What Standard tools are available to create design ?

Standard Tools

Standard Tools are used to add elements to your design. You can add text, image, library shapes, line, ellipse, and rectangle or create freehand drawing or add paths to your design using these tools. Standard tools appear on the left side of Pixopa Design Express screen.

A closer look at Design Express Standard Tools

Following are the tools in this toolbar:

Add Text

Add text

Select this tool to add text to canvas. Once you click on this button, cursor will appear on centre of canvas. You can type the text and change formatting using text toolbar (that appears on the right side of canvas as soon as you select the text tool).

Add Image

Add image

Select this tool to add image to canvas. Once you click on this button, image library pan will slide down at the top of studio page.

This pan will allow you to add images from any of the libraries:

  • from your ‘My Images’ folder where you’ve uploaded the images earlier OR

  • from any online location like, your own Facebook, Picasa, Instagram, or Flickr albums.

  • You may login to any of your accounts and images under it will be displayed in image slider.

Once you open the required library (after login), you can just drag it and drop on canvas, and the image will appear on the canvas.

Shapes

Shape Library

Clicking on this tool opens the studio image library with a lot of shapes to choose from. These shapes are arranged under various heads, like, Basic, Objects, Arrows, Animals, Music, etc.

Draw Tool

Shape Library

Use this tool to draw a freehand drawing. Press the Left-click of mouse from where you want to start (on canvas) and move the mouse, keeping the left-click pressed. This will create free hand drawing.

Line Tool

Draw straight line

Use this tool to draw a straight line. Press the Left-click of mouse from where you want to start (on canvas) and move the mouse, keeping the left-click pressed, till the point where you want to end. This will create a straight line.

Rectangle Tool

Click to draw rectangle
Click to draw square
Click to draw freehand rectangle

Use this tool to draw a rectangle or a square (a rectangle with width equal to height is a square). Clicking on this option once will open the three types of rectangles that you can draw. Click on the appropriate one to select it.

Press the Left-click of mouse from where you want to start (on canvas) and move the mouse, keeping the left-click pressed, till the point where you want to end. This will draw a rectangle.

Ellipse Tool

Click to draw ellipse
Click to draw circle Click to draw freehand ellipse

Use this tool to draw an ellipse or a circle (an ellipse with width equal to height is a circle). Clicking on this option once will open the three types of ellipses that you can draw. Click on the appropriate one to select it.

Press the Left-click of mouse from where you want to start (on canvas) and move the mouse, keeping the left-click pressed, till the point where you want to end. This will draw an ellipse or a circle.

Path Tool

Draw a path

Use this tool to draw a path. Press the Left-click of mouse from where you want to start (on canvas) and move the mouse, till the point where you want to take a turn. Click again on this point to end this line segment and start a new line segment. You can end this path by either double-clicking or by clicking on the starting point. This will complete the path.

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