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[ 43 ]Step Three: To create a curved seg-
ment, click-and-hold to add a point
and then drag in the direction you
want the curve to go (don’t let go of
the mouse button until the curve is
positioned the way you want). This
creates an anchor point with two
handles. The direction and length
of the handles determine the shape
of the curved segment. (The han-
dles aren’t actually part of the line;
they’re little levers you use to con-
trol each line segment’s curvature.)
Continue around the object, creat-
ing curved and straight segments. To
delete the anchor point you just set,
press Command-Z (PC: Ctrl-Z).
Tip: If you get to a place on your
own photo that you need to change
direction, set the ending anchor
point for the preceding segment,
as you’ve been doing; then Option-
click (PC: Alt-click) that anchor point
to convert it into a corner point. Con-
tinue in the new direction, creating
segments as before. For example, if
you click-and-drag a point to create
a curve, and the curve isn’t behaving
the way you want, press Command-
Z (PC: Ctrl-Z) to undo the last point,
Option-click (PC: Alt-click) the pre-
vious point to convert it to a corner
point, and then try drawing your
curve again.
Step Four: When you’ve gone all
the way around the stone, point your
cursor at the starting anchor point,
and when a small circle appears near
the cursor, give the point a swift click
to close the path.