Shape

The <shape> tag creates a layer in which one or more shapes are drawn. These shapes are either cubic bezier shapes or linear shapes. Shapes are drawn and filled with a color. The path of a shape can be animated with an <animation> .

SYNTAX

<shape
    path="a cubic bezier path"
    points="a list of points which are connected with straight lines"
    width="number"
    height="number"
    fill="color"
    stroke="color"
    linewidth="number"
    duration="time | variable"
    offset="time"
    blendmode="blendmode"
    anchor="point"
    position="point"
    scale="point"
    rotation="float"
    opacity="float"
    origin="point"
    condition="variable"
    
    >
    . . .
</shape>

CONTAINED IN

<scene>

CAN CONTAIN

<mask>

<path>

ATTRIBUTES

color: The color to fill this layer with.
width: The width of this layer. Default is the natural size of the footage item.
height: The height of this layer. Default is the natural size of the footage item.
stroke: The color to draw the lines with.
fill: The color to fill this shape with.
linewidth: The thickness of the lines.
duration: The duration this layer is rendered. The duration can be given in frame or time format. Default is the natural duration of the footage item. Can be a variable.
offset: The time from the beginning of the scene when this layer shall begin to render. Default is "0".
blendmode: The pixel mix mode. Can be either "normal", "multiply", "screen", "overlay", "softlight", "hardlight". Default is "normal".
position: The point for the origin of this layer. Default is "0, 0".
scale: The scale factor for this layer. Default is "1, 1".
anchor: The offset from the center of this layer around rotation, position and scale is applied. Default is "0, 0".
rotation: The angle this layer.shall be rotated. Default is "0".
opacity: The opacity this layer will be rendered with. Default is "1".
condition: A variable definition which determines whether the layer is rendered or not. Default is to always render the layer.
overlap: The amount of time the layer will be rendered short (values < 0) or is skipped (values > 0). Default is "0".