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3 Do one of the following:
• If using a mouse, click in the Canvas, but don’t release the mouse button.
• If using a tablet, touch the stylus on the tablet to begin drawing the mask in the Canvas.
Continue drawing around the layer you are masking. To close the mask, finish the line at
the mask’s starting point. A small circle appears when the pointer is over the starting
point.
Note: If you don’t close the mask at its starting point, the mask is closed when you release
the mouse button.
A small circle indicates
target to close mask.
The mask is completed.
4 Edit your control points to fine-tune the mask.
For more information on editing control points, see How to Edit Shapes.
Editing Shapes
After you draw a shape using the Bezier or B-Spline shape tools, you can adjust the fill,
outline, and feathering to suit your needs.
Note: You can only feather shapes that have the outline turned off.
To edit a shape’s outline
1 Select a shape, then open the Shape Inspector.
2 To manipulate the shape’s outline, do any of the following in the Style pane of the Shape
Inspector:
• To turn a shape’s outline on or off, click the Outline checkbox. When selected, the
checkbox turns blue.
• To change the color of the outline, use the Brush Color parameter in the Outline controls.
• To change the width of the outline, drag the Width slider.
Note: You can also use the Shape HUD to turn the outline on and off, and to change
its color, roundness, and width.
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