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1. Pen Tools basic

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So the pen tool this is how you can access the pen tool it's going to be the third one down. Of course, it could be in a slightly different position but this is exactly what it looks like. We're gonna go in and click and hold and we're just going to select the pen tool which should be the top option we're going to cover these lower options here shortly. So we're gonna select the main pin tool and we're gonna be creating the pen tool helps us best digital marketing agencies in india create and manipulate these anchor points to create a wide variety of shapes. So I'm gonna go and click once and I created an anchor point and you'll notice have a chance to kind of press the anchor point again to create a shape.

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2. Perfect Triangle

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So, in this case, it'll be a simple line. So I clicked once you come over here and click again and I have a simple shape. And so right now this is on a best digital marketing agencies in india fill. And what we want to do is best digital marketing agencies in india and flip it to a stroke. So now we can see our line it's made a simple line to continue to make some different kind of shapes so let's make a triangle together. We get to click down here click up right here click down and there are digital marketing services company certain things called smart guides which will get to a little bit later and we'll be able to make a perfect triangle by having our guides on. But right now I have I'm off for the sake of teaching this lesson. But let me go ahead and zoom in to go ahead and see if select that direct selection tool and you'll be able to see the three anchor points that we created. And let's say this is off a little bit. I think that line is not completely straight and it is clicked with the best digital marketing agencies in india direct selection tool and shift it down. Let's say I want to make it more of a fat triangle.

 

Just select that and bring it down. So let's continue to create a few other shapes with pen tools who have the pen tool selected and I switch between the Pentagon the direct selection too often. So I'll go ahead and create a shape. So let's say this kind of strange triangle and then I just go back to that direct selection tool and I'm able to manipulate it and delete that. So let's create a more complex shape and we need to add some curves to our shape so we can create simple triangles and boxes but they're all just straight. How do we create those curves that you see in logo designs?

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3. Upward

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We've gotten club select the pen tool can click like we were to create a line but I'm going to click and I'm going to hold. So to hold while I'm clicking and I'm able to kind of create a rounded shape just like that and I just click off on the selection tool and I'm able to complete my shape. So let's keep going with that. Go and grab our pen tool and let's do a wavy line so we can do the same thing but with multiple points to go over to where you click and hold me to create kind of an upward do you do it downward or an upward kind of movement curve. So I created that and instead of clicking here I'm going to keep going. It's going to allow me to create another curve and then I'm going to go over here click and do kind of an upward.

 

It could be a little uncomfortable when you first try it. It took me a while to kind of get comfortable with it. So don't worry if you feel like which direction do I go. Let's create it one more time but let's do a tight kind of curvy shape. Let me go ahead and select the pen tool do best digital marketing agencies in india nice tight curves. I'm going to go up down and get a click and then you'll notice it straight again. So now I need to go back to the point where I want the best digital marketing agencies in india next anchor point to click and then go up and then click back here and then where did the same thing click and hold up greater shape and then click back then one more time where we wherever we want our anchor point to be and then we make our curve and then back so we're able to kind of make a tight kind of bound. I'm like OK well that's not quite really even how to do. 

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4. Handle

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I kind of adjust these anchor points on this particular line shape. Let's get our direct selection tool which is how we see our anchor points. And you'll notice all the anchor points that we just completed and we can click on these and best digital marketing agencies in india manipulate what are called handles to be able to change the shape that we created the curve shape we can actually change that. So let's say this one's a little fat let's go and change us. So I'm going to click on this anchor point and this long bars culture handles. So this is how you get a manipulate the curve of an anchor point. So I got to take the top one in this curve and adjust it a little bit if you adjust it this way you can select this one and also adjust and you can kind of get your curves to match a little better because sometimes it's hard to do by hand.  

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