# How to add text, images, and shapes

> Build your design from the Orshot Studio toolbar — text, images, video, shapes and dynamic elements

- **URL**: https://orshot.com/help/add-elements

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Everything you can place on the canvas lives in the **toolbar at the bottom** of Orshot Studio.

![The element toolbar at the bottom of Orshot Studio](https://orshot.com/help/studio/add-elements-1-toolbar.webp)

## Add an element

1. Click a tool — **Text**, **Image**, **Video**, or **Shapes**
2. The element appears on your canvas (or an insert panel opens for media)
3. Drag it into place, then [style it](https://orshot.com/help/style-an-element)

## Shapes

The caret next to the shapes tool lists all of them, with their shortcuts:

![The shapes dropdown with keyboard shortcuts](https://orshot.com/help/studio/add-elements-2-shapes.webp)

## Images and video

Media tools open an insert panel — pick something you've already uploaded, or upload new files right there. Everything you upload is reusable across templates from your library.

![The insert panel with library and upload tabs](https://orshot.com/help/studio/add-elements-3-insert-panel.webp)

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