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131 Changing the shape of polygons and starburst as you draw or afterward

131 Changing the shape of polygons and starburst as you draw or afterward - InDesign Tutorial

From the course: InDesign Secrets

131 Changing the shape of polygons and starburst as you draw or afterward

Isn't this a lovely poster. It was designed by Nigel French and actually it's from his course on designing posters here at lynda.com. But you know, this empty space right here, this is bugging me. What it needs is something that is a little flashy I think. So I've actually prepared something that I'm sure Nigel would approve of, a lovely burst sale. Sale on arts. One of the most useful tools in InDesign's arsenal is the polygon tool. I want to show you a couple of tricks that you can do with the polygon tool today. First, there are two polygons tools. One is a frame polygon, right there. And one is a shape polygon tool, it's just called a polygon tool. I like this one because I hate seeing those big old Xs in my polygons. The Xs are for images, so you're supposed to put an image in there. So, I like this one. We're going to draw with the Polygon tool, and as I draw, it draws a hexagon for all those people who really need to create beehives. Let's Undo. And come back here and double…

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