Adobe Illustrator Working with the Pen Tool 3

Question 1

The Curvature tool (a Pen-tool relative) lets you create curves by:

Accepted Answer

Clicking points and having Illustrator auto-calculate the curve

Answer

The Curvature tool builds smooth curves automatically from clicked points without managing handles.

Question 2

To make an existing corner point smooth without redrawing, you can use the:

Accepted Answer

Anchor Point tool (Convert)

Answer

The Anchor Point (Convert) tool drags out direction handles to turn a corner into a smooth point.

Question 3

In the Control panel, the 'Convert selected anchor points to smooth' button requires you to first select points with which tool?

Accepted Answer

Direct Selection tool

Answer

Individual anchor points must be selected with the Direct Selection tool before converting them.

Question 4

What happens to direction handles when you drag a smooth anchor point's handle with no modifier key?

Accepted Answer

Both handles move symmetrically

Answer

On a smooth point, the two direction handles move together symmetrically by default.

Question 5

The Join command (Ctrl/Cmd+J) on two selected open endpoints will:

Accepted Answer

Connect them with a segment or merge coincident points

Answer

Join links two open endpoints, either adding a segment or merging them if they overlap.

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