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Length and angle for straight line
Position of selected point
Position of curve handle
Smoothing a line
Imported shapes or shapes from tracers may have unnecessary points on a line. Lines
with too many points can be unwieldy and can slow down rendering. MAGIX Page &
Layout Designer 2013 can smooth the line to remove unnecessary points.
Select all the points on the part of the line you want to smooth (see above). Drag
selecting around the region in the
SHAPE EDITOR TOOL is probably the easiest way to
select a large number of points.
Drag the smoothing slider on the end of the
SHAPE EDITOR InfoBar.
Tip: to make sure important points are not deleted, make sure they are not selected
("Shift+ click" on a selected point deselects it).
Constraining the line
When dragging a point handle, holding down the
constrain key ("Ctrl") will constrain the movement to
multiples of the constrain angle (controlled from the
OPTIONS dialog, GENERAL tab). When dragging a curve
handle the angle is constrained.