diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index a4c5be8..901ccc3 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "dependencies": {
         "@mediapipe/tasks-vision": "1.0.1",
+        "polygon-clipping": "^0.15.7",
         "react": "^18.3.1",
         "react-dom": "^18.3.1"
       },
@@ -1015,6 +1016,16 @@
         "node": ">= 0.10"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/polygon-clipping": {
+      "version": "0.15.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/polygon-clipping/-/polygon-clipping-0.15.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nhfdr83ECBg6xtqOAJab1tbksbBAOMUltN60bU+llHVOL0e5Onm1WpAXXWXVB39L8AJFssoIhEVuy/S90MmotA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "robust-predicates": "^3.0.2",
+        "splaytree": "^3.1.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/possible-typed-array-names": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/possible-typed-array-names/-/possible-typed-array-names-1.1.0.tgz",
@@ -1216,6 +1227,12 @@
         "node": ">= 0.8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/robust-predicates": {
+      "version": "3.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/robust-predicates/-/robust-predicates-3.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NS3levdsRIUOmiJ8FZWCP7LG3QpJyrs/TE0Zpf1yvZu8cAJJ6QMW92H1c7kWpdIHo8RvmLxN/o2JXTKHp74lUA==",
+      "license": "Unlicense"
+    },
     "node_modules/safe-buffer": {
       "version": "5.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.2.1.tgz",
@@ -1416,6 +1433,15 @@
         "source-map": "^0.5.6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/splaytree": {
+      "version": "3.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/splaytree/-/splaytree-3.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7OXrNWzy6CK+r7Ch9OLPBDTKfB6XlWHjX4P0RU5B3IgFuWPeYN0XtRtlexGRjgbQxpfaUve6jTAwBGWuGntz/w==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18.20 || >=20"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/stream-browserify": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stream-browserify/-/stream-browserify-2.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 8cb1e39..fe89f12 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@mediapipe/tasks-vision": "1.0.1",
+    "polygon-clipping": "^0.15.7",
     "react": "^18.3.1",
     "react-dom": "^18.3.1"
   },
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/domain/clip.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/domain/clip.cljs
index 1833805..cfa5a4d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/domain/clip.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/domain/clip.cljs
@@ -434,8 +434,10 @@
                                                        (placed-frame clip sid n local))
                                                frame (:frame shown)]
                                            (if (and frame (<= 0 frame) (< frame length))
-                                             (do (vswap! entered assoc id (:symbol shown))
-                                                 (map #(transform-op % m [id])
+                                             (let [override (when (and context? (:palette n))
+                                                              (selection-at n frame nil))]
+                                              (vswap! entered assoc id (:symbol shown))
+                                              (map #(transform-op % m [id])
                                                       ((get children [id (:symbol shown)])
                                                        frame
                                                        ;; The slot's interval crosses the
@@ -452,8 +454,7 @@
                                                                      (placed-frame clip sid n prior)))
                                                            (dec frame))
                                                        @active
-                                                       (when (and context? (:palette n))
-                                                         (selection-at n frame nil)))))
+                                                       override)))
                                              []))
                                          (when-let [op (get by-id id)] [op]))))
                                    ids))
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/domain/cut.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/domain/cut.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2f2382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/domain/cut.cljs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+(ns arthur.domain.cut
+  "The eraser's cut: a shape's ring with a stroke taken out of it.
+
+  Illustrator's and Flash's eraser, not a raster one: what is left is the
+  SHAPE, with the cut edge made of its own points — points the pen moves, keys
+  and tweens like any others. A cut through the middle leaves two pieces, and
+  a cut inside it leaves a hole, which is bridged into the one ring as a brush
+  stroke's is (see `outline`).
+
+  In stage pixels, on both sides: the preview cuts the rings it is about to
+  draw, and the saved cut cuts the same rings and takes the answer back into
+  the shape's own coordinates — one function, so the preview is the result."
+  (:require ["polygon-clipping" :as clipping]
+            [arthur.domain.channel :as channel]
+            [arthur.domain.nest :as nest]
+            [arthur.domain.node :as node]
+            [arthur.domain.outline :as outline]
+            [arthur.domain.paint :as paint]))
+
+(defn- area [ring]
+  (let [ps (vec (partition 2 ring)) n (count ps)]
+    (js/Math.abs (/ (reduce + (map (fn [i] (let [[ax ay] (ps i) [bx by] (ps (mod (inc i) n))]
+                                             (- (* ax by) (* bx ay))))
+                                   (range n)))
+                    2))))
+
+(defn cut
+  "Ring `ring` with `cutters` — each `[outer & holes]` — taken out of it: one
+  ring per piece left, biggest first, an empty vector when nothing is left, or
+  nil when the cut does not touch it."
+  [ring cutters]
+  (let [shape  #js [(outline/->js ring)]
+        knife  (into-array (map #(into-array (map outline/->js %)) cutters))]
+    (when (seq (array-seq (clipping/intersection shape knife)))
+      (->> (array-seq (clipping/difference shape knife))
+           (map (fn [^js poly] (mapv outline/->ring (array-seq poly))))
+           (sort-by (comp - area first))
+           (mapv outline/join)))))
+
+(defn- through [m pts]
+  (let [out (js/Float64Array. 2)]
+    (into [] (mapcat (fn [[x y]] (node/apply-pt! out 0 m x y) [(aget out 0) (aget out 1)]))
+          (partition 2 pts))))
+
+(defn erase
+  "`clip` with `cutters`, in the stage pixels of symbol `open` at frame `f`,
+  cut out of each shape at row path in `paths`, on the frame each is showing.
+
+  The shape keeps the biggest piece, on a key at that frame — made there if
+  the frame had none, so the keys either side keep their points. Every other
+  piece is a new shape of the same colour, its id the next of `ids`. A shape
+  cut away entirely is deleted."
+  [clip store open f paths cutters ids]
+  (first
+   (reduce
+    (fn [[clip ids] path]
+      (let [{:keys [sid id frame world]} (nest/placement clip store open path f)
+            n    (get-in clip [:symbols sid :nodes id])
+            geom (get-in n [:channels paint/geometry])
+            inv  (when world (node/invert world))
+            left (when (and inv geom)
+                   (cut (through world (channel/value-at geom frame store)) cutters))]
+        (cond
+          (nil? left)   [clip ids]
+          (empty? left) [(nest/delete-node clip sid id) ids]
+          :else
+          (let [[keep & more] (map #(through inv %) left)
+                colour (channel/value-at (get-in n [:channels [:style :color]]) frame store)
+                kept   (-> (if (contains? (:keys geom) frame) clip (paint/add-key clip sid id frame))
+                           (paint/set-points sid id frame keep))]
+            [(reduce (fn [c [nid pts]] (paint/new-shape c sid nid frame pts colour))
+                     kept (map vector ids more))
+             (drop (count more) ids)]))))
+    [clip ids] paths)))
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/domain/outline.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/domain/outline.cljs
index 9a7ad96..0aa6790 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/domain/outline.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/domain/outline.cljs
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@
   one. It is how earcut and the TrueType rasterisers take holes too.
 
   `pieces` keeps the trace — outside and holes, at full resolution — so the
-  count of points can change after the stroke, and `polygon` is the one place
-  it is simplified and bridged: the preview and the saved shape are the same
-  function's output, so what is on screen while painting is what is kept."
-  (:require [arthur.domain.raster :as raster]))
+  fit can change after the stroke, and `polygon` is the one place it is fitted
+  and bridged: the preview and the saved shape are the same function's output,
+  so what is on screen while painting is what is kept.
+
+  FITTED TO A TOLERANCE, not cut to a count: every point of the traced edge is
+  within so many pixels of the polygon (Douglas-Peucker), so points go where
+  the shape bends and none are spent on a straight run."
+  (:require ["polygon-clipping" :as clipping]
+            [arthur.domain.raster :as raster]))
 
 (defn mask [w h] {:w w :h h :buf (js/Uint8Array. (* w h))})
 
@@ -149,51 +154,14 @@
   ([m] (rings m 2))
   ([m smallest] (mapv :outer (pieces m smallest))))
 
-(defn simplify
-  "Ring `pts` cut down to `n` points, a closed ring of at least three:
-  Visvalingam's, which takes away whichever point makes the smallest triangle
-  with its neighbours until `n` are left — so the corners that carry the shape
-  are the last to go, and the count is exactly the one asked for.
-
-  Over typed arrays and a linked ring, because it runs on every pointer move of
-  a brush stroke: taking a point away changes only its two neighbours' areas."
-  [pts n]
-  (let [c    (quot (count pts) 2)
-        n    (max 3 n)]
-    (if (<= c n)
-      (vec pts)
-      (let [xs   (js/Float64Array. c) ys (js/Float64Array. c)
-            prev (js/Int32Array. c) next (js/Int32Array. c)
-            area (js/Float64Array. c)
-            live (js/Uint8Array. c)
-            best (js/Int32Array. 1)
-            tri! (fn [k]
-                   (let [a (aget prev k) d (aget next k)]
-                     (aset area k (js/Math.abs (- (* (- (aget xs k) (aget xs a)) (- (aget ys d) (aget ys a)))
-                                                  (* (- (aget xs d) (aget xs a)) (- (aget ys k) (aget ys a))))))))]
-        (dotimes [k c]
-          (aset xs k (nth pts (* 2 k))) (aset ys k (nth pts (inc (* 2 k))))
-          (aset prev k (mod (dec k) c)) (aset next k (mod (inc k) c))
-          (aset live k 1))
-        (dotimes [k c] (tri! k))
-        (dotimes [_ (- c n)]
-          (let [_ (aset best 0 -1)
-                _ (dotimes [k c]
-                    (when (and (== 1 (aget live k))
-                               (or (neg? (aget best 0)) (< (aget area k) (aget area (aget best 0)))))
-                      (aset best 0 k)))
-                k (aget best 0)
-                a (aget prev k) d (aget next k)]
-            (aset live k 0)
-            (aset next a d) (aset prev d a)
-            (tri! a) (tri! d)))
-        (into [] (mapcat (fn [k] (when (== 1 (aget live k)) [(aget xs k) (aget ys k)]))) (range c))))))
-
-(defn- perimeter [pts]
+(defn- area
+  "The area inside ring `pts`, by the shoelace."
+  [pts]
   (let [ps (vec (partition 2 pts)) n (count ps)]
-    (reduce + (map (fn [i] (let [[ax ay] (ps i) [bx by] (ps (mod (inc i) n))]
-                             (js/Math.hypot (- bx ax) (- by ay))))
-                   (range n)))))
+    (js/Math.abs (/ (reduce + (map (fn [i] (let [[ax ay] (ps i) [bx by] (ps (mod (inc i) n))]
+                                             (- (* ax by) (* bx ay))))
+                                   (range n)))
+                    2))))
 
