Moving around the canvas

Zoom in to work on the small parts, move the view to where you need it, and fit the whole artboard back in. The view is only how you see the canvas: it changes nothing in your animation.

Step by step

1. Zoom in

   Click + at the bottom right of the canvas, beside the zoom percentage: each click zooms in a step, around the middle of the view. − zooms out; Ctrl + and Ctrl - do the same.

2. Zoom at the pointer

   Hold Ctrl and scroll up over the cat in the window: the canvas zooms in where the pointer is, and the point under it stays put. Scroll down to zoom out.

3. Move the view

   Hold Space and drag on the canvas: the view moves with the pointer, whatever tool is on. The Hand tool at the bottom of the tools (H) drags it without Space, and scrolling moves it too. A tap of Space, without a drag, still plays and pauses.

4. Zoom to a layer

   Click Cat in the Layers panel, then press 2: the view zooms in until the selected layers fill the canvas.

5. Fit the artboard

   Click the zoom percentage, then Fit, or press 1: the whole artboard fits the canvas again. The same menu has a slider and a box for any zoom, Fit selection and Zoom 100% (0).

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