Overview
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Learn how to draw with the Pen tool more effectively in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Meet the Black and White Arrow tools
- Anchor points, segments, and control handles
- The three kinds of anchor points
- Working with corner points
- Adding and deleting anchor points
- Working with smooth points
- Adding some random wiggle
- Working with cusp points
- Creating cusps by subtracting shapes
- Creating cusp points with the White Arrow
- Turning a circle into a droplet
- Getting to the Arrow tools on the fly
- Selecting and deselecting
- Selecting inside groups and compound objects
- Special ways to drag
- Creating cusps in Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
- Introducing the Pen and precise cursors
- Communicating with the Pen tool
- Extending an active path outline
- Drawing vector-based paths in Photoshop
- Completing an open path outline
- Extending a dormant path outline
- Connecting two open paths
- Undoing an anchor point versus deleting it
- Repositioning points and segments as you draw
- Real-world moving and nudging
- Inserting and deleting points on the fly
- Real-world inserting and deleting
- The spacebar versus very small drags
- Four unrelated Shift key tricks
- Converting points with the Pen tool
- Converting multiple points with a single click
- Until next time
