Setting the Shape of an Arrow

Setting the Shape of an Arrow

You can change many aspects of an arrow to affect its shape.

How to Set the Shape of an Arrow

  1. Open a frame that has an arrow added to it.
  2. Double-click the arrow. The Object Properties window pane opens.
  3. Expand the Arrow section.
  4. If necessary, change any of the fields in the Arrow section. You can click in the various Curved check boxes to add or remove the curve effect from different parts of the arrow. You can change the numbers in the various other fields to change aspects such as length, width, and curve factor for different parts of the arrow. The best way to get the look you want is to change the fields and watch the Frame Editor as the arrow changes its shape.
  5. Click Save the active file. to save your work.

Note A very useful tool when working with objects is a palette, which lets you store objects for future use. For example, if you are including callouts with some frames, chances are that you'll want to use the same look and feel for all of the callouts you create. Instead of creating new callouts from scratch each time or copying them from other frames, you can create an initial model callout and then add it to a palette. Then, when you're ready to use a callout in another frame, you can just drag your model callout from the palette to the frame (and make minor changes, such as the text, from there). See Palettes.

What’s Next?

If necessary, you can continue enhancing the movie. Otherwise, you can finalize the movie by building and distributing it. See Editing a Movie and Building Movie Output Using the Interface.