 (defn- bridge
   "Ring `outer` with `hole` joined into it: from the hole's leftmost point,
@@ -224,12 +192,102 @@
                    (apply concat (subvec os (inc i)))))
       outer)))
 
+(defn- dp
+  "Douglas-Peucker over the open run of points `i`..`j` of `xs`/`ys`: the
+  indices kept so that no point between is further than `tol` from the line."
+  [^js xs ^js ys i j tol]
+  (let [ax (aget xs i) ay (aget ys i) bx (aget xs j) by (aget ys j)
+        dx (- bx ax) dy (- by ay) l (js/Math.hypot dx dy)
+        [k d] (reduce (fn [[_ best :as acc] k]
+                        (let [px (- (aget xs k) ax) py (- (aget ys k) ay)
+                              e  (if (zero? l) (js/Math.hypot px py) (/ (js/Math.abs (- (* dx py) (* dy px))) l))]
+                          (if (< best e) [k e] acc)))
+                      [nil 0] (range (inc i) j))]
+    (if (and k (< tol d))
+      (into (dp xs ys i k tol) (rest (dp xs ys k j tol)))
+      [i j])))
+
+(defn fit
+  "Ring `pts` with as few points as keep every point of it within `tol` pixels
+  of the result: Douglas-Peucker, closed by splitting at the point furthest from
+  the first. A pixel staircase within a pixel of a diagonal becomes the
+  diagonal, and a square corner stays — the points go where the shape bends."
+  [pts tol]
+  (let [c (quot (count pts) 2)]
+    (if (<= c 3)
+      (vec pts)
+      (let [xs (js/Float64Array. (take-nth 2 pts)) ys (js/Float64Array. (take-nth 2 (rest pts)))
+            far (apply max-key #(js/Math.hypot (- (aget xs %) (aget xs 0)) (- (aget ys %) (aget ys 0)))
+                       (range c))
+            xs2 (js/Float64Array. (inc c)) ys2 (js/Float64Array. (inc c))
+            _ (dotimes [k c] (aset xs2 k (aget xs k)) (aset ys2 k (aget ys k)))
+            _ (do (aset xs2 c (aget xs 0)) (aset ys2 c (aget ys 0)))
+            keep (into (dp xs2 ys2 0 far tol) (rest (butlast (dp xs2 ys2 far c tol))))]
+        (if (< (count keep) 3)
+          (vec pts)
+          (into [] (mapcat (fn [k] [(aget xs k) (aget ys k)])) keep))))))
+
+(defn- crosses?
+  "Does any edge of ring `a` cross any edge of ring `b`?"
+  [a b]
+  (let [edges (fn [r] (let [ps (vec (partition 2 r)) n (count ps)]
+                        (map (fn [i] [(ps i) (ps (mod (inc i) n))]) (range n))))
+        side  (fn [[ax ay] [bx by] [px py]] (- (* (- bx ax) (- py ay)) (* (- by ay) (- px ax))))]
+    (some (fn [[p q]]
+            (some (fn [[r s]]
+                    (and (neg? (* (side p q r) (side p q s)))
+                         (neg? (* (side r s p) (side r s q)))))
+                  (edges b)))
+          (edges a))))
+
+(defn- perimeter [pts]
+  (let [ps (vec (partition 2 pts)) n (count ps)]
+    (reduce + (map (fn [i] (let [[ax ay] (ps i) [bx by] (ps (mod (inc i) n))]
+                             (js/Math.hypot (- bx ax) (- by ay))))
+                   (range n)))))
+
+(defn ->js
+  "Flat ring `ring` as `polygon-clipping` takes one."
+  [ring]
+  (into-array (map into-array (partition 2 ring))))
+
+(defn ->ring
+  "A ring back from `polygon-clipping`, flat, without the point it repeats to
+  close."
+  [^js r]
+  (into [] (mapcat identity) (butlast (map vec (array-seq r)))))
+
+(defn rings-of
+  "Piece `p` of `pieces` fitted to within `tol` pixels, outside first, holes
+  after.
+
+  EVERY HOLE IS KEPT, and kept simple: fitted like the outside, then clipped to
+  the inside of it and clear of the holes before it. Fitting each ring on its
+  own can push a hole's edge across the outside's, and a crossing is what makes
+  the even-odd fill cut through the body; clipping takes exactly that part off
+  and leaves the few points the fit chose. Fitting closer until nothing crossed
+  was tried, and spent hundreds of points on what is plainly a straight line."
+  [{:keys [outer holes]} tol]
+  (let [outer (fit outer tol)]
+    (reduce (fn [rs hole]
+              (let [h (fit hole tol)]
+                (if (not-any? #(crosses? h %) rs)
+                  (conj rs h)
+                  (let [inside (clipping/intersection #js [(->js h)] #js [(->js outer)])
+                        clear  (if (next rs)
+                                 (clipping/difference inside (into-array (map #(array (->js %)) (rest rs))))
+                                 inside)]
+                    (into rs (comp (map #(->ring (aget % 0))) (filter #(< 2 (area %))))
+                          (array-seq clear))))))
+            [outer]
+            (sort-by (comp - area) holes))))
+
+(defn join
+  "Rings `[outer & holes]` as one ring, each hole bridged in, leftmost first."
+  [[outer & holes]]
+  (reduce bridge outer (sort-by #(apply min (take-nth 2 %)) holes)))
+
 (defn polygon
-  "Piece `p` of `pieces` as one ring, with a point about every `spacing` pixels
-  of its outline — so a long stroke gets more points than a dab, and a hole gets
-  its own share — and the holes bridged in."
-  [{:keys [outer holes]} spacing]
-  (let [share #(max 3 (js/Math.round (/ (perimeter %) (max 0.01 spacing))))]
-    (reduce bridge (simplify outer (share outer))
-            (sort-by #(apply min (take-nth 2 %))
-                     (map #(simplify % (share %)) holes)))))
+  "Piece `p` of `pieces` as the one ring a shape is made of. See `rings-of`."
+  [p tol]
+  (join (rings-of p tol)))
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/domain/pick.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/domain/pick.cljs
index 44c3784..e0c1156 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/domain/pick.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/domain/pick.cljs
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@
             (and (<= (js/Math.abs (- x cx)) h) (<= (js/Math.abs (- y cy)) h)))
     false))
 
-(defn- op-bounds [{:keys [kind pts n cx cy r size knock]}]
-  ;; A knockout draws nothing, so a marquee does not catch it.
-  (case (when-not knock kind)
+(defn- op-bounds [{:keys [kind pts n cx cy r size knock lut]}]
+  ;; A knockout or a remap draws nothing of its own, so a marquee does not
+  ;; catch it.
+  (case (when-not (or knock lut) kind)
     :poly (reduce (fn [b i]
                     (let [x (aget pts (* 2 i)) y (aget pts (inc (* 2 i)))]
                       (if b (let [[x0 y0 x1 y1] b]
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@
   [ops [x y]]
   (:op (reduce (fn [holes op]
                  (cond
-                   (not (on? op x y)) holes
+                   ;; A remap is light on what is under it, not a thing.
+                   (or (:lut op) (not (on? op x y))) holes
                    (:knock op) (conj holes [(pop (path-of op)) (:knock op)])
                    (some (fn [[in k]] (and (prefix? in (path-of op))
                                            (or (neg? k) (== k (:color op)))))
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/domain/raster.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/domain/raster.cljs
index 5f06266..79fac57 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/domain/raster.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/domain/raster.cljs
@@ -34,15 +34,22 @@
 ;; only where it is covered. The main raster has no `:cov` and is always
 ;; covered.
 ;;
-;; `knock` is nil for an ordinary fill, -1 for a knockout of every colour, and
-;; an index for a knockout of that colour only.
+;; THE INK is how a shape marks the pixels it covers, and there are three, as
+;; Deluxe Paint and Animator Pro had inks:
+;;
+;;   nil              an ordinary fill: write the shape's index
+;;   a number         a knockout: clear coverage — of every colour at -1, or of
+;;                    that index only
+;;   a Uint8Array     a REMAP, index -> index: what is already there is drawn
+;;                    in another slot. A flashlight is a circle of this.
 
