Delete anchor point tool + Option (Alt) : changes to Add anchor point tool. Add anchor point tool + Option (Alt) : changes to Delete anchor point tool. Scissors tool + Option (Alt) : changes to Add anchor point tool. Pen tool hover over bezier handle + Option (Alt) : splits curve (unhinges handles). Pen tool + Option (Alt) whilst creating bezier curve : splits curve (unhinges handles). Pen tool hover over bezier handle + Command (Ctrl) : allows editing of bezier curve. Pen tool + Option (Alt) : changes to Convert anchor point tool. Anchor and adjoining path segments are deleted leaving two paths. Select anchor point with Direct selection tool and click Delete. Hold Shift to constrain movements to 45°, 90°, 135° or 180° whilst creating or editing anchor points and handles. Pen tool hover over end anchor point : changes to Convert anchor point tool. Pen tool hover over path segment : changes to Add anchor point tool. Pen tool hover over anchor point : changes to Delete anchor point tool. Secondary Mouse Controls (with path selected) When hovered over existing anchor pointĤ. When hovered over endpoint of existing path to continue path. When hovered over begin point of path to close path. When hovered over anchor point to remove anchor point from path. When hovered over path section to add an anchor point to path. Whilst midway through creating or editing a path. (Caps Lock to toggle between pointer and cross hair) Each one intuitively makes you aware of the action you are about to perform. The pen tool takes on different forms depending on what you’re doing when you’re using it. Select Convert anchor point tool (Shift + C). Click on a path segment to divide into two paths. Scissors : Not part of the Pen tool group, but definitely associated with it. Convert anchor point : Click on an anchor point and drag to create bezier handles where there were none, click on an anchor point with handles to a remove them. 
Delete anchor point tool : Click on anchor point to remove from path. Add anchor point tool : Click on a path segment to add anchor points. Pen tool : Click on artboard to create paths with straight segments, click and drag to create paths with Bezier curves. Let go, then click on the Convert icon.This is a guide to using the Pen tool in Illustrator. If you want to curve more than one edge at once then hold down the Shift key to select each anchor point of the shape (still using the direct select tool) until you are finished. (on CS6 in Windows there is a drop down menu on the top right of the screen). Make sure the Anchor Point options are also available. If it doesn’t show up, make sure you are still using the direct select tool, that you have definitely selected an anchor point, and that your shape is complete. It means the top illustrator, the toolbar with the ‘curve anchor point’ option is usually positioned on the top of the screen horizontally.ġ Click on the direct selection tool, usually the light coloured arrow on the vertical toolbar on the left hand side.Ģ Select the jagged corner (the anchor point) of the shape you want to curve.ģ This should then show a small icon, with a curved path and anchor point, at the top of the page. That should now smooth out your line and give it some nice curve. Using the same selector tool (short cut – A), select the anchor point you want to convert and then go to the top Illustrator and select ‘Convert Selector Points to Smooth’. If you want these to be curved, we need to convert these anchor points to ‘smooth’. See how that bent our line? Next let’s smooth it out. Then select the anchor point(s) you just added, and pull them in the direction you want your line to curve. Select your direction tool (shortcut – A) See where the straight line used to have no anchor points between the ends. Then add your anchor points by clicking on the line where you want them to appear (more dots should appear on the line).
Select your shape, find the straight line you want to add a curve to, and add anchor points where you want the curves to appear. Here I want to add some curves to the bottom straight line (it’s the outline of a super hero cape).
Say you have a shape that you want to add some curves to.
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