Apple Shake 4 User Manual

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Chapter 27

Warping and Morphing Images

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Hold the Shift key down and drag to add points to a selection.

Hold the Command or Control key down, then drag to remove points from the
selection.

Move the pointer over the edge, or the transform control, of a shape, and press
Control-A or Command-A to select every point on that shape.

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When the selected points are highlighted, rearrange them as necessary by doing one
of the following:

To move one or more selected points, drag them where you want them to go.

To move one or more selected points using that shape’s transform control, press the
Shift key while you drag over the transform control.

Note: Using the transform control without the Shift key pressed modifies the entire
shape, regardless of how many points are selected. For more information on using
the transform control, see page 837.

To add a point to a shape:

1

Click the Edit Shapes button.

2

Shift-click the part of the shape where you want to add a control point.

A new control point appears on the shape where you clicked.

To remove one or more points from a shape:

1

Select the point or points you want to remove.

2

Do one of the following:

Click the Delete Control Point button in the Viewer shelf.

Press the Delete key (near the Home and End keys).

Those points disappear, and the shape changes to conform to the remaining points.

To convert linear points to Bezier points, and vice versa:

1

Select the point or points you want to convert.

2

Click the Spline/Linear Mode button to convert linear points to Bezier points, or Bezier
points to linear points.

An optional step is to set the Show/Hide Tangents button to All or Pick in order to view
tangents as they’re created.

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