Working on the Canvas

Select, move, resize, rotate, position, layer and delete objects on the canvas.

The canvas in the middle shows your project at the selected second. Click an object to select it; its settings open in the panel on the right.

Moving and resizing

  • Drag an object to move it. Guides appear when it lines up with the middle of the canvas or with another object.
  • Drag a corner to resize it. All four corners resize.
  • Drag a side to change the width or the height on its own.
  • The handle above the box rotates the object. The exact angle is in Position and size in the panel.
  • Hold Shift while dragging to turn off snapping.

Position and size

Under Position and size in the panel, X and Y place the object, the circular arrow sets its rotation, and W and H set its size. Type a number and press Tab to move to the next box. Every change is a step you can undo.

Selecting more than one

Cmd-click (Ctrl-click on Windows) to add an object to the selection, and drag them together. Press Backspace to delete what's selected, and Cmd+Z to bring it back.

Layer

Every object sits on a layer, set by the three pills at the bottom of the panel: Background, Foreground or Watermark. Background sits behind everything else, Watermark in front of everything.

Watch it in the editor

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