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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
content. The default width and height of the
HD Stage is 1280 by 720 pixels.
Selection Tool Free Transform Tool
Timeline: The Timeline is a panel at the bottom
of the Stage. It is divided into frames. We can Lasso Tool
control the timing for the appearance and Brush Tool
motion of various graphics and other elements
Eraser Tool Rectangle Tool
of a project. We can use the Playhead (which
Line Tool
is similar to a cursor) to navigate through
the project to any desired frame across the Pen Tool Text Tool
timeline. Paint Bucket Tool Eyedropper Tool
Tools Panel: The Tools panel contains a set of Bone Tool
tools to choose from, such as drawing tools,
text tools, selection tools, etc., which are used Hand Tool Zoom Tool
to create or modify objects as required in the
project.
The following table gives a brief introduction Fill color
of tools available in Animate 2024:
Tool Name Function
Selection Selects objects on the stage; an object must be selected before it can be
modified.
Free Transform Moves, scales, rotates, skews, or distorts objects.
Lasso Selects objects or parts of objects by dragging a free-form selection marquee.
Pen Draws lines or curves by creating a series of dots that are automatically
connected.
Text Creates and edits text.
Line Draws straight lines (strokes) of varying lengths, widths and colors.
Rectangle Draws rectangles of different sizes and colors. Press and hold Shift key to
draw a perfect square.
Brush Draws/paints with brush-like strokes.
Paint Bucket Fills enclosed areas of a drawing with color.
Eyedropper Picks up styles of existing lines, fills, and text and applies them to other
objects.
Eraser Erases lines and fills.
Hand Moves the view of the Stage and Work Area.
Zoom Increases or reduces the view of the Stage and Work Area.
Asset Warp Creates natural, flexible movements for objects, like bending or warping
shapes, by adding a skeleton structure to them.
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