Tools

Open a sprite in Studio's 2D workspace. A sprite is an image or animation for an app. The canvas is the 128 by 64 pixel drawing area; edits affect the active layer of the selected frame.

On desktop and laptop, all twelve tools are in the tool bar to the left of the canvas. On a phone, all twelve are in wrapping rows above the options and canvas. Tap a tool to select it, then use the touch action below.

Keyboard letters work while the editor has focus, outside text fields. For commands using Ctrl, a Mac can use Command. None means there is no dedicated keyboard shortcut.

Tool	What it does / mouse action	Shortcut	Touch equivalent
Draw	Click or drag to turn pixels on.	D	Tap or drag on the canvas.
Brush	Paint with a configurable tip, size and flow (how densely pixels are painted).	P	Drag on the canvas.
Erase	Remove pixels with a configurable size and flow (how densely pixels are removed).	E	Drag over pixels.
Fill	Fill a connected enclosed area.	G	Tap inside the area.
Line	Drag from the start to the end of a straight line.	L; Shift snaps angles	Drag between endpoints; enable Snap angles to constrain direction.
Rectangle	Drag to draw a rectangular outline or filled shape.	None; Shift makes a square	Drag opposite corners; enable Square for equal sides.
Oval	Drag to draw an oval outline or filled shape.	None; Shift makes a circle	Drag the bounds; enable Circle for equal width and height.
Select	Drag a box around pixels for clipboard or arrangement commands.	S	Drag a selection box.
Select oval	Select pixels inside oval bounds.	None	Drag an oval selection.
Move	Move the selected pixels, or the layer when nothing is selected.	M; arrow keys nudge	Drag the pixels, or tap the Nudge arrows in options.
Transform	Resize or arrange pixels using handles around the selection or layer.	T; Enter applies; Esc cancels	Drag handles; tap Apply or Cancel.
Zoom	Enlarge the view without changing pixels.	Z; Alt-click zooms out	Tap to zoom in; enable Zoom out and tap to zoom out.

Right-click on the canvas to erase pixels. On touch screens, select Erase and drag over the pixels.

Read Tool options for settings, Edit commands for clipboard operations, and View for gestures and guides.