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Brushes and pencils on the canvas

Sketch a path or paint pixels, in the same file as your layout.

Robert Slate Jr.Founder, Varial
B brush · N pencil

Some ideas start as a scribble. Now the scribble can live next to the finished layout.

Pencil

Press N and draw. The Pencil makes real vector paths you can clean up with the Node tool.

Brush

Press B to paint on raster layers. Pair it with the Retouch tool on J to clean up photos.

Same file

Sketches, paint, photos, and vectors all sit on one canvas. No round trips between apps.

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