Tools

The tools in Black Ink are accessible in the Main tool bar. A tool in Black Ink will generally act on the currently selected layer.

However, there are tools that belong to tool categories. This tool category can also be active, allowing you to find the last tool used in the category. For example, the selection tool category will include tools like rectangle select, lasso select, and so on.

There can be only one active tool by default.

The main tool in Black Ink is, of course, the Brush tool. It allows you to draw freely on the currently selected layer.

Here is a list of the different tools available in Black Ink:

Drawing

Tool	Description
Brush	The main tool in Black Ink, it allows you to draw on the currently selected layer.
Eraser	Very similar to the Brush tool, it simply aims to erase what is in the layer.
EyeDropper	It will pick a color from anywhere on the interface.
Paint Bucket	It will fill an area of the drawing with a color.

Layer FX

Tool	Description
Blur	It will blur the entire content of a layer.
Directionnal Blur	It will apply a directional blur to the entire content of a layer.
Color Overlay	It will apply an overlay color to the entire layer.
Replace Color	It will replace one color with another.

Selection

Tool	Description
Magic Wand	It will select an area of the layer.
Rectangle Select	It will select with a rectangle.
Lasso Select	It will select with a lasso.
Select Color Range	It will select all areas with the same color.

Transform

Tool	Description
Transform	It will transform the layer.
Crop	It will crop the layer.

View

Tool	Description
Move	It will allow you to navigate within the view.
Zoom	It will allow you to zoom in the view.
Rotate	It will allow you to rotate the view.