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— Hover the pointer over the first point created, and then click on the point.
— Press Shift-O on the keyboard.
— Click the Close button on the polyline toolbar.
— Draw a polyline until you are ready to close the shape, and then right-click and choose Polygon:Polyline > Closed.
The Close toolbar button (Shift-O)
All these options are toggles that can also be used to open a closed polygon.
Selecting and Adjusting Polylines
To create the shape you need for a mask or a motion path, you need to know how to manipulate the splines. Fusion provides a number of simple techniques for selecting, moving, and smoothing a spline, but also includes more complex adjustment techniques for scale, skewing, and twisting a spline.
Polyline Points Selection
— Click directly on the control points.
— Lasso around the points.
— Hold the Shift key to select a continuous range of points.
— Hold Command and click each control point you want to add or remove.
TIP: Once a control point is selected, you can press Page Down or Page Up on the keyboard to select the next control point in a clockwise or counterclockwise rotation. This can be very helpful when control points are very close to each other.
TIP: Once a control point is selected, you can press Page Down or Page Up on the keyboard to select the next control point in a clockwise or counterclockwise rotation. This can be very helpful when control points are very close to each other.
TIP: Once a control point is selected, you can press Page Down or Page Up on the keyboard to select the next control point in a clockwise or counterclockwise rotation. This can be very helpful when control points are very close to each other.
— Press Command-A to select all the points on the active polyline.
Moving Polyline Points
The selected polyline points can be moved using either the keyboard or the mouse.