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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.                                           CREATING GRAPHICS AND SHAPES


                  TOOLS PANEL                                                                                                               Let us learn how to create different graphics and shapes using different kinds of tools.

                  Adobe  Animate  has many drawing tools  in the Tools Panel. These tools  are used  to  create                             LINE TOOL
                  illustrations, buttons and user interfaces. The following are the different types of tools:                               Line tool is used to draw straight lines. To draw a straight line, follow the given steps:

                     Selection Tool: It is used to select objects and
                    also move them.                                           Selection Tool                                                           4  Click and drag to draw a line of the desired length and release the mouse button.
                                                                                                     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                                     1  Select the
                    except  that  it  doesn’t  smoothen  the  lines like     Rectangle Tool                                                         Line tool.
                    the Classic Brush tool.
                                                                                                     Line Tool
                     Classic Brush  Tool: It draws and  paints

                    brush-like strokes.  It lets you  create  special             Pen Tool                                                             3  Position the mouse pointer on the stage    2  Select stroke Color, Style, Width and
                    effects.                                                                         Text Tool                                        area until the mouse pointer changes to +.     Scale in the Properties Inspector.
                                                                           Paint Bucket Tool
                      Eraser Tool: It erases the area over which we                                                                         PEN TOOL
                    click and drag the Eraser tool.                                                  Eye Dropper Tool                       The Pen tool is used to draw curved lines as well as straight lines. To draw a curved line, follow the
                                                                           Asset Wrap Tool
                     Rectangle  Tool: It helps draw rectangles  and                                                                         given steps:
                    squares.                                                                         Hand Tool
                                                                                                                                                                           2  Click on the stage area from where the curve
                      Line Tool: It is used to draw straight lines.             Zoom Tool                                                                                 has to begin. An anchor point is created.

                     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                                  1  Click on
                    object with the picked colour.                                                                                                       the Pen tool.

                      Asset Wrap Tool: It lets us manipulate characters during the animation process.

                                                                                                                                                                           3  Position the mouse pointer and drag to set the
                     Hand Tool: It allows us to drag the stage around and see the parts that are not visible.
                                                                                                                                                                           slope of the curve. Now release the mouse button.

                     Zoom Tool: It allows us to zoom in and out of our scenes.
                                                                                                                                            If you want to continue drawing curves, repeat steps 2 and 3.




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