Creating an Object


To create an object, select an object creation tool, such as Rectangle, from the Tools panel, then click and drag in the drawing area. The farther you drag from the first click point, the larger your object. To conform the object to a 1:1 ratio, hold down Shift as you drag. If you want to make a perfect circle, for example, select the Ellipse tool, hold down the Shift key, and drag (Figure 10.10).

Figure 10.10. The first rectangle was created as a perfect square. The current 1:1 circle was created using the Ellipse tool and the Shift key to make sure it had a 1:1 aspect ratio. Its default style is solid white, as shown in the Title Properties panel


When your cursor is in a Tool mode (one of the 15 text or object tools), its only function is to create the item associated with the tool. If you want to modify an object's dimensions, you must switch to the Selection tool (press V or click it in the Tools panel). With the Selection tool, you can click and drag the objects to move them. Pressing Alt while dragging duplicates an object.

Editing an Object's Physical Dimensions

Create a square or any object, then click on the Selection tool to activate it; you will see eight adjustment handles with which you can modify the object's dimensions. Clicking and dragging on the corner handles increases the object's size from the selected corner. Clicking and dragging from the side handle points adjusts the size of the object on the side that you are dragging. In both cases, holding the Shift key while dragging preserves the object's aspect ratio, meaning the object's size increases or decreases uniformly. When you hover over one of the corner handles, the cursor switches to the Rotation tool; grab the handles to rotate the selected item. Holding down the Shift key constrains rotation to exact 45-degree increments (Figures 10.11a and b).

Figures 10.11a and b. By clicking and dragging inward from one of the handles with the Selection tool (a), you can reduce the overall size of the circle while preserving its 1:1 dimensions. When you click and drag a corner handle with the Rotation tool (b), you can rotate the selected item. Note the Rotation tool and the feedback in the Properties panel


For more detailed adjustments to specific dimensions, select the object and adjust it using the controls in the Transform panel (Figure 10.12). Here, you can adjust the object's location by specifying coordinates for X Position and Y Position, as well as set exact values for the object's Width and Height. You can also adjust the Opacity para-meter, which determines the transparency of the object, and Rotation, which turns the object the number of degrees you specify, up to 360.

Figure 10.12. The Transform panel displays the exact Opacity, Position, Size, and Rotation values for the selected item. Because all of these fields are hot text, you can easily adjust any of them to exact settings





Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 Studio Techniques
Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 Studio Techniques
ISBN: 0321385470
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 200

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