Add and edit drawings in Keynote on Apple Vision Pro

You can create and edit a drawing on your slide, then move or resize it.

Add a drawing

Tap in the toolbar at the bottom of the window, tap Drawing, then tap one of the drawing tools (pen, pencil, crayon, or fill tool).
Pinch and hold your fingers to draw on the slide.
As you draw, you can do any of the following:
- Switch drawing tools: Tap the pen, pencil, crayon, or fill tool.
- Adjust the stroke size (line thickness): Tap the pen, pencil, crayon, or eraser, tap it again, then tap a stroke size.
- Adjust the color’s opacity: Tap the pen, pencil, crayon, or fill tool, tap it again, then pinch and drag the slider.
- Fill an area with color: Tap the fill tool, then tap the area. To draw a shape already filled with color, tap the fill tool, then draw the shape.
- Erase a stroke: Tap the eraser tool, tap it again, then tap Object Eraser. Tap the stroke or object fill you want to erase.
- Erase pixels: Tap the eraser tool, tap it again, tap Pixel Eraser, then tap the dot you want to erase. For finer control, or to erase smaller dots, zoom in. You can pinch and drag across your drawing to erase segments of lines and fills, creating separate strokes and fills.

Move a drawing

If the drawing toolbar isn’t visible: Tap the drawing, then pinch and drag any blue dot.
If the drawing toolbar is visible: Tap the selection tool, pinch and drag around the part of the drawing you want to move, tap Resize, then pinch and drag the selection.

Resize a drawing

If the drawing toolbar isn’t visible: Tap the drawing, then pinch and drag any blue dot.
If the drawing toolbar is visible: Tap the selection tool, pinch and drag around the part of the drawing you want to resize, tap Resize, then pinch and drag any blue dot.

Edit a drawing

If the drawing toolbar isn’t visible: Tap the drawing, tap , tap Edit Drawing, then make your changes.
If the drawing toolbar is visible: Tap a drawing tool, then make your changes.

Merge drawings

You can merge drawings so that they stay together as a single object. This makes it easier to move and resize the drawing as a whole.

Tap in the toolbar at the bottom of the window to select multiple drawings.
Tap the drawings you want to merge, or tap Select All, then tap Done.
Tap in the format bar that appears, then tap Merge.

Separate a drawing into parts

You can separate a drawing into individual objects that you can move, resize, or delete separately.

Double-tap the drawing.
Tap the selection tool, then pinch and drag around the part of the drawing you want to separate.
Tap Separate (you may need to tap to see it).

You can repeat this process to separate a drawing into multiple objects.

Animate a drawing

You can animate a drawing using the Line Draw build-in or build-out effect so that it appears in your presentation as if it’s being drawn or disappears as if it’s being erased.

Tap the drawing you want to animate, tap in the format bar that appears, then tap Animate.
At the bottom of the window, tap Add Build In or Add Build Out, select Line Draw from the Effects list, then tap .
To edit the animation, tap Line Draw at the bottom of the window, then do any of the following:
- Adjust how long the animation plays: Pinch and drag the Duration slider.
- Change how quickly the animation starts and stops: Tap Acceleration, then choose an option.
- Change when to start the animation: Tap Start, then choose an option.
- Preview the animation: Tap .
- Remove the animation: Tap Delete.
Tap Done in the upper-right corner of the window.

To learn more, see Animate an object onto and off a slide.

Add a drawing description

You can add a description to any drawing in your presentation. Drawing descriptions are read by assistive technology (for example, VoiceOver) when someone uses that technology to access your presentation. Drawing descriptions aren’t visible anywhere in your presentation.

Tap the drawing to select it, tap in the navigation bar at the top of the window, then tap Drawing (if it’s not already selected).
Tap Description, then tap in the text box and enter your text.

If you export your presentation as a PDF, drawing descriptions are still readable by assistive technology. See Export to PowerPoint, animated GIF, or another file format in Keynote on Apple Vision Pro.

To add descriptions to an image or video, see Add an image description or Add a video description.

Share or save a drawing

You can share or save a drawing as an image.

Tap the drawing, tap in the format bar that appears, then tap Share.
Do one of the following:
- Share: Tap a method for sending the drawing.
- Save: Tap Save to Files or, to save to Photos, tap Save Image.

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Apple Vision Pro User Guide