-(defn- plot! [^js buf cov o index knock]
-  (if (nil? knock)
-    (do (aset buf o index)
-        (when cov (aset cov o 1)))
-    (when (and cov (or (neg? knock) (== (aget buf o) knock)))
-      (aset cov o 0))))
+(defn- plot! [^js buf cov o index ink]
+  (cond
+    (nil? ink)    (do (aset buf o index)
+                      (when cov (aset cov o 1)))
+    (number? ink) (when (and cov (or (neg? ink) (== (aget buf o) ink)))
+                    (aset cov o 0))
+    :else         (aset buf o (aget ink (aget buf o)))))
 
 (defn- shows?
   "Does pixel `o` hold `over`? A stencil only matches what is really there, so
@@ -75,9 +82,9 @@
   allocation is the only thing that will make this stutter.
 
   `pts` may be a CLJS vector or any typed array; scanline crossings are collected
-  into a plain JS array and sorted in place. `knock` is as `plot!`'s."
+  into a plain JS array and sorted in place. `ink` is as `plot!`'s."
   ([r pts n index] (fill-poly-buf! r pts n index nil))
-  ([{:keys [w h buf cov] :as r} pts n index knock]
+  ([{:keys [w h buf cov] :as r} pts n index ink]
   (when (>= n 3)
     (let [px   (fn [i] (if (vector? pts) (-nth pts (* 2 i)) (aget pts (* 2 i))))
           py   (fn [i] (if (vector? pts) (-nth pts (inc (* 2 i))) (aget pts (inc (* 2 i)))))
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@
                     x-to   (min (dec w) (js/Math.floor (- xb 0.5)))
                     row    (* y w)]
                 (dotimes [dx (inc (- x-to x-from))]
-                  (plot! buf cov (+ row x-from dx) index knock)))))))))
+                  (plot! buf cov (+ row x-from dx) index ink)))))))))
   r))
 
 (defn fill-poly!
@@ -142,7 +149,7 @@
   clamp that would flatten the performance at the extremes."
   ([r cx cy rad index] (fill-disc! r cx cy rad index nil nil))
   ([r cx cy rad index over] (fill-disc! r cx cy rad index over nil))
-  ([{:keys [w h buf cov] :as r} cx cy rad index over knock]
+  ([{:keys [w h buf cov] :as r} cx cy rad index over ink]
    (let [rr (* rad rad)
          y0 (max 0 (js/Math.floor (- cy rad)))
          y1 (min (dec h) (js/Math.ceil (+ cy rad)))
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@
            (when (<= (+ (* dx dx) (* dy dy)) rr)
              (let [o (+ (* y w) x)]
                (when (shows? buf cov o over)
-                 (plot! buf cov o index knock)))))))
+                 (plot! buf cov o index ink)))))))
      r)))
 
 (defn fill-rect!
@@ -176,7 +183,7 @@
   breathing."
   ([r cx cy size index] (fill-rect! r cx cy size index nil nil))
   ([r cx cy size index over] (fill-rect! r cx cy size index over nil))
-  ([{:keys [w h buf cov] :as r} cx cy size index over knock]
+  ([{:keys [w h buf cov] :as r} cx cy size index over ink]
    (let [size (js/Math.round size)]
      (when (>= size 1)
        (let [x0 (js/Math.round (- cx (/ size 2)))
@@ -187,7 +194,7 @@
            (dotimes [ix (- xb xa)]
              (let [o (+ (* (+ ya iy) w) xa ix)]
                (when (shows? buf cov o over)
-                 (plot! buf cov o index knock))))))))
+                 (plot! buf cov o index ink))))))))
    r))
 
 (def ^:private little-endian?
@@ -269,10 +276,10 @@
 (defn- fill-mask!
   "Every pixel set in `mask`, a byte per stage pixel: a brush stroke as it is
   being painted, before it is a polygon."
-  [{:keys [buf cov] :as r} ^js mask index knock]
+  [{:keys [buf cov] :as r} ^js mask index ink]
   (dotimes [o (.-length mask)]
     (when (== 1 (aget mask o))
-      (plot! buf cov o index knock)))
+      (plot! buf cov o index ink)))
   r)
 
 ;; One layer per depth of nesting, reused from frame to frame, as the resolver
@@ -297,11 +304,12 @@
   here indistinguishable from each other, which is the point.
 
   `:begin` and `:end` bracket the ops of a symbol drawn into a layer of its own;
-  `:knock` on an op makes it a knockout. See `plot!`."
+  `:knock` on an op makes it a knockout and `:lut` a remap. See `plot!`."
   [{:keys [w h] :as r} ops]
   (reduce
-   (fn [stack {:keys [kind pts n color stencil cx cy size knock] :as op}]
-     (let [top (peek stack)]
+   (fn [stack {:keys [kind pts n color stencil cx cy size] :as op}]
+     (let [top (peek stack)
+           ink (or (:knock op) (:lut op))]
        (case kind
          :begin (let [l (layer-at (count stack) w h)]
                   (.fill (:cov l) 0)
@@ -309,10 +317,10 @@
          :end   (if (< 1 (count stack))
                   (let [s (pop stack)] (composite! (peek s) top) s)
                   stack)
-         :poly  (do (fill-poly-buf! top pts n color knock) stack)
-         :disc  (do (fill-disc! top cx cy (:r op) color stencil knock) stack)
-         :rect  (do (fill-rect! top cx cy size color stencil knock) stack)
-         :mask  (do (fill-mask! top (:mask op) color knock) stack)
+         :poly  (do (fill-poly-buf! top pts n color ink) stack)
+         :disc  (do (fill-disc! top cx cy (:r op) color stencil ink) stack)
+         :rect  (do (fill-rect! top cx cy size color stencil ink) stack)
+         :mask  (do (fill-mask! top (:mask op) color ink) stack)
          (throw (ex-info "draw op kind is not rasterisable" {:op (dissoc op :pts)})))))
    [r] ops)
   r)
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/domain/symbol.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/domain/symbol.cljs
index 42cb7f3..206f7b9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/domain/symbol.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/domain/symbol.cljs
@@ -287,9 +287,25 @@
   [c]
   (or (= :clear c) (and (vector? c) (= :clear (first c)))))
 
+(defn remap?
+  "Is colour `c` a REMAP: `[:remap {from to …}]`, slots of the palette in
+  scope? It draws nothing of its own; what is already under it is drawn in
+  other slots — a flashlight is a circle of this. See `raster/plot!`."
+  [c]
+  (and (vector? c) (= :remap (first c))))
+
 (defn- knock-index [palette c]
   (if (= :clear c) -1 (colour-index palette (second c))))
 
+(defn lut
+  "Remap `[:remap m]` as a raster index -> index table in `palette`. Slots of
+  any other palette are left as they are."
+  [palette [_ m]]
+  (let [t (js/Uint8Array. 256)]
+    (dotimes [i 256] (aset t i i))
+    (doseq [[a b] m] (aset t (colour-index palette a) (colour-index palette b)))
+    t))
+
 (defn knocks?
   "Does any node in `nodes` knock out, on any frame? Such a symbol is drawn into
   a layer of its own."
@@ -424,9 +440,10 @@
   ;; `[:style :color]` to read.
   (let [paint  (fn [op]
                  (let [c (rd [:style :color])]
-                   (if (knockout? c)
-                     (assoc op :knock (knock-index palette c) :color 0)
-                     (assoc op :color (colour-index palette c)))))]
+                   (cond
+                     (knockout? c) (assoc op :knock (knock-index palette c) :color 0)
+                     (remap? c)    (assoc op :lut (lut palette c) :color 0)
+                     :else         (assoc op :color (colour-index palette c)))))]
     (case (:kind n)
       :group nil
       :instance nil
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/events/ui.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/events/ui.cljs
index 2ae5a0c..00e2b46 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/events/ui.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/events/ui.cljs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
             [arthur.domain.channel :as ch]
             [arthur.domain.clipboard :as clipboard]
             [arthur.domain.correction :as correction]
+            [arthur.domain.cut :as cut]
             [arthur.domain.creation :as creation]
             [arthur.domain.gesture :as gesture]
             [arthur.domain.nest :as nest]
@@ -699,61 +700,79 @@
 ;; brush and eraser
 ;;
 ;; A stroke arrives as the pieces `domain/outline` traced off its mask, in stage
-;; pixels, holes and all. Each becomes a shape with a point every `:spacing`
-;; pixels of its outline — so a long stroke gets more than a dab. What it was
-;; made from is kept in `[:ui :last]`, Blender's Adjust Last Operation, so the
-;; spacing can be changed afterwards from the trace rather than from the points
-;; already thrown away, until something else is done.
+;; pixels, holes and all. Each becomes a shape fitted to within `:fit` pixels
+;; of what was painted — points where it bends, none on a straight run. What
+;; it was made from is kept in `[:ui :last]`, Blender's Adjust Last Operation,
+;; so the fit can be changed afterwards from the trace rather than from the
+;; points already thrown away, until something else is done.
 
