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Icon	Tool Name	Function
	Add Text	Allows you to add text to your image. The text is added as a drawn image, and can't be edited later.
	Capture color (dropper tool)	Allows you to select a color from the screen to use as the color for your document.
	Fill area (paintcan tool)	Using the Fill tool, you can click on an area to have it filled in with the selected color. You can also use one of the Selection tools to select a region of your image, then use the fill tool to fill it.
	Fill with a Gradient	A Gradient is a computer generated blend from one color to another. Gimp allows you to use tool options to alter the way the fill looks. To use a gradient fill, click where you'd like one point of the gradient to start, then drag the mouse to the end of the gradient. You'll probably need to try it a few times to get the feel for it.
	Pencil tool	The pencil tool allows you to draw a line using the selected brush head as the "tip" of your pencil. You can use the tool options to adjust the way it works.
	Brush tool	The Brush tool allows you to draw a line using the selected brush head as the tip of your brush. The brush tool differs from the pencil tool in the way it renders the drawn line. You can use the tool options to adjust the way it works.

Gradient Fills
Most of these tools are pretty straightforward. The example above shows a few of the different gradient fills, just to give you an idea of how they look.

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