diff --git a/PanoPainter.vcxproj b/PanoPainter.vcxproj
index 2186c19..695c5f9 100644
--- a/PanoPainter.vcxproj
+++ b/PanoPainter.vcxproj
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="src\node_panel_color.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\node_panel_grid.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\node_panel_layer.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="src\node_panel_quick.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\node_panel_stroke.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\node_popup_menu.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\node_progress_bar.cpp" />
@@ -361,6 +362,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="src\node_panel_color.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="src\node_panel_grid.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="src\node_panel_layer.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="src\node_panel_quick.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="src\node_panel_stroke.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="src\node_popup_menu.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="src\node_progress_bar.h" />
diff --git a/PanoPainter.vcxproj.filters b/PanoPainter.vcxproj.filters
index eb3cb0a..4c19ea1 100644
--- a/PanoPainter.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/PanoPainter.vcxproj.filters
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="libs\fmt\src\posix.cc">
       <Filter>libs\fmt</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\node_panel_quick.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files\ui</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="src\app.h">
@@ -533,6 +536,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="src\abr.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="src\node_panel_quick.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files\ui</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ResourceCompile Include="PanoPainter.rc">
diff --git a/data/layout.xml b/data/layout.xml
index 32d7518..0ab12c6 100644
--- a/data/layout.xml
+++ b/data/layout.xml
@@ -1411,6 +1411,40 @@ Here's a list of what's available in this release.
     </popup-menu>
   </layout>
 
+  <!-- quick access -->
+  <layout id="panel-quick">
+    <border color="0 0 0 0.3" width="80" dir="col" pad="5" align="center" mouse-capture="true" shrink="1">
+      <node dir="row" pad="5">
+        <!--size-->
+        <node dir="col" margin="0 4 0 0" align="center">
+          <text text="Size" margin="0 0 10 0"/>
+          <slider-v id="quick-size" height="150" width="30"/>
+        </node>
+        <!--flow-->
+        <node dir="col" align="center">
+          <text text="Flow" margin="0 0 10 0"/>
+          <slider-v id="quick-flow" height="150" width="30"/>
+        </node>
+      </node>
+      <!--color-->
+      <text text="Colors" margin="10 0 5 0"/>
+      <button-custom id="quick-color1" dir="row" pad="4" margin="0 0 1 0">
+        <border color="1 0 0 1" width="60" height="30"/>
+      </button-custom>
+      <button-custom id="quick-color2" pad="4" margin="0 0 1 0">
+        <border color="0 0 0 1" width="60" height="30"/>
+      </button-custom>
+      <button-custom id="quick-color3" pad="4" margin="0 0 1 0">
+        <border color="1 1 1 1" width="60" height="30"/>
+      </button-custom>
+      <!--brushes-->
+      <text text="Brushes" margin="20 0 10 0"/>
+      <button-custom height="35" pad="4">
+        <stroke-preview id="quick-brush1" width="60" height="100%"/>
+      </button-custom>
+    </border>
+  </layout>
+
   <!--main-->
   <layout id="main">
     <canvas id="paint-canvas" positioning="absolute" width="100%" height="100%" grow="1"/>
@@ -1555,6 +1589,12 @@ Here's a list of what's available in this release.
             <!--<panel-grid/>-->
           </scroll>
         </node>
+        
+        <!--quick bar-->
+        <node justify="center" align="center">
+          <panel-quick/>
+        </node>
+
         <!-- timeline -->
         <!--
         <node height="100%" width="1" grow="1" dir="col" justify="flex-start" rtl="ltr">
diff --git a/src/node.cpp b/src/node.cpp
index 8892853..be48950 100644
--- a/src/node.cpp
+++ b/src/node.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "node_about.h"
 #include "node_changelog.h"
 #include "node_usermanual.h"
+#include "node_panel_quick.h"
 
 void Node::app_redraw()
 {
@@ -232,11 +233,12 @@ const Node* Node::init_template(const char* id)
     {
         auto node = c->clone();
         add_child(node);
-        node->init();
-        node->create();
-        node->loaded();
+        //node->init();
+        //node->create();
+        //node->loaded();
     }
     YGNodeCopyStyle(y_node, m_template->y_node);
+    m_template->clone_copy(this);
     return m_template;
 }
 
