20 Appendix

Ch. 20 📋 Appendix: Quick Reference

What you'll learn: Where the canonical cheat sheet lives, plus a one-page summary of the most-used keyboard shortcuts, the 56 bundled palettes, and all 19 blend modes.

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Canonical reference

The complete, always-up-to-date list of keyboard shortcuts lives in CHEATSHEET.md at the repository root. The summary below is curated for quick visual scanning — when in doubt, the canonical file wins.

Keyboard shortcut summary

Tool keys

Key	Tool	Key	Tool
B	Brush	M	Marquee
D	Dot	W	Magic Wand
L	Line	V	Move
R	Rect (Shift+R filled)	Z	Zoom
C	Ellipse (Shift+C filled)	T	Text
P	Polygon (Shift+P filled)	I	Picker
F	Fill	E	Eraser
K	Spray

Modifier vocabulary

Modifier	Default meaning
Shift	Constrain / add to selection / draw from center / fast-scroll / Smart Erase.
Ctrl	Perfect aspect (square / circle) / command keystrokes.
Alt	Subtract from selection / temporary picker / clone (with Move).
Ctrl+Shift	Angle snap / bypass grid snap.

Panel toggles

Key	Panel
Tab	Toolbar
F4	Preview Window
F5	Edit Bar
Shift+F5	Advanced Bar
Ctrl+L	Layer Panel
Ctrl+M	Character Map
F10	Status Bar
F11	All UI
Ctrl+F11	Menu Bar only

Canvas / view

Action	Shortcut
Zoom in / out	Ctrl+= / Ctrl+-, Ctrl+Wheel
Reset zoom	Ctrl+0
Reset pan + zoom	Double-middle-click
Pan	Middle-drag, Space+drag
Pattern tile	View menu / Advanced Bar
Grayscale preview	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G
Reference image	Ctrl+R
Canvas border	#

Color

Action	Shortcut
Swap FG / BG	X
Reset FG / BG	Ctrl+D
BG = transparent	Shift+Delete
Paint opacity	0–9
Temp picker FG / BG	Alt+L-click / R-click

Brush

Action	Shortcut
Size − / +	[ / ]
Shape	\
Preview footprint	hold `
Pixel Perfect	F6
Recolor mode	F9
Outline mode	Shift+O

Selection / clipboard

Action	Shortcut
Select All / Deselect	Ctrl+A / Ctrl+D
Invert	Ctrl+Shift+I
Copy / Cut / Paste	Ctrl+C / X / V
Paste in Place	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V
Copy Merged	Ctrl+Shift+C
Copy / Cut to New Layer	Ctrl+Alt+C / X

Layers

Action	Shortcut
New / Duplicate / Delete	Ctrl+Shift+N / D / Delete
Group / Ungroup	Ctrl+G / Ctrl+Shift+U
Group selected	Ctrl+Shift+G
Move up / down	Ctrl+PgUp / Ctrl+PgDn
Move to top / bottom	Ctrl+Home / Ctrl+End
Merge Down / Visible	Ctrl+Alt+E / Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E

History / Edit

Action	Shortcut
Undo / Redo	Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y
Clear (selection or layer)	Delete or Ctrl+E
Fill FG / BG	Backspace / Shift+Backspace

Grid / Symmetry

Action	Shortcut
Toggle grid	'
Pixel grid	Shift+'
Snap to grid	;
Grid size − / +	, / .
Cycle geometry	Ctrl+'
Cycle symmetry	F7

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All 56 bundled palettes

Located in ASSETS/PALETTES/. The full set includes:

• Console classics — NES, PICO-8, Commodore 64, Game Boy (DMG and Pocket), MSX, Amiga, Atari.
• Arcade / DOS — CGA, EGA, VGA.
• Modern curated — Endesga 32 / 64, DawnBringer 16 / 32, AAP-64, Sweetie 16, Resurrect 64.
• Lospec greatest hits — and 40+ more available via DRAW's Lospec integration.

All 19 blend modes

Family	Modes
Basic	Normal · Multiply · Screen · Overlay
Math	Add (Linear Dodge) · Subtract · Difference
Comparison	Darken · Lighten
Dodge / Burn	Color Dodge · Color Burn
Light	Hard Light · Soft Light · Vivid Light · Linear Light · Pin Light
Color	Exclusion · Color · Luminosity
Group only	Pass Through

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