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title: "Ellipse"
slug: "create-ellipse"
updated: 2024-06-03T10:46:41Z
published: 2024-06-03T10:46:41Z
canonical: "docs.dataloop.ai/create-ellipse"
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# Ellipse

The **Ellipse** annotation tool is useful for the annotation of circular objects.

## Create an Ellipse Annotation

1. Go to the Annotation Studio.
2. Select the **Ellipse** tool.
3. Draw the ellipse on the canvas.
4. Click and hold the mouse button on the canvas where you want the ellipse's center to be.
5. Drag the mouse in any direction to increase the ellipse's size.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/53f32fe9-1937-4652-8526-90c1bc78d3f8/Images/Documentation/ellipse.gif)

## Ellipse Editing

1. The **Ellipse** tool must be selected in order to edit ellipse annotations.
2. Click on an ellipse to have it selected.
3. Drag & drop an ellipse to move it on the canvas.
4. Hold **Shift+Arrow** key to make fine position adjustments to the ellipse position.
5. Click and hold on any of the ellipse's points and drag it to change the ellipse's shape.