.. meta::
   :description property=og\:description:
        The tools menu in Krita.

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   :authors: - Wolthera van Hövell tot Westerflier <griffinvalley@gmail.com>
             - Scott Petrovic
   :license: GNU free documentation license 1.3 or later.

.. index:: Macro, Scripts

.. _tools_menu:

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Tools Menu
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This contains three things.

Scripting
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When you have python scripting enabled and have scripts toggled, this is where most scripts are stored by default.

Recording
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.. deprecated:: 3.0
    Macro recording and playing is disabled since 3.0 due to unmaintained code and buggy behaviour leading to crash.

Record a macro. You do this by pressing start, drawing something and then pressing stop. This feature can only record brush strokes. The resulting file is stored as a \*.kritarec file.

Macros
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.. deprecated:: 3.0
    Macro recording and playing is disabled since 3.0 due to unmaintained code and buggy behaviour leading to crash.

Play back or edit a krita rec file. The edit can only change the brush preset on strokes or add and remove filters.