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Thepent

ooli
sagr
eatver
sat
il
etoolf
orcr
eat
ingsmoot
hant
i
-al
i
asedcur
vesandshapes.Thi
stut
ori
aldoes
notgoi
ntoALLi
tscapabi
l
it
ies,butwi
l
lgi
veyouaqui
ckcr
ashcour
seonwhatyoucandowi
thi
t.The
f
oll
owi
ngst
epswi
l
ltakeyout
hroughmaki
ngabasi
ccur
veshape.

1.openanewdocumentwi
thheight/
widt
hofyourchoiceandsel ectt
hepentooli
nyour
tool
bar
.It

sri
ghtabovet
het
exttool.Makesureit

ssett othepict
uredset
ti
ng.Ifi
t’
snot
,
cli
ckandhol
dunti
lamenupopsupt oselectadi
ff
erentfunct
ion.

2.Thef
ir
ststeptocr
eati
ngyourshapeist
ocr eat
eabasi
coutli
ne.We’
regoingto
addcur
veslater
.Int
hecaseofmyshape,Iclickon3poi
nts:t
hebegi
nningpoint
,
t
heendpoint,andbackt
othebeginni
ngpointtocl
oset
hepath.

3.Clickandholdthepentooli
cononthet
ool
bar.Amenuwil
lpopupnextt
oyour
cursor.Cl
ickon t
heopti
on“AddAnchorPoi
ntTool
”.We’
regoi
ngtoaddpoi
ntst
o
thepat ht
hatwil
laddcur
ves.

4.Wi
ththeAddAnchorPointToolsel
ected,cl
i
ckanywhereonyourpatht
o
addapoint
.Thi
spointcannowbedr aggedandadjust
edtoaddcurvest
o
t
hepath.

5.Clickanddragonthepointyouj
ustcr
eated.Yourpathwilll
ook
di
ff
erentthanminedependi
ngonwhichwayyoudr ag,obvi
ously
.
Idr
aggedt otheri
ghtandgotwhatl
ooksli
kethis:

6.Repeatst
eps4and5t ocontinueaddingpointsanddraggingt
hem tocr
eate
newcurvesinyourpat
h.Youcancr eat
eani nfi
nit
evariat
i
ondependingonthe
amountofanchorpoi
ntsandhowt hecontrolpoi
ntsFORt hoseanchorpoi
nts
areposi
ti
oned.Thecontrolpoi
ntscont
rolt
heshar pnessandangleofthecur
ve.

7.Whenyou’r
esat
isf
iedwit
hyourshape,r i
ght
-cl
i
ckanddr agdownto
“f
il
lpat
h”(t
ofi
l
lwi
thcolor
),“
str
okepath”(toaddaborder)or“make
sel
ecti
on”t
oaddascroll
i
ngmar queearoundtheobj
ect.

Note:Theot heropti
onsyoucanseeinthemenuwi llcr
eateacust om shape
i
ntheshapet oolmenu,createacli
ppi
ngmaskar oundthepat h,and
ot
hermor ecompl i
catedf
uncti
onswe’r
enotgoingtodealwi t
hint hi
s
t
utori
al.Ther
ear eothert
utor
ial
sfr
om moreexpertusersforthose!

Atthi
spoi nt,yourpat hwi l
lbef
ill
edwithcol ororwhateveropt i
onyou
chosesoyoucant r
eatitasanyot herobj ect-addlayerstyles,add
color
,andsoon.Theedgesoft hi
sobjectshoul dbesmoot handnon-
pixel
ated.Iftheyaren’t
,youmayneedt oaddmor econtrolpoints
toyourpat handadj ustotheronessot hecur vesaresmoot her.You
canclickonapr evi
ousst epinyour“History”windowtogoback
topreviousactionsyout ookand“ undo”them.

Ihopethi
shelps.Ifyouhaveanyquest i
ons,wantt
otal
kshopor
arehavi
ngproblemswi t
hthi
stutor
ial,youcanemailmeatjkr
nphx@gmai
l
.com
orseemywebsi te:ht
tp:/
/www.
jshdigit
al.
com . Enj
oy!

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