The six tools

The number keys pick a tool in paint mode. Each one shows on the tool bar at the bottom of the screen.

• 1One treePlant it (hold and move for a row).Right click: turn the next tree.
• 2Forest brushPaint ghost trees (hold and drag).Right click: rub ghosts out (hold).
• 3EraserTake out ghosts and trees you planted (hold).
• 4Thin outTake out about half the trees in the ring.
• 5Swap a ghostAnother tree for the ghost you point at.
• 6Pick groundThis block counts as ground, or no longer.

One tree #

Plants exactly where you point. The next tree shows there as a ghost. Hold the button and move to plant a row. Right click turns the next tree, R rolls another one.

Forest brush #

Scatters trees inside its ring while you hold the button: each where its crown has room, in groves with clearings between, neighbors of an age, species in patches. See Spread and styles. The scroll wheel or [ ] size it. Right click rubs ghosts out.

Eraser #

Takes out ghosts, and trees you planted this session. It never touches trees that were there before. An erase is a step in the history, so Z brings them back.

Thin out #

Takes out about half the trees in the ring. The tree closest to a neighbor goes first, and of a close pair the smaller one, so what is left is spread evenly.

Swap a ghost #

Gives the ghost you point at another tree of the same kind, for when one just looks wrong. It works on ghosts, before they are planted.

Pick ground #

Makes the block you point at count as ground for the brush, or no longer. G does the same with any tool. See Ground and slope.