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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. Following are the different types of tools:
                                                                                                                                            The 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         Selection Tool

                      and also move them.                                                            Sub-Selection Tool                       4  Click and drag to draw a line of the desired length and release the mouse button.
                                                                         Free TransformTool
                      Sub-Selection  Tool: It is used  to  select                                    3D Rotation Tool
                      partial objects.                                           Lasso Tool

                      Lasso    Tool:   It   is  used    to    select                                 Pen Tool
                      irregular-shaped in an image.                               Text Tool
                                                                                                     Line Tool
                      Free  Transform  Tool: This tool  is used  to           Rectangle Tool                                                                                                                                         1  Select the
                      move,  scale,  rotate,  skew  or distort  an                                   Oval Tool                                                                                                                      Line tool.
                      object.                                                  Polystar Tool
                                                                                                    Pencil Tool
                        Ink  Bottle Tool: This tool  is used  to  apply     Paint Brush Tool
                      color, thickness and styles to lines.                                          Brush Tool                                  3  Position the mouse pointer on the stage   2  Select stroke Color, Style, Width and
                                                                                  Bone Tool                                                      area until the mouse pointer changes to +.  Scale in the Properties Inspector.
                        Eraser Tool: It erases the area over which                                  Paint Bucket Tool
                      we drag the Eraser tool.                                Ink Bottle Tool                                               PEN TOOL
                                                                                                     Eyedropper Tool
                      Rectangle Tool: It helps to draw rectangles                Eraser Tool                                                The Pen tool is used to draw curved and as straight lines. To draw a curved line, follow the given

                      and squares.                                                                   Width Tool                             steps:
                        Line Tool: It is used to draw straight lines.              Camera
                                                                                                     Hand Tool                                            2  Click on the stage area from where the curve
                      Pen Tool: It allows you  to  draw lines and                Zoom Tool                                                               has to begin. An anchor point is created.
                      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                                                                                                         1  Click on
                      its colour. Once the colour is selected, the Paint Bucket tool appears and lets us fill a different                                                                                                       the Pen tool.
                      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.
                                                                                                                                                   3  Position the mouse pointer and drag to set the
                      Zoom Tool: It allows us to zoom in and out of our scenes.                                                                   slope of the curve. Now release the mouse button.


                                                                                                                                            If you want to continue drawing curves, repeat steps 2 and 3.




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