Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

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9. Press the Shift key, and click to set points 6 and 7.


  1. Choose Select > Deselect.


Introducing curved paths


In this part of the lesson, you’ll learn how to draw curved lines with the Pen tool. In vector
drawing applications such as Illustrator, you can draw a curve, also known as a Bezier curve.
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. By setting anchor points and dragging direction handles, you can define the shape of the
curve. This type of anchor point, with direction handles, is called a smooth point.
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