Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
A.
Anchor point
B.
Direction line
C.
Direction point
Paths can have two kinds of anchor points: corner points and smooth points.
At a
corner point
, a path abruptly changes direction. At a
smooth point
, path
segments are connected as a continuous curve.
You can draw a path using any combination of corner and smooth points. If
you draw the wrong kind of point, you can always change it.
—From Illustrator Help
Introducing curved paths
In this part of the lesson, you'll learn how to draw smooth, curved lines with the Pen tool. In
vector drawing applications, such as Illustrator, you draw a curve, called a
Bezier curve
,
with anchor points and direction handles. By setting anchor points and dragging direction
handles, you can define the shape of the curve. Although drawing curves this way can take
