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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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