Shape Properties
Properties shows the sections that apply to what is selected. Hover a value to see its name, scrub it, or click to type. While typing, Up and Down nudge the value (Shift for 10 times, Alt or Ctrl for a tenth), and Tab opens the next value for typing. Double-click a slider to reset it.
Name, Blend Mode, Anchor Point, Position, Scale, Rotation and Opacity, as in the After Effects timeline. With several layers selected, shared values edit all of them.
Blend Mode, Anchor Point, Position, Scale, Skew, Skew Axis, Rotation and Opacity.
Shapes
Section titled “Shapes”Rectangles, ellipses and stars stay live:
| Shape | Settings |
|---|---|
| Rectangle | Position, Size, Roundness |
| Ellipse | Position, Size, Start, Sweep, Ratio |
| Polystar | Type (Star or Polygon), Points, Position, Rotation, Inner Radius, Outer Radius, Inner Roundness, Outer Roundness. The two Inner settings show for stars only |
A plain path that is a perfect circle also gets the ellipse rows (Start, Sweep, Ratio).
A straight two-point path shows Line with its Length and Angle.
A pie slice or ring (an ellipse’s Start, Sweep and Ratio) and a line can push as a rig: a path driven by an effect, so the same settings stay adjustable in After Effects’ Effect Controls. Push as rig turns on by itself for a pie slice or ring, unless a pulled shape has keyframed Size or Position, and for a line drawn in Design Mode. A pulled line starts off. Turn it off to push a plain path.
Operators
Section titled “Operators”Select an operator in Layers, or a layer or group that holds one, to edit it:
| Operator | Settings |
|---|---|
| Merge Paths | Mode: Merge, Add, Subtract, Intersect, Exclude Intersections |
| Offset Paths | Amount, Line Join, Miter Limit, Copies, Copy Offset |
| Pucker & Bloat | Amount |
| Repeater | Copies, Offset, Composite, and a Transform with Anchor Point, Position, Scale, Rotation, Start Opacity, End Opacity |
| Round Corners | Radius |
| Trim Paths | Start, End, Offset, Trim Multiple Shapes |
| Twist | Angle, Center offset |
| Wiggle Paths | Size, Detail, Points, Wiggles/Second, Correlation, Temporal Phase, Spatial Phase, Random Seed |
| Wiggle Transform | Anchor amount, Position amount, Scale amount, Rotation amount, then the same timing settings as Wiggle Paths |
| Zig Zag | Size, Ridges per segment, Points |
The canvas previews each operator. Add one from a layer’s + in Layers.