Microsoft Expression Design on Demand

Chapter 8. Drawing Shapes and Paths

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• Understand Path Structure

• Define Bézier Curve Points

• Draw with the Pen Tool

• Edit Paths with the Direct Selection Tool

• Edit Paths with the Pen Tools

• Draw with the B-Spline Tool

• Draw with the Polyline Tool

• Split Paths

• Draw with the Rectangle Tool

• Draw with the Ellipse Tool

• Draw with the Polygon Tool

• Create a Compound Path

• Release a Compound Path

• Clone Paths

• Create a Clipping Path

• Importe Adobe Illustrator Graphics

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Introduction

Although you can create pixel-based bitmap graphics in Expression Design, it is by nature a vector-drawing application. Vector graphics are not pixel based and therefore are not resolution dependent. Common graphic items such as icons, logos, and even animated ...