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        • Add/ change fill color
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        • Eye dropper
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      • Stroke
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    • Canvas
      • Infinite Canvas/ Multiple Artboards
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        • Motion Path
          • Create a motion path
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          • Motion path easing
      • Zoom
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    • Interactivity
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      • Formulas
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  • Export & Hand-off
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  • Rectangle
  • Ellipse/ Circle

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  1. Editor
  2. Tools

Shape Tools

The shape tools allow you to create basic shapes like the Rectangle or Ellipse on your artboard, so you can further edit or animate them.

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Rectangle

To create a rectangle, go to the shape tool, select 'rectangle'. With this selected, go to your canvas and either simply click on it to place a default rectangle at that point, or click and drag to draw the rectangle out.

Ellipse/ Circle

To create an ellipse, go to the shape tool, select 'Ellipse'. With this selected, go to your canvas and either simply click on it to place a default ellipse at that point, or click and drag to draw the ellipse out.