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Apple Color 1.5 User Manual

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Selected control points turn green.

You don’t have to select every control point in the shape; you can make a partial selection
to resize only a portion of the overall shape. The center of all selected control points
displays a small green crosshairs box that shows the position of the selected control
points relative to the center handle.

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Do one of the following:

• Drag any of the four corners of the selection box to resize the shape relative to the

opposite corner, which remains locked in position.

• Option-drag the selection box to resize the shape relative to its center control (visible

as green crosshairs).

• Shift-drag the selection box to resize the shape while locking its aspect ratio, enlarging

or reducing the shape without changing its width-to-height ratio.

To toggle a shape between a curved B-Spline and an angled polygon

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Click either B-Spline or Polygon in the Shapes tab to change the shape to that type of
rendering.

To feather the edge of a shape

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Increase its Softness value.

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Chapter 15

The Geometry Room