Finish Drawing A Path; Draw With The Freeform Pen Tool; Draw Straight Lines Followed By Curves - Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual

Drawing an S curve
A. Starting to drag new smooth point B. Dragging in same direction as previous direction line, creating an S curve C. Result after
releasing mouse button
(Photoshop only) To change the direction of the curve sharply, release the mouse button, and then Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-
drag (Mac OS) the direction point in the direction of the curve. Release the Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) key and the mouse
button, reposition the pointer where you want the segment to end, and drag in the opposite direction to complete the curve segment.
5. Continue dragging the Pen tool from different locations to create a series of smooth curves. Note that you are placing anchor points at the
beginning and end of each curve, not at the tip of the curve.
Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) direction lines to break out the direction lines of an anchor point.
6. Complete the path by doing one of the following:
To close the path, position the Pen tool over the first (hollow) anchor point. A small circle appears next to the Pen tool pointer
is positioned correctly. Click or drag to close the path.
Note: To close a path in InDesign, you can also select the object and choose Object > Paths > Close Path.
To leave the path open, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) anywhere away from all objects.
To leave the path open, you can also select a different tool, or choose Select > Deselect in Illustrator or Edit >Deselect All in InDesign.
For a video on using the Pen tool in Illustrator, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0037.

Finish drawing a path

Complete a path in one of the following ways:
To close a path, position the Pen tool over the first (hollow) anchor point. A small circle appears next to the Pen tool pointer
positioned correctly. Click or drag to close the path.
Note: To close a path in InDesign, you can also select the object and choose Object > Paths > Close Path.
To leave a path open, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) anywhere away from all objects.
To leave the path open, you can also select a different tool, or choose Select > Deselect in Illustrator or Edit > Deselect All in InDesign.

Draw with the Freeform Pen tool

The Freeform Pen tool lets you draw as if you were drawing with a pencil on paper. Anchor points are added automatically as you draw. You do
not determine where the points are positioned, but you can adjust them once the path is complete. To draw with greater precision, use the Pen
tool.
1. Select the Freeform Pen tool
2. To control how sensitive the final path is to the movement of your mouse or stylus, click the inverted arrow next to the shape buttons in the
options bar, and enter a value between 0.5 and 10.0 pixels for Curve Fit. A higher value creates a simpler path with fewer anchor points.
3. Drag the pointer in the image. As you drag, a path trails behind the pointer. When you release the mouse, a work path is created.
4. To continue the existing freehand path, position the pen pointer on an end point of the path, and drag.
5. To complete the path, release the mouse. To create a closed path, drag the line to the initial point of the path (a circle appears next to the
pointer when it is aligned).

Draw straight lines followed by curves

1. Using the Pen tool, click corner points in two locations to create a straight segment.
2. Position the Pen tool over the selected endpoint. In Illustrator and InDesign, a convert-point icon appears next to the Pen tool when it is
positioned correctly (In Photoshop, a small diagonal line, or slash, appears next to the Pen tool). To set the slope of the curved segment
you'll create next, click the anchor point, and drag the direction line that appears.
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