Symbols used in Merrimo on Mac
Merrimo uses standard icons and symbols in the toolbar, canvas, and inspector to represent armed drawing tools, handles, selection states, and system status.
Canvas armed drawing keys
| Key | Tool Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| P or R | Panel Tool | Draw new storyboard comic panels by dragging across the canvas. |
| B | Speech Balloon Tool | Insert an oval speech balloon with dialogue text and an aimable tail. |
| T | Thought Balloon Tool | Insert a cloud-shaped thought balloon for internal character monologue. |
| C | Caption Tool | Draw a narration box or scene header caption. |
| L | Lettering Tool | Draw freeform comic sound effect lettering (onomatopoeia). |
| M | Motion Lines Tool | Draw a burst of radial action speed lines. |
| I | Image Tool | Draw a placeholder frame to receive an image import. |
| N | Comment Mode | Click anything on the canvas to pin a comment to it; the mode stays on until you press Esc or N again. |
| Space | Pan Canvas | Hold Space and drag anywhere on the canvas to pan the viewport smoothly. |
Balloon and tail handles
| Symbol / Control | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Green ring | Tail Tip | The pointed tip of the tail. Drag it to the speaker. Double-click it to pin it to the canvas, and it turns into an orange ring with a dot. |
| Red ring | Tail Joint | A point the tail bends through. Drag it to move the bend; click it to show its curve controls. |
| Gray diamond | Curve Control | Shows on either side of the selected joint, on a thin line. Drag it to bend the tail. |
| Purple ring | Connector Joint | A point on the connector between two balloons. Drag it to bend the connector; double-click it to remove it. |
| Dashed border | Thought Bubble | Cloud-like or dashed perimeter indicating internal thoughts and unspoken monologue. |
| Spiky starburst | Shout Balloon | Jagged starburst perimeter indicating yelling, alarms, explosive volume, or distress. |
| Small circle chain | Thought Tail | Descending bubbles leading from the thought cloud to the thinking character. |
Status and collaboration indicators
| Indicator | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Green dot | Engine Online | The render machine, or a machine shared with you, is reachable and idle. |
| Orange dot | Engine Busy | The render engine is actively processing queue generation requests. |
| Red dot | Engine Offline | The render machine is unreachable, stopped, or not answering. |
| Tinted cursor | Collaborator Cursor | Live mouse cursor of another team member editing the story in real time. |
| Blue padlock | Soft Lock | The selected panel or layer is being edited by a collaborator (auto-releases after 2 minutes). |
| Cloud checkmark | Synced | All changes have been successfully committed to local storage and remote sync backend. |