Practice-Draw
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First, let's practice drawing vector images.
Draw, edit, and re-edit shapes easily.
Draw a Live Rectangle
Drag any of the four corner widgets to change the corner radiuses. A red arc
appears when you reach the maximum corner radius.
Tip: To modify a single corner, use the Direct Selection tool to click the
anchor point, and then click the corner widget and drag to edit.
Scale a rectangle by dragging any of the eight bounding box handles. To
rotate, move the cursor away from a corner until you see the Rotate icon, and
then drag.
Use the center point widget to locate the shape’s center for easy alignment.
Edit a shape precisely
In the Control panel, click Shape to precisely change a Live Rectangle’s
attributes, such as dimensions, rotation, and corner properties. Or adjust
properties in the Transform panel.
Tip: To reset a rotated shape or path to its original angle, select 0° in the
Polygon Angle or Rotate field.
Draw a Live Polygon
The default polygon is six-sided, but you can drag its side widget to
dynamically change the number of sides. Or in the Transform panel, use the
slider or entry field.
You can scale Live Polygons non-uniformly without losing their live
characteristics. To return the shapes to equal-sided polygons,
click Make Sides Equal in the Transform or Shape panel.
Round Live Polygon corners
Drag the single rounded corner widget to round all corners of a polygon. To
edit a corner individually, use the Direct Selection tool and click the anchor
point of the corner to modify.
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the widget to cycle through
corner styles, such as Round, Inverted Round, and Chamfer. Double-click the
widget to access a Corners menu to customize the appearance and rounding
attributes.
Draw a Live Ellipse
Change the dimensions of a Live Ellipse dynamically using the bounding box
handles.
Shift-drag a bounding box handle to resize the shape proportionally. Press Alt
(Option) and Shift-drag to scale proportionally from the center.
To rotate an ellipse, move the cursor away from a bounding box handle until
you see the Rotate icon. Then drag to rotate. An Angle Readout box appears
while you drag.
Tip: Press Shift while rotating to snap to 45° angles.
Make some pies
Drag one of the pie widgets to create a pie shape.
Tip: Click the Invert Pie icon under Shape Properties in the Control panel, or
under Ellipse Properties in the Transform panel, to invert the pie shape.
Tip: To reset a pie shape back to an ellipse, double-click one of the pie
widgets.
Draw a Live Line segment
As you drag with the Line Segment tool, the Angle and Length readouts give
instant feedback.
To rotate the line, move the cursor away from an end widget until you see the
Rotate icon. Then drag to rotate. The line rotates around its center.
Easily resize and align
Resize the line by dragging the end widgets. Or enter the length and angle
desired in the Line Length and Line Angle fields under Line Properties in the
Transform panel.
The center point widget makes it easy to locate the line’s center — to precisely
position and align objects with the center.
Draw perfect shapes precisely
Hinting in Smart Guides provides helpful information as you draw.
For example:
• As you drag a widget to extend a line, a colored hinting guide appears along
its trajectory.
• A diagonal hinting guide appears inside a rectangle as you draw a square.
• Hinting crosshairs appear inside an ellipse as you draw a perfect circle.
Align adjacent objects accurately
Choose Preferences > Smart Guides > Alignment Guides and Spacing Guides
to see equal spacing guides when you move objects.