@@ -1045,6 +1047,7 @@ void Node::load_internal(const tinyxml2::XMLElement* x_node)
             CASE(kWidget::PanelColor, NodePanelColor);
             CASE(kWidget::PanelStroke, NodePanelStroke);
             CASE(kWidget::PanelGrid, NodePanelGrid);
+            CASE(kWidget::PanelQuick, NodePanelQuick);
             CASE(kWidget::ColorQuad, NodeColorQuad);
             CASE(kWidget::StrokePreview, NodeStrokePreview);
             CASE(kWidget::Canvas, NodeCanvas);
diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
index 2085535..4c5dc6f 100644
--- a/src/node.h
+++ b/src/node.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
+#include "util.h"
 #include "event.h"
 
 enum class kAttribute : uint16_t
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ enum class kWidget : uint16_t
     PanelColor = const_hash("panel-color"),
     PanelStroke = const_hash("panel-stroke"),
     PanelGrid = const_hash("panel-grid"),
+    PanelQuick = const_hash("panel-quick"),
     ColorQuad = const_hash("color-quad"),
     StrokePreview = const_hash("stroke-preview"),
     Canvas = const_hash("canvas"),
diff --git a/src/node_panel_brush.h b/src/node_panel_brush.h
index a3a4d6f..ecdd64e 100644
--- a/src/node_panel_brush.h
+++ b/src/node_panel_brush.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class NodePanelBrush : public Node
     NodeButtonCustom* m_btn_remove;
     struct header_t {
         char magic[5]{ 'P', 'P', 'B', 'R', 0 };
-        uint16_t version = 1;
+        uint16_t version = 0;
         uint16_t build = g_version_build;
         uint16_t brushes = 0;
         uint16_t deleted = 0;
diff --git a/src/node_panel_quick.cpp b/src/node_panel_quick.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47a7a07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/node_panel_quick.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include "pch.h"
+#include "node_panel_quick.h"
+#include "node_stroke_preview.h"
+
+Node* NodePanelQuick::clone_instantiate() const
+{
+    return new this_class;
+}
+
+void NodePanelQuick::clone_finalize(Node* dest) const
+{
+    parent::clone_finalize(dest);
+    auto n = static_cast<this_class*>(dest);
+    n->init_controls();
+}
+
+void NodePanelQuick::init()
+{
+    parent::init();
+    auto t = static_cast<const NodeBorder*>(init_template("panel-quick"));
+    init_controls();
+}
+
+void NodePanelQuick::init_controls()
+{
+    auto s = find<NodeStrokePreview>("quick-brush1");
+    s->m_brush = std::make_shared<Brush>();
+    s->m_brush->m_tip_size = 10;
+    s->m_brush->load_tip("data/brushes/Round-Hard.png", "data/brushes/thumbs/Round-Hard.png");
+    s->draw_stroke();
+}
diff --git a/src/node_panel_quick.h b/src/node_panel_quick.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdab35d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/node_panel_quick.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "node.h"
+#include "node_button_custom.h"
+#include "node_border.h"
+
+class NodePanelQuick : public NodeBorder
+{
+public:
+    using this_class = NodePanelQuick;
+    using parent = NodeBorder;
+    NodeButtonCustom* m_slider_size;
+    NodeButtonCustom* m_slider_flow;
+    NodeButtonCustom* m_button_color1;
+    NodeButtonCustom* m_button_color2;
+    NodeButtonCustom* m_button_color3;
+    virtual Node* clone_instantiate() const override;
+    virtual void clone_finalize(Node* dest) const override;
+    virtual void init() override;
+private:
+    void init_controls();
+};
+
diff --git a/src/node_stroke_preview.cpp b/src/node_stroke_preview.cpp
index 7479a2c..ae20bbb 100644
--- a/src/node_stroke_preview.cpp
+++ b/src/node_stroke_preview.cpp
@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ void NodeStrokePreview::draw_stroke_immediate()
     }
 
     {
-
-        float pad = (5.f + glm::max(glm::min(m_stroke.m_max_size, m_brush->m_tip_size) / 2.f, 10.f)) * App::I.zoom;
+        float min_pad = size.x * 0.05f;
+        float pad = (5.f + glm::max(glm::min(m_stroke.m_max_size, m_brush->m_tip_size) / 2.f, min_pad)) * App::I.zoom;
         if (b->m_tip_size_pressure)
-            pad = 10.f * App::I.zoom;
+            pad = min_pad * App::I.zoom;
         float w = m_size.x * App::I.zoom;
         float h = m_size.y * App::I.zoom;
         std::vector<glm::vec2> kp = {
@@ -530,7 +530,6 @@ void NodeStrokePreview::handle_resize(glm::vec2 old_size, glm::vec2 new_size)
     if (m_rtt.getWidth() == new_size.x && m_rtt.getHeight() == new_size.y || !m_brush)
         return;
 
-    float pad = m_size.x * .15f;
     new_size *= root()->m_zoom;
 
     m_rtt.create((int)new_size.x, (int)new_size.y);