Selection - very basic question

[patelsan]

Just downloaded the Paint.Net, I have a very basic question - How do I get to the default selection mode? OR How do I get out of the "tool" mode. I am trying with 'Esc', but its not getting me back in the default selection mode. Idraw a line and want to select it back, but I cant do that as the Paint.NET is in line tool or some other tool.

[Sarkut]

Pressing F5 will toggle the Tools window.

Click on one of the icons in the Tools window to change tools.

[patelsan]

Thanks for the quick reply. I want to get to the 'normal' selection mode (for example - I start a new drawing, draw a line and now I want to select the line). In visual studio and such environment you select a tool and when you want to get out of that tool you click a 'Cursor' icon (on clicking of that you exit the 'tool mode' and can select the object drawn previously). (in Paint.Net, I see options like 'Rectangle Select', 'Move Selected Pixel', etc. but I am not able to select the line I just drwan). Thank you for patience.

[Simon Brown]

In Paint.NET, once you've drawn something, it's just pixels.

[patelsan]

Ok........ somehow I was under impression that its a vector based graphics tool. Sorry for asking wrong question. I really appreciate your quick replies. Have a nice day

[csm725]

Inkscape would be a good vector graphics program - free.