-(def default-spacing 6)
+(def default-fit 1)
 
-(defn- stroke-points [pieces spacing]
-  (mapv #(outline/polygon % spacing) pieces))
+(defn- stroke-points [pieces fit]
+  (mapv #(outline/polygon % fit) pieces))
 
 (rf/reg-event-db
- ::spacing
- (fn [db [_ spacing]] (assoc-in db [:ui :spacing] (-> spacing (max 1) (min 40)))))
+ ::fit
+ (fn [db [_ fit]] (assoc-in db [:ui :fit] (-> fit (max 0.5) (min 8)))))
+
+(defn- saved [db] (:clip (store/entry (:clip/current db))))
+
+(defn- fresh-ids [] (repeatedly #(keyword (str "paint-" (random-uuid)))))
+
+(defn- erasing
+  "`db` with `pieces` cut out of the shapes at `paths`. See `cut/erase`."
+  [db before pieces fit paths ids]
+  (let [{st :store} (store/entry (:clip/current db))
+        cutters (mapv #(outline/rings-of % fit) pieces)]
+    (edit/transaction db (fn [_] (cut/erase before st (get-in db [:ui :open])
+                                            (editing-frame db before) paths cutters ids)))))
 
 (rf/reg-event-db
  ::stroke
- ;; `down` and `colour` are the eraser's: the symbol the stroke began in, and
- ;; the knockout it makes there. The brush draws in the tone, into the creation
- ;; target, as the pen does.
- (fn [db [_ {:keys [pieces down colour]}]]
-   (let [spacing (get-in db [:ui :spacing] default-spacing)
-         {:keys [refused clip sid frame] :as at} (when (seq pieces)
-                                                    (landing-into db down (stroke-points pieces spacing)))
-         ids (vec (repeatedly (count pieces) #(keyword (str "paint-" (random-uuid)))))]
-     (cond
-       (empty? pieces) db
-       refused (update db :project merge {:status refused})
-       :else
-       (cond-> (-> db
-                   (edit/transaction
-                    (fn [_] (reduce (fn [c [id pts]]
-                                      (paint/new-shape c sid id frame pts
-                                                       (or colour (get-in db [:ui :tone]))))
-                                    clip (map vector ids (:rings at)))))
-                   (assoc-in [:ui :last] {:kind (if down :eraser :brush) :pieces pieces
-                                          :spacing spacing
-                                          :down (:down at) :sid sid :frame frame :ids ids}))
-         (nil? down) (selected [:node sid (peek ids) (conj (:down at) (peek ids))]))))))
+ ;; The brush draws in the tone, into the creation target, as the pen does.
+ ;; With `paths` it is the eraser's, and cuts the shapes they lead to.
+ (fn [db [_ {:keys [pieces paths]}]]
+   (let [fit (get-in db [:ui :fit] default-fit)
+         before  (saved db)]
+     (if paths
+       (let [ids (vec (take 64 (fresh-ids)))
+             db  (erasing db before pieces fit paths ids)]
+         (assoc-in db [:ui :last] {:kind :eraser :pieces pieces :paths paths :ids ids
+                                   :fit fit :before before :after (saved db)}))
+       (let [{:keys [refused clip sid frame] :as at} (when (seq pieces)
+                                                        (landing-into db nil (stroke-points pieces fit)))
+             ids (vec (take (count pieces) (fresh-ids)))]
+         (cond
+           (empty? pieces) db
+           refused (update db :project merge {:status refused})
+           :else
+           (let [db (-> db
+                        (edit/transaction
+                         (fn [_] (reduce (fn [c [id pts]]
+                                           (paint/new-shape c sid id frame pts (get-in db [:ui :tone])))
+                                         clip (map vector ids (:rings at)))))
+                        (selected [:node sid (peek ids) (conj (:down at) (peek ids))]))]
+             (assoc-in db [:ui :last] {:kind :brush :pieces pieces :fit fit
+                                       :down (:down at) :sid sid :frame frame :ids ids
+                                       :after (saved db)}))))))))
 
 (rf/reg-event-db
  ::adjust-last
- ;; The last stroke's spacing, and the next one's: one setting, in the options
+ ;; The last stroke's fit, and the next one's: one setting, in the options
  ;; bar and in the panel, as Blender's redo panel writes back to the tool.
- (fn [db [_ spacing]]
-   (let [{:keys [pieces down sid frame ids]} (get-in db [:ui :last])
-         at (when pieces (landing-into db down (stroke-points pieces spacing)))]
-     (if (and pieces (= sid (:sid at)))
-       (-> db
-           (assoc-in [:ui :spacing] spacing)
-           (assoc-in [:ui :last :spacing] spacing)
-           (edit/transaction
-            (fn [c] (reduce (fn [c [id pts]] (paint/set-points c sid id frame pts))
-                            c (map vector ids (:rings at))))))
-       db))))
+ (fn [db [_ fit]]
+   (let [{:keys [kind pieces paths ids down sid frame before after]} (get-in db [:ui :last])
+         ;; Only while the document is still what the stroke left it as.
+         db (assoc-in db [:ui :fit] fit)]
+     (if-not (and pieces (identical? after (saved db)))
+       db
+       (let [db (if (= :eraser kind)
+                  (erasing db before pieces fit paths ids)
+                  (let [at (landing-into db down (stroke-points pieces fit))]
+                    (edit/transaction
+                     db (fn [c] (reduce (fn [c [id pts]] (paint/set-points c sid id frame pts))
+                                        c (map vector ids (:rings at)))))))]
+         (update-in db [:ui :last] assoc :fit fit :after (saved db)))))))
 
 (rf/reg-event-db
  ::insert-vertex
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/subs/ui.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/subs/ui.cljs
index 9a7d9a8..9e457ee 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/subs/ui.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/subs/ui.cljs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 (rf/reg-sub ::draft     (fn [db _] (get-in db [:ui :draft])))
 (rf/reg-sub ::hover     (fn [db _] (get-in db [:ui :hover])))
 (rf/reg-sub ::brush     (fn [db _] (get-in db [:ui :brush] 6)))
-(rf/reg-sub ::spacing   (fn [db _] (get-in db [:ui :spacing] 6)))
+(rf/reg-sub ::fit   (fn [db _] (get-in db [:ui :fit] 1)))
 (rf/reg-sub ::last-op   (fn [db _] (get-in db [:ui :last])))
 
 (rf/reg-sub ::convert   (fn [db _] (get-in db [:ui :convert])))
@@ -46,11 +46,12 @@
 (rf/reg-sub
  ::last
  :<- [::last-op]
- :<- [::render/clip]
- ;; The last stroke, while what it made is still there to adjust: an undo takes
- ;; the panel away with the shapes.
- (fn [[{:keys [sid ids] :as op} clip] _]
-   (when (and op (get-in clip [:symbols sid :nodes (first ids)])) op)))
+ :<- [::render/clip-id]
+ :<- [::render/paint-revision]
+ ;; The last stroke while the document is still what it left: any other edit,
+ ;; or an undo, takes the panel away, as Blender's goes with the next operation.
+ (fn [[op id _] _]
+   (when (and op (identical? (:after op) (:clip (store/entry id)))) op)))
 
 (rf/reg-sub
  ::selected-node
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/ui/palette.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/ui/palette.cljs
index aa44656..528b161 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/ui/palette.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/ui/palette.cljs
@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@
 
   The footage switch is NOT here. It is a viewing aid rather than something you
   set before you draw, so it is a section of the inspector. See `ui/params`."
-  (:require [arthur.domain.node :as node]
+  (:require [arthur.domain.channel :as channel]
+            [arthur.domain.node :as node]
             [arthur.domain.palette :as pal]
+            [arthur.domain.symbol :as symbol]
             [arthur.events.project :as project]
             [arthur.events.ui :as ui]
             [arthur.subs.render :as render]
             [arthur.subs.ui :as sub]
-            [re-frame.core :as rf]))
+            [re-frame.core :as rf]
+            [reagent.core :as r]))
 
 (rf/reg-sub ::chosen (fn [db _] (get-in db [:ui :palette])))
 
@@ -45,17 +48,101 @@
     (when (seq edits)
       (rf/dispatch [::project/set-channels edits]))))
 
