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Symbol Sprayer tool

Shortcut: O. The Symbol Sprayer scatters instances of a symbol as you drag.

Pick the symbol to spray, then drag on the canvas to place instances along the path of your cursor. A live preview shows the drops while you drag, and the whole spray commits as a single undo on release.

OptionRangeWhat it does
Symbol—The symbol to spray
Size4–200Base size of each instance
Spacing2–200Distance between drops, in pixels
Jitterfrom 0Random ± scale variation per drop
Reset—Restore the default options
  • Raise Jitter for a more natural, scattered look.
  • Symbols come from the symbol library; instances stay linked to their master.

See the tools overview and keyboard shortcuts.