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Basic Shapes

This video was recorded with the alignment guides turned on (View > Alignment Guides).
Using the Rectangle tool, the Ellipse tool, and the Polygon tool, drag to draw a rectangle, an ellipse, and a polygon.
Hold down Ctrl while dragging to draw a square, a circle and a polygon with equal sides.

Hold down Shift while dragging to draw objects from the center.

 

Basic Transformations
Adding Text

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