-(defn- swatch [pid i {:keys [name hex]} tone placements]
-  (let [picker-id (str "palette-picker-" pid "-" i)]
+;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+;; remap: a shape that lights what is under it
+;;
+;; A shape coloured `[:remap {from to …}]` draws nothing of its own: whatever is
+;; already under it is drawn in other slots of the same palette, as Deluxe
+;; Paint's and Animator Pro's shade inks did. A flashlight is a circle of it.
+;; Pick MAP from the strip and draw one; its map is set in the inspector, or by
+;; dragging one swatch of the strip onto another while it is selected.
+
+(defn- remap
+  "The selected node when it is a remap shape, with its map at the frame shown:
+  `{:sid :id :frame :keys :map}`, or nil."
+  []
+  (let [[sid id n] @(rf/subscribe [::sub/selected-node])
+        frame      (:frame @(rf/subscribe [::sub/selected-local]))
+        ch         (get-in n [:channels [:style :color]])
+        c          (when ch (channel/value-at ch (or frame 0) nil))]
+    (when (symbol/remap? c)
+      {:sid sid :id id :frame frame :keys (:keys ch) :map (second c)})))
+
+(defn- map-slot!
+  "Light `from` as `to` under the selected remap shape; as itself, not at all."
+  [{:keys [sid id frame map]} from to]
+  (rf/dispatch [::project/set-channel sid id [:style :color] frame
+                [:remap (if (= from to) (dissoc map from) (assoc map from to))]]))
+
+(defn remap-section
+  "The inspector's map for a selected remap shape: each slot as what is under
+  the shape will be drawn in, the original in its corner where it is changed.
+  A slot opens a choice of what to draw it as."
+  []
+  (r/with-let [open (r/atom nil)]
+    (let [[_ _ palette] (shown)
+          {:keys [sid id frame keys] m :map :as rm} (remap)
+          slots (:slots palette)
+          hex   #(:hex (get slots %))]
+      (when rm
+        [:section.section
+         [:h2 "remap"]
+         [:div.remap-head
+          [:button.key {:class (cond (contains? keys frame) "on" keys "keyed")
+                        :disabled (nil? frame)
+                        :title (if keys (str (count keys) " held keys") "key the map here")
+                        :on-click #(rf/dispatch [::project/toggle-key sid id [:style :color] frame])}
+           "◆"]
+          [:span.dim (if (seq m)
+                       (str "what is under it: " (count m) " slot" (when (< 1 (count m)) "s") " changed")
+                       "changes nothing yet — pick a slot")]
+          [:span {:style {:flex 1}}]
+          (when (seq m)
+            [:button {:on-click #(rf/dispatch [::project/set-channel sid id [:style :color] frame [:remap {}]])}
+             "reset"])]
+         [:div.remap
+          (doall
+           (for [i (range (count slots))]
+             ^{:key i}
+             [:button {:class (str "cell" (when (contains? m i) " mapped") (when (= i @open) " on"))
+                       :style {:background (hex (get m i i))}
+                       :title (str "slot " i (when (contains? m i) (str " → " (m i))))
+                       :on-click #(swap! open (fn [o] (when-not (= o i) i)))}
+              (when (contains? m i) [:i {:style {:background (hex i)}}])]))]
+         (when-let [from @open]
+           [:div.remap-pick
+            [:span.dim (str "under it, draw " from " as")]
+            (doall
+             (for [i (range (count slots))]
+               ^{:key i}
+               [:button {:class (str "cell" (when (= i (get m from from)) " on"))
+                         :style {:background (hex i)}
+                         :title (if (= i from) (str i " — as it is") (str "slot " i))
+                         :on-click #(do (map-slot! rm from i) (reset! open nil))}]))])]))))
+
+(defn- swatch [pid i {:keys [name hex]} tone placements rm hex-of]
+  (let [picker-id (str "palette-picker-" pid "-" i)
+        to (get (:map rm) i)]
     [:div.slot {:key i}
      [:button {:class (str "cell" (when (= i tone) " on"))
                :style {:background hex}
                :title (str "slot " i (when name (str " · " (clojure.core/name name)))
-                           " · " hex " — double-click to edit")
+                           " · " hex
+                           (when to (str " · lit as " to " under the selected remap"))
+                           " — double-click to edit"
+                           (when rm ", drag onto another to remap it under the selected remap"))
+               :draggable (some? rm)
+               :on-drag-start #(.setData (.-dataTransfer %) "application/x-arthur-slot" (str i))
+               :on-drag-over (fn [^js e] (when rm (.preventDefault e)))
+               :on-drop (fn [^js e]
+                          (.preventDefault e)
+                          (let [from (js/parseInt (.getData (.-dataTransfer e) "application/x-arthur-slot"))]
+                            (when (and rm (not (js/isNaN from))) (map-slot! rm from i))))
                :on-click #(pick! i placements)
                :on-double-click (fn [e]
                                   (.preventDefault e)
-                                  (some-> (js/document.getElementById picker-id) (.click)))}]
+                                  (some-> (js/document.getElementById picker-id) (.click)))}
+      (when to [:i.badge {:style {:background (hex-of to)}}])]
      [:input {:id picker-id :class "palette-picker" :type "color" :value hex
               :aria-label (str "edit palette slot " i)
               :on-change #(rf/dispatch [::project/palette-color pid i (.. % -target -value)])}]]))
@@ -68,18 +155,24 @@
         placements @(rf/subscribe [::sub/selected-placements])
         hex        (when (number? tone) (:hex (get (:slots palette) tone)))]
     [:div.palette
-     [:div {:class (str "chip" (when (= :clear tone) " clear"))
+     [:div {:class (str "chip" (cond (= :clear tone) " clear" (symbol/remap? tone) " map"))
             :style (when hex {:background hex})
-            :title (if (= :clear tone)
-                     "clear: what is drawn knocks out what is under it in its symbol"
-                     (str "slot " tone " · " hex))}
-      [:span (if (= :clear tone) "×" tone)]]
+            :title (cond (= :clear tone) "clear: what is drawn knocks out what is under it in its symbol"
+                         (symbol/remap? tone) "remap: what is drawn lights what is under it"
+                         :else (str "slot " tone " · " hex))}
+      [:span (cond (= :clear tone) "×" (symbol/remap? tone) "⇄" :else tone)]]
      [:div.cells
-      (doall (map-indexed #(swatch pid %1 %2 tone placements) (:slots palette)))
+      (let [rm (remap) hex-of #(:hex (get (:slots palette) %))]
+        (doall (map-indexed #(swatch pid %1 %2 tone placements rm hex-of) (:slots palette))))
       [:div.slot
        [:button {:class (str "cell clear" (when (= :clear tone) " on"))
                  :title "clear — draws a knockout: a hole in its symbol"
-                 :on-click #(pick! :clear placements)}]]]]))
+                 :on-click #(pick! :clear placements)}]]
+      [:div.slot
+       [:button {:class (str "cell map" (when (symbol/remap? tone) " on"))
+                 :title "remap — draws light: what is under it is drawn in other slots of the palette. Set which in the inspector."
+                 :on-click #(pick! [:remap {}] placements)}
+        "⇄"]]]]))
 
 (defn assets
   "Which palette asset the grid shows, and a new or duplicated one, for the
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/ui/params.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/ui/params.cljs
index 60f5140..ea380ad 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/ui/params.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/ui/params.cljs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
             [arthur.subs.playback :as playback]
             [arthur.subs.render :as render]
             [arthur.subs.ui :as sub]
+            [arthur.ui.palette :as palette]
             [re-frame.core :as rf]
             [reagent.core :as r]))
 
@@ -210,10 +211,11 @@
 (defn- color-control [sid id ch frame auto-key? palette]
   (let [keyed? (some? (:keys ch))
         value  (channel/value-at ch (or frame 0) nil)
-        value  (if (integer? value)
-                 value
-                 (or (first (keep-indexed #(when (= value (:name %2)) %1)
-                                           (:slots palette))) 0))
+        ;; A knockout or a remap is no slot, and none is marked.
+        value  (cond
+                 (integer? value) value
+                 (keyword? value) (or (first (keep-indexed #(when (= value (:name %2)) %1)
+                                                           (:slots palette))) 0))
         off?   (and keyed? (nil? frame))]
     [:dd.channel {:class (when auto-key? "live")}
      [:button.key {:class (cond (contains? (:keys ch) frame) "on" keyed? "keyed")
@@ -826,6 +828,7 @@
         [palette-placement-section node]
         [clip-section])
       (when (and node (not palette-placement?)) [node-section node])
+      (when (and node (not palette-placement?)) [palette/remap-section])
       (when (and placed (not palette-placement?)) [symbol-section placed "source symbol"])
       (when (and node (not palette-placement?)) ^{:key (str (first node) "/" (second node))}
         [correction-section node])
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/ui/player.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/ui/player.cljs
index 2ba113d..3115927 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/ui/player.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/ui/player.cljs
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@
   no global interceptors."
   (:require [arthur.clock :as clock]
             [arthur.domain.clip :as clip]
+            [arthur.domain.cut :as cut]
             [arthur.domain.outline :as outline]
             [arthur.domain.palette :as pal]
             [arthur.domain.pick :as pick]
             [arthur.domain.raster :as raster]
+            [arthur.domain.symbol :as symbol]
             [arthur.events.playback :as pb]
             [arthur.subs.playback :as sub]
             [arthur.subs.render :as render]
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@
                  pen {:draft   @(rf/subscribe [::ui-sub/draft])
                       :hover   @(rf/subscribe [::ui-sub/hover])
                       :tone    @(rf/subscribe [::ui-sub/tone])
-                      :spacing @(rf/subscribe [::ui-sub/spacing])
+                      :fit @(rf/subscribe [::ui-sub/fit])
                       ;; Where a new shape would land, so what is being drawn
                       ;; is drawn in that symbol's stacking context.
                       :target  (:path @(rf/subscribe [::ui-sub/creation-target]))}]
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@
 
 ;; The brush or eraser stroke being painted: its mask, mutated in place as the
 ;; pointer moves, which is why it is an atom the stage pokes rather than state
-;; anything renders from. `{:mask :version :slot :knock :target}`, `:mask` being an
+;; anything renders from. `{:mask :version :slot :knock :paths}`, `:mask` being an
 ;; `outline/mask`.
 (defonce ^:private stroke (atom nil))
 (defonce ^:private trace-cache (atom nil))
@@ -195,39 +197,67 @@
     slot))
 
 (defn- traced
-  "Stroke `s` as the polygons letting go would make of it: traced and
-  simplified by the same function the saved shapes are, so the preview IS them.
-  Once per version of the mask and spacing, not once per paint."
-  [{:keys [mask version]} spacing]
-  (let [key [mask version spacing]]
+  "Stroke `s` as the rings letting go would make of it, `[outer & holes]` per
+  piece: traced and simplified by the same function the saved shapes are, so
+  the preview IS them. Once per version of the mask and fit, not per paint."
+  [{:keys [mask version]} fit]
+  (let [key [mask version fit]]
     (if (= key (:key @trace-cache))
-      (:polys @trace-cache)
-      (:polys (reset! trace-cache
+      (:rings @trace-cache)
+      (:rings (reset! trace-cache
                       {:key key
-                       :polys (mapv #(outline/polygon % spacing) (outline/pieces mask))})))))
+                       :rings (mapv #(outline/rings-of % fit) (outline/pieces mask))})))))
+
+(defn- op-path [op] (let [n (:node op)] (if (vector? n) n [n])))
+
+(defn- poly [ring op]
+  (assoc op :kind :poly :pts (into-array ring) :n (quot (count ring) 2)))
+
+(defn- cut-ops
+  "`ops` with each op of a shape at one of `paths` cut by `cutters`, as the
+  eraser will cut it."
+  [ops paths cutters]
+  (into []
+        (mapcat (fn [{:keys [pts n] :as op}]
+                  (or (when (and (= :poly (:kind op)) (contains? paths (op-path op)))
+                        (some->> (cut/cut (vec (take (* 2 n) (array-seq pts))) cutters)
+                                 (map #(poly % (dissoc op :pts :n)))))
+                      [op])))
+        ops))
+
+(defn- inked
+  "Op `op` drawn in tone `tone`: a slot's colour, or — for a remap — light on
+  what is under it, through the same table the saved shape gets."
+  [op tone palette active]
+  (if (symbol/remap? tone)
+    (assoc op :lut (symbol/lut #(index-of-slot palette active %) tone) :color 0)
+    (assoc op :color (index-of-slot palette active tone))))
 
