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Stage: The stage is the main work area in Animate that is used while creating a project. Videos,
graphics, buttons, and all other elements can be organised on the Stage. It is a rectangular area
where we can create drawings or import contents. Default Width and Height of the Stage is 550 400
pixels.
Timeline: The Timeline is a panel at the bottom of the stage. It is divided into frames. We can control
the timing for the appearance and motion of various graphics and other elements of a project. We
can use the play head (which is similar to a cursor) to navigate through the project to any desired
frame across the timeline.
Playhead: The frame currently visible on the Stage is indicated by the playhead. The playhead
navigates the Timeline from left to right while a document is played.
Tools Panel: The Tools panel contains a set of tools to choose from, such as drawing tools, text tools,
selection tools, etc., which are used to create or modify objects as required in the project.
Selection Tool Subselection Tool
Free Transform Tool
3D Rotation Tool
Lasso Tool
Pen Tool Text Tool
Line Tool Rectangle Tool
Oval Tool PolyStar Tool
Pencil Tool Paint Brush Tool
Brush Tool
Paint Bucket Tool
Bone Tool
Eyedropper Tool
Eraser Tool
Camera Tool Hand Tool
Zoom Tool
Stroke color
Fill color
The following table represents a snapshot of the tools panel and the respective tools available in Adobe
Animate:
Tool Name Function
Free Transform Moves, scales, rotates, skews, or distorts objects.
Lasso Selects objects or parts of objects by dragging a free-form selection marquee.
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