Motion 5 - Path Shape Tools

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Path Shape Tools

Choose a path shape tool from the pop-up menu to create Bezier or B-Spline shapes.

Description

Keyboard
shortcut

Name

Icon

Creates a freeform shape with Bezier point vertices.
Click repeatedly in the Canvas to create a shape.
To close the shape, click the first point of the shape
or press the C key. To create an open-ended shape,
double-click the last point. (The resulting shape,
although open, is filled by default.)

B (Switches
Bezier/B-Spline
tool.)

Bezier tool

Creates a freeform shape with B-Spline vertices.
Click repeatedly in the Canvas to create a shape.
To close the shape, click the first point of the shape
or press C. To create an open-ended shape,
double-click the last point. (The resulting shape,
although open, is filled by default.)

B (Switches
Bezier/B-Spline
tool.)

B-Spline tool