It doesn't really matter where you start because you can always go back and edit your points later. Click again to make the arc, holding down shift will constrain the handles to 45 degree increments. In the second picture you can see that I clearly did not give the handles the appropriate length to fit the curve I was trying to trace.
Now, trick 1 Ctrl key trick. To edit this curve, while still maintaining the continuity of the Pen Tool so you can click and make another connecting line after hold down Ctrl and click on one of the two handles. You'll notice that when you hold Ctrl the cursor changes from the Pen Tool cursor to the Direct Selection Tool cursor and consequently changes back to Pen Tool when you release Ctrl. This Ctrl key trick is very useful because after you have made many anchor points, you can always go back and edit sections by Ctrl-clicking on the line inbetween two points to see the handles you wish to edit.
And Ctrl-click to edit the handles or anchors themselves. Turning the sharp corner. Now we come across a hurdle in the design. We have two curves connected by a sharp turn. The Pen Tool naturally creates a smooth curve with two handles equal in length and opposite in direction and locked at degrees. When you use the Ctrl key trick you will notice that the length of each handle can be changed, yet the handles remain locked in opposite directions.
In order to turn the sharp corner we must break the link between the handles that keep them locked at degrees. Time to introduce trick 2 Alt key trick. While holding Alt, click the handle and now you are able to move just the one handle and not both simultaneously. Place your anchor accordingly and contintue tracing. If you want to reconnect the link between handles, Alt-click a second time on the anchor itself and drag out new handles.
If you ever click anywhere outside of your path line while using the Ctrl key trick, you will break the continuity of the Pen Tool. When this happens, simply click on the last anchor point you left off on.
Notice a little slash pops up on the bottom of your cursor. This indicates that when you click the Pen Tool will resume at this anchor point and all further clicks will result in connected lines. Direction point. At a smooth point, however, path segments are connected as a continuous curve. You can draw a path using any combination of corner and smooth points. You can always change point types if need be. Four corner points B. Same point positions using smooth points C.
Same point positions combining corner and smooth points. A corner point can connect any two straight or curved segments, while a smooth point always connects two curved segments. The main thing to keep in mind when you want to draw straight segments is to not drag the mouse after you click. An anchor point appears wherever you click with the Pen tool and, as we learned above, anchor points join line segments.
So you need to click at least twice in order to create a line segment. You can continue to make additional line segments by clicking. You create curves by using the Pen tool to add anchor points where a curve changes direction, and to drag the direction points that shape the curves. Curves are easier to edit and your system can display and print them faster if you draw them using as few anchor points as possible.
Using too many points can also introduce unwanted bumps in a curve. Instead, draw widely spaced anchor points, and practice shaping curves by adjusting the length and angles of the direction lines. Positioning Pen tool B. Starting to drag mouse button pressed C. About: Makers gonna make.
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