Pencil Tool

• A. Paints hard-edged strokes using the foreground color
• B. Paints soft strokes of color using the foreground color
• C. Erases content
• D. Draws vector paths

Answer: (A)

The Pencil Tool paints hard-edged strokes using the foreground color. It creates crisp, pixel-by-pixel lines with no smoothing, which is why edges stay sharp and jagged at small sizes—ideal for pixel art or precise outlines. This contrasts with soft brushes that blend and blur edges, and it isn’t an eraser or a tool for drawing vector paths. So this description captures the tool’s defining behavior: painting hard-edged strokes with the current foreground color.