The pen and morph tools give you creative control over shape and motion. Draw anything, then animate it to transform it into something else entirely!
Drawing with the pen tool
Select the pen tool from the top toolbar, then click on the canvas to place your first point. Click again to create another point and connect them with a straight line. Keep clicking to build out your shape.
To adjust your shape:
Drag a point to reposition it
Hold ⌘ / Ctrl while dragging to pull a straight line into a curve
Close your shape by clicking back on the first point
Once your shape is complete, it behaves like any other layer in Jitter. You can style it, group it, and animate it.
Animating with morph
Morph allows you to animate your shape smoothly, transitioning it into a different form. Here's how:
Select your shape and open the Animate tab in the right property panel
Click New animation → Custom → Morph
Edit the shape directly on the canvas. This becomes the To value of the animation (the end state it morphs into).
Jitter handles all the in-between frames automatically, giving you a fluid, organic transition between the two shapes.