Creating and editing a circle
Next, you’ll draw and edit a perfect circle with the Ellipse tool ( ). Later in the lesson, you’ll
make a series of copies of the circle you create here for other artwork.
Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window to see the whole artboard.
Select the Ellipse tool ( ), and move the pointer over a blank area in the upper-left corner of
the artboard. Begin dragging down and to the right to begin drawing an ellipse. As you drag,
press the Shift key to create a perfect circle. When the width and height are both roughly 1
inch, release the mouse button and then the Shift key.
Without switching to the Selection tool, you can reposition and modify an ellipse with the
Ellipse tool, which is what you’ll do next.- With the Ellipse tool selected, move the pointer over the left-middle bounding point of the
circle. Press and drag toward the center to make it smaller. As you drag, press Shift+Option
(macOS) or Shift+Alt (Windows). Drag until the measurement label shows a width and height
of approximately 0.3 inches. Release the mouse button and then the keys.