 (defn- with-previews
   "What is being drawn and is not in the document yet, added to `ops` in the
   stacking context of the symbol it will land in: the pen's draft as far as the
-  pointer, and a stroke as the polygons it will be. A knockout goes INTO that
-  symbol's layer, so it clears what the saved one will and nothing else."
+  pointer, a brush stroke as the polygons it will be, and an eraser's cut as
+  the shapes it will leave."
   [ops palette active]
-  (let [{:keys [draft hover tone spacing target]} (:pen @snapshot)
+  (let [{:keys [draft hover tone fit target]} (:pen @snapshot)
         target (or target [])
         pts (cond-> (vec draft) (and (seq draft) hover) (into hover))
-        {:keys [slot knock] :as s} @stroke
-        poly (fn [ring op] (assoc op :kind :poly :pts (into-array ring) :n (quot (count ring) 2)))]
+        {:keys [slot knock paths] :as s} @stroke
+        rings (when (:mask s) (traced s fit))]
     (cond-> ops
-      (and (<= 6 (count pts)) (number? tone))
-      (clip/atop target (poly pts {:color (index-of-slot palette active tone)}))
+      (and (<= 6 (count pts)) (or (number? tone) (symbol/remap? tone)))
+      (clip/atop target (inked (poly pts {}) tone palette active))
 
-      (and (:mask s) (nil? knock))
-      (as-> ops (reduce #(clip/atop %1 target (poly %2 {:color (index-of-slot palette active slot)}))
-                        ops (traced s spacing)))
+      paths
+      (cut-ops paths rings)
 
-      (and (:mask s) knock)
-      (as-> ops (reduce #(clip/in-layer %1 (or (:target s) target) (poly %2 {:color 0 :knock knock}))
-                        ops (traced s spacing))))))
+      (and rings (not paths) (nil? knock))
+      (as-> ops (reduce #(clip/atop %1 target (inked (poly (outline/join %2) {}) slot palette active))
+                        ops rings))
+
+      (and rings (not paths) knock)
+      (as-> ops (reduce #(clip/in-layer %1 target (poly (outline/join %2) {:color 0 :knock knock}))
+                        ops rings)))))
 
 (defn paint!
   "Resolve `f` and put it on the canvas. `ops` are consumed here and only here —
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/ui/stage.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/ui/stage.cljs
index 7782243..621af19 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/ui/stage.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/ui/stage.cljs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
             [arthur.domain.outline :as outline]
             [arthur.domain.paint :as paint]
             [arthur.domain.pick :as pick]
+            [arthur.domain.symbol :as symbol]
             [arthur.events.paint :as paint-events]
             [arthur.events.ui :as ui]
             [arthur.footage.store :as store]
@@ -379,13 +380,15 @@
   "`[i t]`: the edge of ring `pts` that stage point `p` is on, from point `i`
   a fraction `t` of the way to the next — or nil."
   [pts [x y]]
-  (let [ps (pairs pts) n (count ps)]
+  (let [ps (pairs pts) n (count ps)
+        ;; Not a bridge: a point there would open the hole. See `outline-path`.
+        there (set (map (fn [i] [(ps i) (ps (mod (inc i) n))]) (range n)))]
     (some (fn [i]
             (let [[ax ay] (ps i) [bx by] (ps (mod (inc i) n))
                   dx (- bx ax) dy (- by ay)
                   l2 (+ (* dx dx) (* dy dy))
                   t  (if (zero? l2) 0 (/ (+ (* (- x ax) dx) (* (- y ay) dy)) l2))]
-              (when (and (< 0.05 t 0.95)
+              (when (and (< 0.05 t 0.95) (not (contains? there [[bx by] [ax ay]]))
                          (<= (js/Math.hypot (- x (+ ax (* t dx))) (- y (+ ay (* t dy)))) 1.5))
                 [i t])))
           (range n))))
@@ -393,28 +396,36 @@
 (defn- stroke-begin!
   "Start painting with the brush, or erasing, at stage point `p`.
 
-  The eraser's target is the symbol holding what the stroke STARTS on, and it
-  clears that colour only — Photoshop's background eraser — or, with ⌥, every
-  colour. Starting on nothing with ⌥ erases in the open symbol."
+  The eraser cuts the shapes in the symbol holding what the stroke STARTS on,
+  of the colour it starts on — Photoshop's background eraser, Flash's erase
+  fills — or, with ⌥, every one of them. Starting on nothing with ⌥ cuts in
+  the open symbol."
   [{:keys [open f] :as ctx} tool p size tone ^js event]
   (let [eraser? (= :eraser tool)
+        all?    (.-altKey event)
         op      (when eraser? (player/hit-op p))
         path    (when op (let [n (:node op)] (if (vector? n) n [n])))
-        all?    (.-altKey event)
+        within  (if path (pop path) [])
         {document :clip st :store} (loaded ctx)
-        slot    (when path
-                  (when-let [{:keys [sid id frame]} (nest/placement document st open path f)]
-                    (channel/value-at (get-in document [:symbols sid :nodes id :channels [:style :color]])
-                                      frame st)))
+        colour  #(when-let [{:keys [sid id frame]} (nest/placement document st open % f)]
+                   (when (get-in document [:symbols sid :nodes id :paint?])
+                     (channel/value-at (get-in document [:symbols sid :nodes id :channels [:style :color]])
+                                       frame st)))
+        start   (when path (colour path))
+        paths   (when (and eraser? (or all? path))
+                  (when-let [{:keys [sid]} (nest/inside document st open within f)]
+                    (into #{}
+                          (keep (fn [[id n]]
+                                  (let [q (conj within id) c (when (= :poly (:kind n)) (colour q))]
+                                    (when (and (some? c) (not (symbol/knockout? c)) (or all? (= c start)))
+                                      q))))
+                          (get-in document [:symbols sid :nodes]))))
         m       (outline/stamp! (outline/mask (:w ctx) (:h ctx)) p p size)
         s       (cond
                   ;; The brush's target is the creation target, which the player
-                  ;; reads for itself: nil here.
-                  (not eraser?)
-                  {:mask m :slot tone :knock (when (= :clear tone) -1)}
-                  (or all? path)
-                  {:mask m :knock (if all? -1 (:color op)) :target (if path (pop path) [])
-                   :down (if path (pop path) []) :colour (if all? :clear [:clear slot])})]
+                  ;; reads for itself.
+                  (not eraser?) {:mask m :slot tone :knock (when (= :clear tone) -1)}
+                  (seq paths)   {:mask m :paths paths})]
     (if s
       (do (reset! painting (assoc s :last p :size size :version 0))
           (player/stroke! (assoc s :version 0)))
@@ -428,11 +439,11 @@
     (player/stroke! (swap! painting #(-> % (assoc :last p) (update :version inc))))))
 
 (defn- stroke-end! []
-  (when-let [{:keys [mask down colour]} @painting]
+  (when-let [{:keys [mask paths]} @painting]
     (reset! painting nil)
     ;; Synchronously, so the shapes are in the document before the preview of
     ;; them goes: otherwise the stroke blinks out for a frame in between.
-    (rf/dispatch-sync [::ui/stroke {:pieces (outline/pieces mask) :down down :colour colour}])
+    (rf/dispatch-sync [::ui/stroke {:pieces (outline/pieces mask) :paths paths}])
     (player/stroke! nil)))
 
 (defn- cursor
@@ -442,6 +453,17 @@
     (when-let [[x y] @pointer]
       [:circle {:class (str "footprint " (name tool)) :cx x :cy y :r (/ size 2)}])))
 
