1 00:00:00.05 --> 00:00:02.02 - In this movie, I'll take you on a tour 2 00:00:02.02 --> 00:00:05.09 of smooth and corner points inside of Illustrator, 3 00:00:05.09 --> 00:00:09.03 both of which you can create using the Curvature tool. 4 00:00:09.03 --> 00:00:12.02 So for example, if I were to click four times 5 00:00:12.02 --> 00:00:14.00 with the Curvature tool here, 6 00:00:14.00 --> 00:00:15.09 in a kind of elliptical pattern, 7 00:00:15.09 --> 00:00:18.03 then I would create a somewhat elliptical shape, 8 00:00:18.03 --> 00:00:19.09 as we're seeing right here. 9 00:00:19.09 --> 00:00:21.05 If I'm not happy with that shape 10 00:00:21.05 --> 00:00:24.06 then I can move one or more points around. 11 00:00:24.06 --> 00:00:26.04 Each of these points, by the way, 12 00:00:26.04 --> 00:00:28.05 is known as a smooth point. 13 00:00:28.05 --> 00:00:31.02 That's because the segments continue through the point 14 00:00:31.02 --> 00:00:33.09 in a smooth, continuous arc. 15 00:00:33.09 --> 00:00:36.01 One of the great things about the Curvature tool 16 00:00:36.01 --> 00:00:39.05 is that it allows you to create ellipses at angles, 17 00:00:39.05 --> 00:00:41.03 as we're seeing right here, 18 00:00:41.03 --> 00:00:43.00 as opposed to having to first 19 00:00:43.00 --> 00:00:45.04 draw them with the Ellipse tool, 20 00:00:45.04 --> 00:00:48.07 and then rotate them into the proper position. 21 00:00:48.07 --> 00:00:50.02 But ultimately we're getting 22 00:00:50.02 --> 00:00:52.05 a very similar effect to the Ellipse tool 23 00:00:52.05 --> 00:00:55.00 by laying down four smooth points, 24 00:00:55.00 --> 00:00:57.09 which is exactly what the Ellipse tool does. 25 00:00:57.09 --> 00:01:00.06 Another thing that you can built out of smooth points 26 00:01:00.06 --> 00:01:04.03 is yet another variety of custom spiral. 27 00:01:04.03 --> 00:01:07.09 Again, I think this experience is a lot more intuitive 28 00:01:07.09 --> 00:01:10.08 than working with the dedicated spiral tool. 29 00:01:10.08 --> 00:01:14.06 You have a lot more control and flexibility as well. 30 00:01:14.06 --> 00:01:16.01 But what you have to bear in mind 31 00:01:16.01 --> 00:01:20.01 is this is an open path, and if you keep clicking 32 00:01:20.01 --> 00:01:22.01 then the Curvature tool is going to want to 33 00:01:22.01 --> 00:01:25.03 continue to add to that open path outline. 34 00:01:25.03 --> 00:01:26.09 If that's not what you want to do, 35 00:01:26.09 --> 00:01:28.08 then go ahead and press Control Z, 36 00:01:28.08 --> 00:01:31.00 or Command Z on the Mac, a couple of times, 37 00:01:31.00 --> 00:01:33.01 in my case, in order to undo those points, 38 00:01:33.01 --> 00:01:35.07 and then press the escape key. 39 00:01:35.07 --> 00:01:39.03 That will go ahead and discontinue that open path outline 40 00:01:39.03 --> 00:01:41.07 so that you can begin creating another. 41 00:01:41.07 --> 00:01:43.09 All right, I'm going to go ahead and click down here 42 00:01:43.09 --> 00:01:45.07 a couple of times like so. 43 00:01:45.07 --> 00:01:48.06 As always, your first segment is going to look straight 44 00:01:48.06 --> 00:01:52.01 until you move your cursor away from it, like so. 45 00:01:52.01 --> 00:01:55.02 Now let's say after creating this third point right here 46 00:01:55.02 --> 00:01:57.07 I decide that I want to create a corner 47 00:01:57.07 --> 00:01:59.03 right at this location 48 00:01:59.03 --> 00:02:01.05 in order to make a kind of smile. 49 00:02:01.05 --> 00:02:03.08 In that case, you have a couple of options 50 00:02:03.08 --> 00:02:05.02 that are open to you. 51 00:02:05.02 --> 00:02:07.02 I'll let you choose how you want to work. 52 00:02:07.02 --> 00:02:09.05 But one option is to press the Alt key, 53 00:02:09.05 --> 00:02:11.01 or the Option key on the Mac, 54 00:02:11.01 --> 00:02:14.03 and click on that point that you just created, 55 00:02:14.03 --> 00:02:17.06 and that converts it from a smooth point to a corner point. 56 00:02:17.06 --> 00:02:20.06 You can now see that we end up with a corner 57 00:02:20.06 --> 00:02:22.07 at that location. 58 00:02:22.07 --> 00:02:24.04 You also have the options of creating 59 00:02:24.04 --> 00:02:26.00 a corner point on the fly, 60 00:02:26.00 --> 00:02:27.05 and you do that in the same way, 61 00:02:27.05 --> 00:02:30.09 by Alt clicking or Option clicking on the Mac. 62 00:02:30.09 --> 00:02:32.09 Notice now if I move over to 63 00:02:32.09 --> 00:02:35.01 that very first point that I created, 64 00:02:35.01 --> 00:02:37.00 I'm not only seeing my closed cursor, 65 00:02:37.00 --> 00:02:39.08 but I'm also seeing that I've created a corner point 66 00:02:39.08 --> 00:02:42.07 at that Alt or Option click location. 67 00:02:42.07 --> 00:02:44.09 All right, another way to create a corner point, 68 00:02:44.09 --> 00:02:46.06 just so you know all your options, 69 00:02:46.06 --> 00:02:48.05 is to double click. 70 00:02:48.05 --> 00:02:50.09 That will also result in a corner point. 71 00:02:50.09 --> 00:02:54.02 Even though it still looks like a circle, it is a corner, 72 00:02:54.02 --> 00:02:55.08 and you can see that's the case 73 00:02:55.08 --> 00:02:58.04 by creating more points like so. 74 00:02:58.04 --> 00:03:00.09 Now I'm going to keep creating smooth points, 75 00:03:00.09 --> 00:03:02.00 just by clicking. 76 00:03:02.00 --> 00:03:03.09 That's all you have to do for a smooth point. 77 00:03:03.09 --> 00:03:07.01 And then I'll revisit that first point and just click on it 78 00:03:07.01 --> 00:03:09.00 in order to close the path outline 79 00:03:09.00 --> 00:03:11.05 with a nice, sharp corner. 80 00:03:11.05 --> 00:03:14.05 That, very simply, is how you create and modify 81 00:03:14.05 --> 00:03:16.05 smooth and corner points, 82 00:03:16.05 --> 00:03:18.06 as well as press the escape key to create 83 00:03:18.06 --> 00:03:22.03 open path outlines using the Curvature tool.