User`s guide

Working with Spline Object Media
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2. For an oval centered around the cursor, press the Ctrl key while clicking and dragging.
To create a circle:
• Do one of the following:
• To create a circle, press the Shift key as you click and drag in the Composite window.
• To create a circle centered around the cursor, press the Shift key and the Ctrl key while
clicking and dragging.
Using the Rectangle Tool
The Rectangle tool creates rectangular or square spline objects.
To create a rectangle:
1. Click and drag the Rectangle tool diagonally in the Composite window.
2. To create an rectangle centered around the cursor, press the Ctrl key while clicking and
dragging the Rectangle tool.
To create a square:
• Do one of the following:
• Press the Shift key as you click and drag the Rectangle tool in the Composite window.
• To create an square centered around the cursor, press both the Shift and the Ctrl key
while clicking and dragging the Rectangle tool.
Using the Scissors Tool
The Scissors tool cuts splines in two.
To use the Scissors tool:
• Click one of the spline’s control points in the Composite window.
The spline is cut at the control point, and two new control points are created, one on each cut
end of the spline.
Rectangle tool
Scissors tool