Adding shapes: Rectangle & Circle
Use Rectangle and Circle elements for backgrounds, bars and badges, with solid or gradient fill and corner radius.
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Shapes are the building blocks for backgrounds, bars, and accents. Drag a Rectangle or Circle from the Elements panel onto the canvas.
Rectangle
Use rectangles for lower-third bars, panels, and backgrounds.
Inspector properties:
- Fill: Solid or Gradient, with a color picker and opacity.
- Border Radius: round the corners (uniform or Individual per-corner).
- Plus Transform, Connections, Effects, Mask, and Animation.
Circle
Use circles for avatars, dots, badges, and bug backgrounds.
Inspector properties:
- Fill: Solid or Gradient plus color.
- Shape > Lock Aspect Ratio: on by default to keep it a perfect circle; turn off to make an ellipse.
- Plus Transform, Connections, Effects, Mask, and Animation.