Selection (S): select the drawing with rectangle

    Freehand Lasso Selection (S): select drawing with freehand



    Clear Canvas (E): Erase your drawing in the canvas



    Fill Tools

  • Fill Tool (F): fill with active color
  • Gradient Tool (G): draw a line to fill with gradient color

    • Fill Tool (F): Fill inside selection or Similar.

    Gradient Fill (G): Fill with Gradient colors.



    Color Picker (I): Erase your drawing in the canvas



    Layer Operations

    Add Layer: Add new layer

    Delete Layer: Delete active layer

    Duplicate Layer: Duplicate actvie layer

    Merge Layer: Merge layer down

  • Layer visibility: You can toggle layer visibility with the Eye icon.
  • HSV Edit: You can play around with HSV values.


    • File Operations

    File operations are in the top left corner of the main scene UI.

    • File: To open the file browser.
      • New Ctrl+N
      • Open Ctrl+O
      • Save Ctrl+S
      • Save As Ctrl+Shift+S
      • Exit Esc
  • Import (Ctrl+I ): Import images to the layer.
  • Export (Ctrl+E ): Export layers as .PNG.
  • Settings: Settings will change the Autosave on/off.
  • Help : Help window has list of icon shortcuts and demo videos.

    • 3D Mode

    3D Tools

  • 2D Mode: Move the selected model
  • Shaders: Rotate the selected model
  • Grid: scale the selected model
  • Delete: scale the selected model
  • Characters: Add 5 movable characters into the scenes
  • Objects: Add list of prebuild objects into the scene

    • Pose Menu

  • Save : Save user poses in library
  • Import : Import the exported pose into library
  • Export : Export the pose

    • Save : Save user posing

    Import : Import externally saved pose

    Export : Export edited pose

    Navigation Tools

  • Move (W): Move the selected model
  • Rotate (E): Rotate the selected model
  • Scale (R): scale the selected model

    • Move (W): Move the selected model

    Rotate (E): Rotate the selected model

    Scale (R): scale the selected model

    Lighting: Change the light in 3d scene

    Camera Settings

  • Lock: Loack the camera movement
  • Reset (X): Reset the camera navigation
  • FOV: Change the camera field of view angle
  • Undo: scale the selected model
  • Redo: scale the selected model

    • Lock: Loack the camera movement

    Reset (X): Reset the camera navigation

    FOV: Change the camera field of view angle

    UndoRedo: Revert your camera movement

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