15 Complete the path by doing one of the following:
t To close the path, move the Pen tool to the initial anchor point. When it is
directly over the initial anchor point, a little circle appears underneath the
Pen pointer. Click to make the connection.
t To leave the path open, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS)
anywhere away from all objects, or select a different tool in the Title Tools
panel.
Experiment with the different shape options. Try overlapping them and using dif-
ferent styles. The possibilities are endless.
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Note: To flip the
shape after you’ve
drawn it, use the
Selection tool to drag
a corner point in the
direction you want it
to flip.
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130 LESSON 7
Creating Dynamic Titles
Aligning shapes Sometimes you may need to create multiple shapes or titles and align them on the
screen. The Titler has several alignment tools to make this job easy. You will explore
a few here:
1 Delete your test shapes to create a blank Titler panel, or start a new title.
2 Draw a small circle using the Ellipse tool. You can constrain it to be a circle by
holding down the Shift key while you drag the shape.
3 Style the circle by clicking the style HoboStd Slant Gold 80.
4 Make three exact copies by choosing the Selection tool and then Alt-dragging
(Windows) or Option-dragging (Mac OS) the circle to three other locations
within the title-safe area, roughly in a horizontal line.
5 Select all four circles by Shift-clicking each one.
Notice that when more than one object is selected, the Align tools become
active.
