docs/index.ans · the manual, one file per topic

Everything acidtrip does, one file per topic. Each one is also a layer in LAYERS and a tool in TOOLS; Ctrl-K searches every heading.

• ⌂StartInstall acidtrip, open a file, and find your way around the screen.
• ▓DrawingPaint with the mouse or the keyboard, and every tool with its key.
• ■ColorsThe FG and BG boxes, the palette, iCE colors, and the fifteen character sets.
• ▚Art toolTurn the keyboard into a glyph board, so the left hand types blocks and the right hand moves.
• ✎BrushesA pen that picks the best glyph for every cell, and a library of brushes that make it a paint program.
• ▦PatternsPaint with a small tile that repeats, from built-in scene textures or your own art.
• ▒GradientsDrag a color ramp over an area, in shades, half blocks, dither or truecolor.
• ◐FiltersThe iPhone and Instagram looks for your art, with sliders that stack on top.
• ◈RecolorReplace one color with another, everywhere or inside a selection.
• ⬚BlocksSelect an area, then copy, move, flip, justify, crop or reuse it, ACiDDraw style.
• ▤LayersStack art in layers, trace over reference images, and find your way with the minimap.
• ▶AnimationGive a piece frames, with onion skin, timing, and exports that play.
• ↓ExportSet up every file once, at every size and format, and write them all with one click.
• ▣FormatsEvery format acidtrip opens and writes, and how pictures become art.
• ↗SharingCopy your art as an image or text, publish a gist, or upload a PNG, from one menu.
• ⇄TogetherTwo or more people draw on one canvas, peer to peer, with no accounts and no servers to run.
• ►ReplayWatch a piece being drawn again, speed-paint style, and save it as a GIF or a cast.
• ◫GalleryBrowse scene art like a streaming service, then remix it, keep it, or take a part of it.
• ✂StudioCut fonts and stencils out of scene art, by hand or with Claude.
• ÅFontsStamp big text in TheDraw and FIGlet fonts, and reuse art as searchable stencils.
• ✦AIAsk Claude to draw on its own layer, or let Claude Code draw straight into your editor over MCP.
• ◷SafetyUnlimited undo, crash recovery, automatic versions and backups.
• ⚙ConfigThe modern and ACiDDraw key presets, your own bindings, and every setting in the config file.
• $CLIConvert, render, replay, harvest and manage fonts and versions without opening the editor.

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