+(defn- outline-path
+  "Ring `pts` as an SVG path, without its bridges: an edge the ring runs along
+  both ways is where a hole is joined to the outside (see `domain/outline`),
+  which the fill never draws and the outline should not either."
+  [pts]
+  (let [ps (pairs pts) n (count ps)
+        edges (map (fn [i] [(ps i) (ps (mod (inc i) n))]) (range n))
+        there (set edges)]
+    (apply str (for [[a b] edges :when (not (contains? there [b a]))]
+                 (str "M" (first a) "," (second a) "L" (first b) "," (second b))))))
+
 (defn- points
   "The pen on the selected shape: its points to drag, ⌥-click to delete, and a
   marker where a click on an edge would add one."
@@ -452,7 +474,7 @@
                (on-edge pts @pointer))]
     (when (and pts (not (channel/nothing? pts)))
       [:g.points
-       [:polygon.outline {:points (points-text pts)}]
+       [:path.outline {:d (outline-path pts)}]
        (when-let [[i t] edge]
          (let [[ax ay] (nth (pairs pts) i) [bx by] (nth (pairs pts) (mod (inc i) (quot (count pts) 2)))]
            [:circle.insert {:cx (+ ax (* t (- bx ax))) :cy (+ ay (* t (- by ay))) :r 1.6}]))
@@ -501,7 +523,11 @@
         pen? (= :pen tool)
         ;; The shape the pen is on, read while rendering: a click handler is
         ;; not a reactive context to subscribe from.
-        [esid eid egeom _ editable? eframe matrix] (when pen? (editing))
+        [esid eid egeom _ editable? eframe matrix] (editing)
+        selected-pts (when (and egeom matrix)
+                       (let [pts (channel/value-at egeom eframe (:store (loaded ctx)))]
+                         (when-not (channel/nothing? pts)
+                           (through matrix pts))))
         paints? (#{:brush :eraser} tool)
         mark @marquee]
     [:svg {:class (str "paint-overlay tool-" (name tool)
@@ -594,6 +620,9 @@
                                 (reset! painting nil) (player/stroke! nil)
                                 (let-go! false))}
      [ghost]
+     (when (seq selected-pts)
+       [:polygon.selected-paint-outline
+        {:points (points-text selected-pts) :pointer-events "none"}])
      (when mark
        (let [[[x0 y0] [x1 y1]] [(:p0 mark) (:p mark)]]
          [:rect.marquee {:x (min x0 x1) :y (min y0 y1)
diff --git a/frontend/src/arthur/ui/tools.cljs b/frontend/src/arthur/ui/tools.cljs
index b909323..6d11766 100644
--- a/frontend/src/arthur/ui/tools.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/arthur/ui/tools.cljs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     :icon [:<> [:path {:d "M15 1.5 L16.5 3 L9 10.5 L7.5 9 Z"}]
            [:path {:d "M6.5 10 C4 10 3 11.5 3 13.5 C3 15 1.5 16 1.5 16 C5 16 8 15 8 11.5 Z"}]]}
    {:tool :eraser :key "e" :name "Eraser"
-    :tip "erases the colour you start on, in its symbol · ⌥ erases every colour"
+    :tip "cuts the shapes of the colour you start on, in its symbol · ⌥ cuts every colour"
     :icon [:<> [:path {:d "M10 2.5 L16 8.5 L10 14.5 L5.5 14.5 L2 11 Z"}]
            [:path.cut {:d "M6 6.5 L12 12.5"}]]}])
 
@@ -51,13 +51,16 @@
               :on-change #(rf/dispatch [::ui/brush-size (js/parseInt (.. % -target -value))])}]
      [:span.value (str size "px")]]))
 
-(defn- spacing-control
-  "A point every so many pixels of outline: the brush's detail, by length."
-  [spacing event]
-  [:label.option {:title "fewer pixels between points is more detail"} "a point every"
-   [:input {:type "range" :min 1 :max 40 :value spacing
-            :on-change #(rf/dispatch [event (js/parseInt (.. % -target -value))])}]
-   [:span.value (str spacing "px")]])
+(defn- fit-control
+  "How closely a stroke's polygon follows what was painted: every point of the
+  painted edge within so many pixels of it. Closer is more points, and only
+  where the shape bends."
+  [fit event]
+  [:label.option {:title "how far the polygon may stray from what you painted — closer is more points, only where it bends"}
+   "fit within"
+   [:input {:type "range" :min 0.5 :max 8 :step 0.5 :value fit
+            :on-change #(rf/dispatch [event (js/parseFloat (.. % -target -value))])}]
+   [:span.value (str fit "px")]])
 
 (defn options []
   (let [tool  @(rf/subscribe [::sub/tool])
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@
                [:button {:on-click #(rf/dispatch [::ui/cancel-polygon])} "discard"]]
               [:span.dim.hint tip])
        (:brush :eraser) [:<> [size-control]
-                         [spacing-control @(rf/subscribe [::sub/spacing]) ::ui/spacing]
+                         [fit-control @(rf/subscribe [::sub/fit]) ::ui/fit]
                          [:span.dim.hint tip]]
        (if (< 1 (count selections))
          [:span.dim (str (count selections) " selected")]
@@ -87,14 +90,14 @@
      [layout/zoomer :stage "the stage"]]))
 
 (defn adjust-last
-  "Blender's Adjust Last Operation, for a brush or eraser stroke: its spacing,
+  "Blender's Adjust Last Operation, for a brush or eraser stroke: its fit,
   changeable until something else is done."
   []
-  (when-let [{:keys [kind ids spacing]} @(rf/subscribe [::sub/last])]
+  (when-let [{:keys [kind ids fit]} @(rf/subscribe [::sub/last])]
     [:div.adjust-last
      [:strong (if (= :eraser kind) "Erase" "Brush stroke")]
-     (when (< 1 (count ids)) [:span.dim (str (count ids) " pieces")])
-     [spacing-control spacing ::ui/adjust-last]]))
+     (when (and (= :brush kind) (< 1 (count ids))) [:span.dim (str (count ids) " pieces")])
+     [fit-control fit ::ui/adjust-last]]))
 
 (defn- typing?
   "Is a key going into a field? A slider or a checkbox has focus without
diff --git a/frontend/test/arthur/domain/cut_test.cljs b/frontend/test/arthur/domain/cut_test.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac4d74e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/test/arthur/domain/cut_test.cljs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+(ns arthur.domain.cut-test
+  (:require [cljs.test :refer [deftest is]]
+            [arthur.domain.channel :as channel]
+            [arthur.domain.clip :as clip]
+            [arthur.domain.cut :as cut]
+            [arthur.domain.paint :as paint]
+            [arthur.domain.raster :as r]))
+
+(def square [10 10 50 10 50 50 10 50])
+
+(defn- ink [ring]
+  (let [b (:buf (r/fill-poly-buf! (r/make 60 60) ring (quot (count ring) 2) 1))]
+    (fn [x y] (aget b (+ x (* y 60))))))
+
+(deftest a-cut-off-the-side-keeps-the-rest-with-the-cut-edge-as-its-points
+  (let [[left & more] (cut/cut square [[[40 0 60 0 60 60 40 60]]])]
+    (is (empty? more))
+    (is (= 1 ((ink left) 20 30)))
+    (is (= 0 ((ink left) 45 30)))
+    (is (some #{40} (take-nth 2 left)) "the cut edge is the shape's own points")))
+
+(deftest a-cut-through-the-middle-leaves-two-pieces-biggest-first
+  (let [pieces (cut/cut square [[[25 0 30 0 30 60 25 60]]])]
+    (is (= 2 (count pieces)))
+    (is (= 1 ((ink (first pieces)) 40 30)) "the right side is the bigger")
+    (is (= 1 ((ink (second pieces)) 15 30)))))
+
+(deftest a-cut-inside-leaves-a-hole-in-one-ring
+  (let [[ring & more] (cut/cut square [[[25 25 35 25 35 35 25 35]]])]
+    (is (empty? more))
+    (is (= 0 ((ink ring) 30 30)))
+    (is (= 1 ((ink ring) 15 30)))))
+
+(deftest a-cut-that-misses-is-nil-and-one-that-takes-everything-is-empty
+  (is (nil? (cut/cut square [[[0 0 5 0 5 5 0 5]]])))
+  (is (= [] (cut/cut square [[[0 0 60 0 60 60 0 60]]]))))
+
+(deftest a-ring-with-a-bridged-hole-cuts-like-the-shape-it-draws
+  (let [holed (first (cut/cut square [[[25 25 35 25 35 35 25 35]]]))
+        [ring] (cut/cut holed [[[0 0 20 0 20 60 0 60]]])]
+    (is (= 0 ((ink ring) 30 30)) "the hole is still a hole")
+    (is (= 0 ((ink ring) 15 30)))
+    (is (= 1 ((ink ring) 45 30)))))
+
+(deftest erasing-keeps-the-big-piece-on-the-shape-and-makes-the-rest-new
+  (let [clip (-> (clip/blank) (paint/new-shape :main :s 0 square 3))
+        out  (cut/erase clip nil :main 0 [[:s]] [[[25 0 30 0 30 60 25 60]]] [:t :u])
+        nodes (get-in out [:symbols :main :nodes])
+        pts  #(channel/value-at (get-in nodes [% :channels paint/geometry]) 0 nil)]
+    (is (= #{:s :t} (set (keys nodes))))
+    (is (= 1 ((ink (pts :s)) 40 30)))
+    (is (= 1 ((ink (pts :t)) 15 30)))
+    (is (= 3 (channel/value-at (get-in nodes [:t :channels [:style :color]]) 0 nil)))
+    (is (= {} (get-in (cut/erase clip nil :main 0 [[:s]] [[[0 0 60 0 60 60 0 60]]] [])
+                      [:symbols :main :nodes]))
+        "cut away entirely, it is gone")))
+
+(deftest erasing-between-keys-keys-the-frame-and-leaves-the-others
+  (let [clip (-> (clip/blank) (paint/new-shape :main :s 0 square 3) (paint/add-key :main :s 10))
+        out  (cut/erase clip nil :main 5 [[:s]] [[[40 0 60 0 60 60 40 60]]] [])
+        ks   (get-in out [:symbols :main :nodes :s :channels paint/geometry :keys])]
+    (is (= #{0 5 10} (set (keys ks))))
+    (is (= square (ks 0) (ks 10)))))
diff --git a/frontend/test/arthur/domain/instance_test.cljs b/frontend/test/arthur/domain/instance_test.cljs
index 600086c..32b2f68 100644
--- a/frontend/test/arthur/domain/instance_test.cljs
+++ b/frontend/test/arthur/domain/instance_test.cljs
@@ -522,3 +522,24 @@
     (is (= [a b p c] (clip/atop [a b c] [:g] p)) "under what is above the symbol")
     (is (= [a b c p] (clip/atop [a b c] [] p)) "the open symbol is on top of everything")
     (is (= [a b c p] (clip/atop [a b c] [:empty] p)))))
+
+(deftest a-remap-shape-lights-what-is-under-it-and-nothing-else
+  ;; A flashlight: a circle that draws nothing of its own, and draws what is
+  ;; already under it in other slots of the palette.
+  (let [sq (fn [x0 y0 x1 y1] [x0 y0 x1 y0 x1 y1 x0 y1])
+        document (-> (clip/blank)
+                     (paint/new-shape :main :wall 0 (sq 0 0 40 20) 2)
+                     (paint/new-shape :main :door 0 (sq 10 0 20 20) 3)
+                     (paint/new-shape :main :beam 0 (sq 5 5 15 15) [:remap {2 5}])
+                     (assoc-in [:symbols :main :nodes :wall :z] "a")
+                     (assoc-in [:symbols :main :nodes :door :z] "b")
+                     (assoc-in [:symbols :main :nodes :beam :z] "c"))
+        context (pal/compile document)
+        ops (vec ((clip/resolver document :main nil context nil) 0))
+        ras (raster/draw-ops! (raster/clear! (raster/make 320 200) 0) ops)
+        at  (fn [x y] (aget (:buf ras) (+ x (* y 320))))
+        slot #(pal/render-index context (pal/default-palette-id document) %)]
+    (is (= (slot 5) (at 7 10)) "the wall under the beam is lit")
+    (is (= (slot 3) (at 12 10)) "the door under it is a slot the map leaves alone")
+    (is (= (slot 2) (at 30 10)) "and the wall outside it is as it was")
+    (is (= [:wall] (pick/hit ops [7 10])) "a click goes through the light")))
diff --git a/frontend/test/arthur/domain/outline_test.cljs b/frontend/test/arthur/domain/outline_test.cljs
index d8df7d1..2ad2a0a 100644
--- a/frontend/test/arthur/domain/outline_test.cljs
+++ b/frontend/test/arthur/domain/outline_test.cljs
@@ -25,11 +25,16 @@
     (is (< 8 (covered m)))
     (is (< 15 (apply min (take-nth 2 (first (outline/rings m))))) "the long one first")))
 
