Basics

Here are your tools in a nutshell. Some you may use a lot, some you may not use so much. but it is important to know what you're working with, of course. If I am missing anything, dun be afraid to give me the heads up.:

• Command Bar is where you can manually go to input commands. But there are Shortcut keys that, if memorized, promises that you may never need the damn thing.
• Tool Bar is where the tools of the program reside. scroll down for more information on each tool
• Color Bar is where the colors you use are located.
• Canvas is where the drawing and dolling happens.

Canvas Color Bar. I will have a separate tutorial on the use of this.
	Free-Form Select	you use your mouse (or pen tablet) to draw exactly the area you want to select
	Select	a square selecting tool (sucks that it's exclusively square)
		means everything you select will be moved, to overlap everything with what is within the selected area.
		means everything but the chosen back color will be moved, to overlap everything except the back color within the selected area.
	Eraser/Color Eraser	name speaks for itself
		comes in an assortment of sizes
	Fill With Color	got a space? fill it with color with this tool
	Pick Color	otherwise known as the "dropper". and, with it, you can pick a specific color to use. handy little tool.
	Magnifier	zoom in on your work.
		1x (normal size), 2x, 4x (default), 6, and 8x. To change back to the default 4x zoom if you use any other zoom, go to View > Zoom > Custom > and choose 400%.
	Pencil	draw free-form 1x pixel lines.
	Brush	an assortment of shapes and sizes you can free-form draw with
		here are the brush sizes and shapes
	AirBrush	applies a circle of random pixels in a "spray"
		comes in three different sizes (i rarely use this tool)
	Text	lays down text in a picture
	Line	A tool that makes a straight line for you
		you can also change the thickness of the line for the rest of the line tools from here on. you choose from 5 different thicknesses.
	Curve	a tool that bends a straight line for you. (this tool can be a pain, I might have a tutorial just for it, if it's in demand to)
	Rectangle	Lays down a rectangle
		means you're only using the front color
		means you're using both the font and back color
		means you're only using the back color
	Polygon	lays down straight lines at free-form points until it meets the beginning of the line again to make a multi sided shape.
	Ellipse	Lays down a circle
	Rounded Rectangle	lays down a rectangle with curved edges.
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Shortcuts

Now, it can be a pain to go to the damn toolbar all the time and go through the lists of commands to the one you want. But thankfully there are key shortcuts that are easy to remember! keep in mind that the commands I show you follows like this "Ctrl-O" for instance. That does not mean you press the "-" button, it means that you press the "Ctrl" and "O" button one after the other. Just to clear that up. Any questions? Feel free to ask and I’ll clear it up best I can.