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Description
Keyboard
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Creates a circle shape (click and drag in the
Canvas). Pressing Shift while you drag constrains
the shape to a circle.
CCircle tool
Creates a new line shape (by dragging in the
Canvas). Pressing the Shift key while you drag
constrains the line to specific angles.
NoneLine tool
Path Shape Tools
Choose a path shape tool from the pop-up menu to create Bezier or B-Spline shapes.
Description
Keyboard
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Creates a freeform shape with Bezier point vertices.
Click repeatedly in the Canvas to create a shape.
To close the shape, click the first point of the shape
or press the C key. To create an open-ended shape,
double-click the last point. (The resulting shape,
although open, is filled by default.)
B (Switches
Bezier/B-Spline
tool.)
Bezier tool
Creates a freeform shape with B-Spline vertices.
Click repeatedly in the Canvas to create a shape.
To close the shape, click the first point of the shape
or press C. To create an open-ended shape,
double-click the last point. (The resulting shape,
although open, is filled by default.)
B (Switches
Bezier/B-Spline
tool.)
B-Spline tool
Paint Stroke Tool
Select the Paint Stroke tool to create paint strokes.
Description
Keyboard
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Creates shape-based paint strokes. Click and drag
in the Canvas to draw strokes. Command-drag to
adjust the size of the brush stroke before you
create the stroke.
PPaint Stroke
tool
Text Tool
Select the Text tool to add text to a project.
Description
Keyboard
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Creates text and lets you edit the text of existing
text layers. Click in the Canvas and begin typing.
Choose the Select/Transform tool (or press Esc) to
grab or move the new text layer. To change
existing text, select the Text tool (in the toolbar),
then click the text in the Canvas.
TText tool
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