They can also be adjusted after they’re already created, giving you tons of flexibility when designing and editing a shape or line. These handles can be dragged and stretched to manipulate the curve.
HandlesĮvery anchor creating a curve has handles. Anchor points can be manipulated, moved, reshaped and deleted in order to edit the lines that make up a shape. Anchor PointĪn anchor point is a point that connects two sections of a path that shows a change in direction – i.e. Path’s don’t have to have a stroke if you don’t want them to, but it’s always an option and can be changed in the stroke panel. The stroke is the thickness and/or color of the path. You’ll use the pen tool to create paths that will form your intended lines or shapes. PathĪ path is Illustrator language for a line. There are a few words we’ll use to describe the pen tool that you should know before we get too deep into things.
Related Post –> The First 5 Tools you Should Learn in Adobe Illustrator Pen Tool Vocabīefore we get into how to use the pen tool, let’s talk vocabulary quick.
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