Re: making your point a cusp
I wish I wish people would press F1 now and again. It makes things very simple and it even gives you pictures which is more than you get here,
Use the Direct Selection tool Direct Selection tool or the Lasso tool Lasso tool to select the path you want to modify.
Tip iconTo temporarily switch to the Convert Anchor Point tool while the Pen tool is selected, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS).
Select the Convert Anchor Point tool.
Position the Convert Anchor Point tool over the anchor point you want to convert, and do one of the following:
To convert a corner point to a smooth point, drag a direction point out of the corner point.
Dragging a direction point out of a corner point to create a smooth point
Dragging a direction point out of a corner point to create a smooth point
To convert a smooth point to a corner point without direction lines, click the smooth point.
Clicking a smooth point to create a corner point
Clicking a smooth point to create a corner point
To convert a corner point without direction lines to a corner point with independent direction lines, first drag a direction point out of a corner point (making it a smooth point with direction lines). Release the mouse button only (don't release any keys you may have pressed to activate the Convert anchor point tool), and then drag either direction point.
To convert a smooth point to a corner point with independent direction lines, drag either direction point.
Converting a smooth point to a corner point
Converting a smooth point to a corner point
Last edited by Albacore; 07 July 2008 at 06:52 PM.
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