6. Press and hold the Pen tool in the Tools panel to give access to the Rectangle tool.
7. Use the Rectangle tool to create rectangles. Hold the Shift key as you drag to create
squares.
8. Now press and hold the Rectangle tool in the Tools panel to select the Ellipse tool. Try
drawing ellipses. The Shift key allows you to create perfect circles.
These kinds of random shapes may not win design awards, but they should give you an idea
of the flexibility of these shape tools.
9. Press and hold the Ellipse tool in the Tools panel to select the Pen tool. The Pen tool allows
you to adjust any existing shape. You can even click to add control points for more
complex shapes. Try changing the existing shapes you have created.
10. Press Command+A (macOS) or Ctrl+A (Windows) and then press Forward Delete
(macOS) or Delete (Windows) to make another clean slate.
Tip
If the keyboard of your Mac doesn’t have a Forward Delete key, press Fn-Delete.
You can also select layers in the Essential Graphics panel and delete them.
11. Experiment with the different shape options. Try overlapping them and using different
colors, with different levels of opacity. The layer position for an object in the Essential
Graphics panel sets which objects will appear in front, just as tracks do in the Timeline
panel.
Adding a graphic