Tip
If you wanted to adjust the direction handles instead of dragging the path and wanted to
see the direction handles for all of the selected points, you could choose Illustrator CC
> Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display (macOS) or Edit > Preferences >
Selection & Anchor Display (Windows) and select Show Handles When Multiple
Anchors Are Selected.- Choose Select > Deselect and then choose File > Save.
Deleting and adding anchor points
Most of the time, the goal of drawing paths with a tool like the Pen tool or Curvature tool is to
avoid adding more anchor points than necessary. You can reduce a path’s complexity or change
its overall shape by deleting unnecessary points (and therefore gain more control over the shape),
or you can extend a path by adding points to it. Next, you’ll delete and add anchor points to
different parts of the swan path.- Open the Layers panel (Window > Layers). In the Layers panel, click the eye icon ( ) for the
layer named “Bird template” to hide the layer contents.