Help Page

/f/lockdraw is a collaborative drawing application written in Flash that allows many people to edit a canvas, somewhat like a multiplayer MSPaint. It's based on the original Flockdraw, but adds a moderation system and some more advanced drawing tools. Unlike other such modifications of Flockdraw, it runs on a separate server.

This help page explains some of the many drawing tools and shortcuts of /f/lockdraw.

Overview

This is the main window of /f/lockdraw. The top of the window shows the room controls and status. On the right side, you can see a list of users and the chat box, as well as the tool selector. The bottom of the window shows all the drawing controls.

Room Selection Dialog

Room selection Dialog

Tools

This section explains the different drawing tools that are available

Brush

This is the brush tool

Airbrush

Pencil

Erazor

erazor

Bucket

Line

Text

Colorpicker

Controls

Slider

This section explains what the control sliders do

Color Controls

• R, G, B - to change the Red(R), Green(G) and Blue(B) values
• H, S, V - to change the Hue(H), Saturation(S) and Value(V)

size

Change the size of the pen.
You can also use the up and down arrows.

α

Change the alpha-value (transperency) of the stroke (does not affect pencil strokes)

blur

change the amount of gaussian blur induced to the stroke (only affects the brush tool)

zoom

change the zoom amount (100%-1000%).
You can also use Ctrl + '+' and Ctrl + '-' or Ctrl + Mousewheel.
Use Ctrl + drag to move the canvas in the zoomed state.

Chat

This section explains how to use special commands in the chat area

User List

This section explains how to interact with the user list

Top Bar

This section explains the room controls and status