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Using the new on-canvas controls

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Using the new on-canvas controls

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- [Instructor] Now, one of the most exciting thing about live shapes in general inside Photoshop 2021, is that we now have what Adobe calls on-canvas controls. And so, notice immediately after drawing the line, I have these handles at either endpoint. And so, if I want to change the length and angle of this line, all I have to do is drag one of these endpoints like so. Now, notice that I'm doing so with the Line tool selected, but I could actually have any shape tool selected. So, I'll go ahead and switch to the Rectangle tool, and notice that I can still drag an endpoint. You can also change the angle of the line without changing its length by moving your cursor slightly beyond one of the endpoints, and dragging like so. And, notice that the Properties panel remembers the angle value. And that's going to become important in future movies as well. The other way to access these on-canvas controls is to switch to the black…

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