Project Toolbar
The Project Toolbar on the left side of the interface offers you several tools for selecting, editing, or drawing shapes, and adding text.
Selection Tool
- The Selection Tool is the default design tool in Move. It allows you to select objects on your canvas, as well as rotate, duplicate, and perform additional transformations with the selected object.
Node Tool
- The Node Tool will help you select individual points in your shapes and paths. Vector-based shapes consist of points connected by paths via mathematical equations. The path-connected points create vector shapes. These points are called Bézier Nodes. With the Node Tool, you can edit the points to refine the path of your shape. You can also use the Node Tool to add new points or remove points from a path.
Shape Tool
- The Shape Tool allows you to create geometric shapes, such as rectangles, lines, ovals, polygons, stars, and spirals. Clicking on the icon once will select the tool. Clicking a second time will open the sub-menu where you can select which shape you would like to create. Click and drag on your artboard to create the shape. After you create a new shape, you’ll revert back to whichever tool you had selected before the Shape Tool.
Text Tool
- You can add text to your document by clicking the Text Tool in the Toolbar, or by pressing T on your keyboard and clicking anywhere on the canvas. A bounding box will appear on your canvas, containing the word Text. The content-aware Text Panel will then appear inside the Style Inspector. To add text to the box, just start typing.
Hand Tool
- You can use the Hand Tool to move your canvas around without moving any individual elements themselves. Just click and drag.
Zoom Tool
- You can use the Zoom Tool to change the zoom level of your canvas.
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