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The Liquify plugins, accessed from the dropdown menu on the InfoBar allow you to use a
wide range of effects to modify the outlines of simple shapes, lines and rectangles. The
plugins allow you to do this in an intuitive and painterly way without having to think about
individual control points and curve handles as you would with the Shape Tool.

The plugins take on the roundness, angle and softness settings of the nib and sit
beneath the main PAINT setting.

Line (left) modified by the Warp fast Liquify plugin (right)

Select a plugin, and then just slowly drag the nib over the edge of your line or shape to
see it in action.

The Shape Tool

The SHAPE TOOL is the main tool used for both creating precise curves, lines,
and shapes, as well as editing or altering lines and shapes.

Add/Change/Edit Indicator
Make curve
Make line
Smooth join
Sharp join
Break at points
Delete points
Reverse paths
Positions of handles
Smoothing
The InfoBar, shown above, provides a wide range of controls as well as precise numeric
control.