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Object Types

Special Effects

Sketch currently has three special effects groups:

Blend Groups

To create a blend group:

1. select the two objects you want to blend
2. open the blend panel (Effects/Blend...)
3. set the number of steps
4. and press the Apply-button

If you later edit one of the control objects, the blend group will be updated automatically.

For optimal results, the objects should have a similar structure: bézier curves with the same number of nodes, groups with the same number of sub objects, etc.

Mask Groups

A mask group is a special group where one object defines a clip mask for the rest of the group. If this object is e.g. an ellipse, all that is drawn of the other objects are the parts that overlap the ellipse.

To create a mask group

1. Select the mask.
2. Invoke Arrange/Move To Top
3. Add the other objects to the selection.
4. Create the mask group via the menu Effects/Create Mask Group

Note: The topmost of the selected objects will become the mask, regardless of the order in which you select them. (In versions prior to 0.5.3 it was the lowest object)

If you want to edit the mask you can select it via the context menu (<Button3>).

The mask has to be a rectangle, an ellipse, a bézier curve or an image.

Text on a Curve

In Sketch, you can align text along a curve:

Text on a path can have either rotated letters (left) or skewed letters (right).

To create this

1. Select a text object and a curve (a bézier curve, an ellipse or a rectangle)
2. Choose Effects/Create Path Text from the menu.

To edit either the text object or the curve individually, select it via the context menu if the whole group is selected.

This way, you can hide the curves by assigning empty fill and line patterns.

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