1. The Building Blocks of Path Outlines
Meet the Black and White Arrow tools
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Anchor points, segments, and control handles
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The three kinds of anchor points
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2. Using Anchor Points and Control Handles
Working with corner points
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Adding and deleting anchor points
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Working with smooth points
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Adding some random wiggle
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Working with cusp points
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Creating cusps by subtracting shapes
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Creating cusp points with the White Arrow
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Turning a circle into a droplet
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3. The Many Ways to Use the Arrow Tools
Getting to the Arrow tools on the fly
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Selecting and deselecting
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Selecting inside groups and compound objects
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Special ways to drag
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Creating cusps in Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
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4. Meet the Pen Tool
Introducing the Pen and precise cursors
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Communicating with the Pen tool
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Extending an active path outline
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Drawing vector-based paths in Photoshop
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Completing an open path outline
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Extending a dormant path outline
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Connecting two open paths
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5. Advanced Pen Tool Tricks
Undoing an anchor point versus deleting it
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Repositioning points and segments as you draw
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Real-world moving and nudging
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Inserting and deleting points on the fly
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Real-world inserting and deleting
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The spacebar versus very small drags
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Four unrelated Shift key tricks
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Converting points with the Pen tool
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Converting multiple points with a single click
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Conclusion
Until next time
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