Too Many Anchor Points Illustrator How To Affect Points

Which isnt so bad, until you try to turn that bad boy into a repeating pattern.

And then yikes.sorry Illustrator (and my computer) that I do this to you.

But it sure was working harder than it wanted to (kinda like how hard you work at the gym post a new years resolutionway harder than you want to).

It was so new and simple that I actually had to add it during post production because I wasnt totally sure it really worked until I tested it again later (skip directly to 3:24 for that one).

While the program has many ways to create and adjust shapes and paths, when it comes to drawing custom vectors or tracing sketches theres no better tool.

Click on the canvas where you want the path to start, then click again where you want the path to change direction.

If you hover the cursor over the starting point, a circle will appear.

In a shape with a lot of points this is how you can tell which is the starting point of a path.

You can precisely control the curves with the handles on the vector point.

This will extend bezier handles to the opposite direction as well, affecting the path behind the vector point.

Do this to alter curved paths, change a vector point to a curve vector point, or adddelete points on a path.

With this tool active you can move points or their bezier handles or change the direction of a path.

Click and drag to move it around without affecting the rest of the points.

Just be aware that this will affect how the vectors attached to the path behave, thus changing the paths on the other sides of the one you select.

With the Pen Tool selected, hold Option to activate the Anchor Point tool.

This also breaks the lock between that handle and its counterpart on the other side of the vector point.

To turn it off or back on, hit Command Comma to enter Preferences, then click Selection Anchor Display on the left menu and click the boxes next to Enable Rubber Band.

Too Many Anchor Points Illustrator How To Affect Points

With an understanding of how to affect points, paths, and curves, youll be able to create full-scale designs in no time.

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