-(deftest simplify-keeps-exactly-the-count-asked-for
-  (let [ring (first (outline/rings (outline/stamp! (outline/mask 60 60) [30 30] [30 30] 40)))]
-    (is (= 24 (count (outline/simplify ring 12))))
-    (is (= 6 (count (outline/simplify ring 1))) "never fewer than three points")
-    (is (= ring (outline/simplify ring 10000)))))
+(deftest a-fit-keeps-the-corners-and-straightens-the-stairs
+  (let [block  (let [m (outline/mask 60 60)]
+                 (doseq [y (range 10 40) x (range 10 50)] (aset (:buf m) (+ x (* y 60)) 1))
+                 (first (outline/rings m)))
+        stairs (let [m (outline/mask 60 60)]
+                 (doseq [y (range 5 55) x (range 5 (inc y))] (aset (:buf m) (+ x (* y 60)) 1))
+                 (first (outline/rings m)))]
+    (is (= 8 (count (outline/fit block 1))) "a rectangle is its four corners")
+    (is (= 6 (count (outline/fit stairs 1))) "a pixel staircase is one diagonal: a triangle")
+    (is (< 6 (count (outline/fit stairs 0.25))) "unless asked to fit closer than the steps")))
 
 (deftest a-loop-keeps-its-hole-in-one-ring
   ;; A ring of brush round a gap: one piece, one hole, and the one polygon it
@@ -48,11 +53,18 @@
     (is (zero? (aget (fill (outline/polygon piece 0.01)) middle)) "the middle is a hole")
     (is (zero? (aget (fill (outline/polygon piece 8)) middle)) "and simplified, still a hole")))
 
-(deftest points-go-by-length
-  (let [dab  (first (outline/pieces (outline/stamp! (outline/mask 80 40) [10 20] [10 20] 8)))
-        long (first (outline/pieces (outline/stamp! (outline/mask 80 40) [10 20] [70 20] 8)))]
-    (is (< (count (outline/polygon dab 6)) (count (outline/polygon long 6))))
-    (is (= 6 (count (outline/polygon dab 1000))) "never fewer than three")))
+(deftest overlapping-strokes-leave-no-slivers-and-nothing-crosses
+  ;; A scribble back and forth over itself: the gaps between passes are not
+  ;; holes anyone meant, and the one ring it makes fills back to the scribble
+  ;; without a cut through it.
+  (let [m (reduce (fn [m i] (outline/stamp! m [10 (+ 10 (* 3 i))] [70 (+ 12 (* 3 i))] 5))
+                  (outline/mask 80 60) (range 10))
+        [piece] (outline/pieces m)
+        ring (outline/polygon piece 1)
+        back (:buf (r/fill-poly-buf! (r/make 80 60) ring (quot (count ring) 2) 1))
+        miss (count (filter true? (map not= (array-seq (:buf m)) (array-seq back))))]
+    (is (< miss 80) (str miss " pixels differ — within a pixel of the edge, not a cut"))
+    (is (every? #(< (count %) 40) (outline/rings-of piece 1)) "and every ring is simple")))
 
 (deftest a-gap-open-to-the-outside-is-not-a-hole
   (let [m (-> (outline/mask 40 40)
@@ -60,3 +72,27 @@
               (outline/stamp! [30 5] [30 30] 4)
               (outline/stamp! [30 30] [5 30] 4))]
     (is (= [] (:holes (first (outline/pieces m)))))))
+
+(deftest a-small-hole-is-a-few-points-not-its-staircase
+  (let [m (outline/mask 60 60)]
+    (doseq [y (range 10 50) x (range 10 50)
+            :when (not (and (< 25 x 34) (< 25 y 34)))]
+      (aset (:buf m) (+ x (* y 60)) 1))
+    (let [[outer hole] (outline/rings-of (first (outline/pieces m)) 1)]
+      (is (= 8 (count outer)))
+      (is (= 8 (count hole)) "an 8×8 hole is its four corners"))))
+
+(deftest a-hole-whose-fit-would-cross-the-outside-is-clipped-to-it
+  ;; A wedge-shaped gap reaching to within a pixel of the outside: fitted on its
+  ;; own, its edge can cross the outside's. It stays a hole, inside the body.
+  (let [m (outline/mask 60 60)]
+    (doseq [y (range 10 50) x (range 10 50)
+            :when (not (and (< 12 x 47) (< 12 y (- 47 (quot (- x 12) 3)))))]
+      (aset (:buf m) (+ x (* y 60)) 1))
+    (let [rs (outline/rings-of (first (outline/pieces m)) 3)
+          ring (outline/join rs)
+          back (:buf (r/fill-poly-buf! (r/make 60 60) ring (quot (count ring) 2) 1))]
+      (is (< 1 (count rs)) "the hole is kept")
+      (is (zero? (aget back (+ 25 (* 20 60)))) "and is a hole")
+      (is (every? #(< (count %) 30) rs) "and simple")
+      (is (zero? (aget back (+ 5 (* 5 60)))) "and nothing outside the body is filled"))))
diff --git a/static/arthur/app.css b/static/arthur/app.css
index 43dd86a..6f8c26a 100644
--- a/static/arthur/app.css
+++ b/static/arthur/app.css
@@ -1414,6 +1414,7 @@ button.share-button:hover, button.share-button.on { filter: brightness(1.1); }
    rotates with the node and the tag does not. Sizes are in user units because
    this SVG's viewBox is the stage's 320x200 scaled by `zoom`. */
 .paint-overlay .creation-target { pointer-events: none; }
+.paint-overlay .selected-paint-outline { fill: none; stroke: #fbbf24; stroke-width: 0.8; vector-effect: non-scaling-stroke; pointer-events: none; }
 .paint-overlay .creation-target .creation-target-box { fill: none; stroke: var(--target-stage); stroke-width: 0.7; }
 .paint-overlay .creation-target .creation-target-tag-bg { fill: var(--target-stage); }
 .paint-overlay .creation-target .creation-target-tag {
@@ -1669,3 +1670,40 @@ button.share-button:hover, button.share-button.on { filter: brightness(1.1); }
   border-radius: 4px;
   box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, .25);
 }
+
+/* Remap: the map swatch, and the inspector's grid for a remap shape. A slot is
+   shown as what is under the shape will be drawn in; the original is the chip
+   in its corner. */
+.palette .cell.map,
+.palette .chip.map {
+  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3a3f52 0 50%, #e8d9a8 50% 100%);
+  color: #fff; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .6);
+}
+.palette .cell.map { grid-column: span 2; width: 36px; }
+.palette .cell { position: relative; }
+.palette .cell .badge {
+  position: absolute; right: -2px; bottom: -2px;
+  width: 7px; height: 7px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--pane); border-radius: 50%;
+}
+
+.remap-head { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; margin-bottom: 6px; }
+.remap, .remap-pick { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(8, 22px); gap: 3px; }
+.remap-pick { margin-top: 7px; padding-top: 7px; border-top: 1px solid var(--hair); }
+.remap-pick > .dim { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
+.remap .cell, .remap-pick .cell {
+  position: relative;
+  width: 22px; height: 22px;
+  padding: 0;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, .35);
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.remap .cell:hover, .remap-pick .cell:hover { border-color: var(--fg); }
+.remap .cell.on, .remap-pick .cell.on { box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px var(--pane), 0 0 0 2px var(--sel); }
+.remap .cell.mapped i {
+  position: absolute; left: 2px; top: 2px;
+  width: 8px; height: 8px;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .8);
+  border-radius: 2px;
+}