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Timeline buttons: These buttons consist of various functions like play, stop, start, end, loop
on/off and onion skin. Onion skin is used for controlling frames, layers and movies.
TOOLS PANEL
Adobe Animate has many drawing tools in the Tools Panel. These tools are used to create
illustrations, buttons and user interfaces. The following are the different types of tools:
Selection Tool: It is used to select objects and
also move them. Selection Tool
Sub-Selection Tool
Sub-Selection Tool: It is used to select partial
objects. Lasso Tool
Lasso Tool: It is used to select irregular-shaped Fluid Brush Tool
pieces of an object. Classic Brush Tool
Fluid Brush Tool: It works like the brush tool, Eraser Tool
except that it doesn’t smoothen the lines like Rectangle Tool
the Classic Brush tool.
Line Tool
Classic Brush Tool: It draws and paints
brush-like strokes. It lets you create special Pen Tool
effects. Text Tool
Paint Bucket Tool
Eraser Tool: It erases the area over which we
click and drag the Eraser tool. Eye Dropper Tool
Asset Wrap Tool
Rectangle Tool: It helps draw rectangles and
squares. Hand Tool
Line Tool: It is used to draw straight lines. Zoom Tool
Pen Tool: It allows you to draw lines and shapes
in free form.
Text Tool: It allows us to add text to our drawings.
Paint Bucket Tool: It allows us to fill an enclosed area with colours.
Eye Dropper Tool: It works with the Paint Bucket tool. It allows us to click on anything to select
its colour. Once the colour is selected, the Paint Bucket tool appears and lets us fill a different
object with the picked colour.
Asset Wrap Tool: It lets us manipulate characters during the animation process.
Hand Tool: It allows us to drag the stage around and see the parts that are not visible.
Zoom Tool: It allows us to zoom in and out of our scenes.
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