Constraining a line to 90 degree angles while drawing

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atomdocs
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Constraining a line to 90 degree angles while drawing

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I have just started using Capture and I really like the close integration with Flare. It massively speeds up my screenshot/callout workflow. There is one thing that I am disappointed not to find, though: constrain lines to 90 or 45 degrees with CTRL or SHIFT or another key modifier while drawing. I like my lines to be straight, and doing this by eye is cutting in half the time I gain through Capture's Flare/layers integration.

Is this function available somewhere in Capture?

Thanks,

Tom
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Re: Constraining a line to 90 degree angles while drawing

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I might be wrong, but I don't think that function exists in Capture. I miss it, too.

Once you've got a line that looks good, you can add it to your palette so that you can quickly add it elsewhere and then just fiddle with its length.
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Re: Constraining a line to 90 degree angles while drawing

Post by atomdocs »

Thanks for the tip Nita, I'll do that. The palette function is nice. I think I'll put in a feature request too.

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