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    Cant find the elipse tool.

    Posted by Richard Elm on July 25, 2015 at 1:04 am

    As the name suggests im unable to find the elipse tool for masking. Any ideas on how to fix this? Im using CS6

    Walter Soyka replied 11 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Walter Soyka

    July 25, 2015 at 9:46 am

    Make sure the tools panel is visible. Ctrl+1 (PC) or Cmd+1 (Mac) toggles this.

    Tap the Q key to cycle through the mask/shape tools until you get to the ellipse, or click and hold on the mask/shape tool icon (defaults to rectangle) until the other shape tools fly out and pick the ellipse.

    Walter Soyka
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