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Touch Gestures

Composer Player is designed to respond to contact and touch on supported platforms that offer touch support.

Gestures are the one or two finger touch inputs or basic actions you use to interact with Composer Player using touch. You can perform most tasks using only one finger.

The table below describes the touch gestures supported. Experiment using these gestures until you are familiar with them.

GestureActionDescription Result

One finger tap



Select

This is the most basic touch action. Touch the screen with one finger, then lift your finger.

Note: You must be in Select Mode . You can activate this mode from the main toolbar.



One finger slide



Select several elements in a trap

Place one finger on the screen and slide it in the direction you want to trap the object.

Note: You must be in Select Mode . You can activate this mode from the main toolbar.



One finger slide



Rotate

Place one finger on the screen and slide it in the direction you want to rotate the object.

Note: You must be in Rotate Mode . You can activate this mode from the main toolbar.



Two finger slide



Zoom in or out respectively

Place two fingers, slightly separated, on the screen. Then, slide both fingers closer to each other or farther apart to zoom in or out.



Two finger slide



Roll

Place two fingers, slightly separated, on the screen. Then, slide both fingers in the direction you want to roll the object.



Two finger slide



Pan

Place two fingers, slightly separated, on the screen. Then slide both fingers parallely to pan the camera.



One finger double-tap



Select to zoom

Tap the object twice in quick succession to zoom in.

Note: You must be in Select Mode . You can activate this mode from the main toolbar.



One finger double-tap



Fit all in

Tap the background twice, in quick succession.





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