1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,670 [Treehouse presents] 2 00:00:02,670 --> 00:00:06,010 [Quick Tips][Learning the Basics of the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator][with Mat Helme] 3 00:00:06,010 --> 00:00:09,160 Hey, what's up—Mat Helme here with a Treehouse Quick Tip: 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:13,110 Learning the basics with the Pen tool in Adobe Illustrator CS6. 5 00:00:13,110 --> 00:00:18,050 To begin, let's grab the Pen tool from the Tools Panel and drag out all of the Pen tools. 6 00:00:18,050 --> 00:00:21,720 You can do this by selecting the Pen tool, 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,720 selecting the drag-out arrow, 8 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,700 and then positioning the Pen tools. 9 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:30,630 Now, by default, we've grabbed the Pen tool, 10 00:00:30,630 --> 00:00:37,010 so with the Pen tool, let's make sure we have no stroke and a solid color for a fill. 11 00:00:38,790 --> 00:00:42,640 Let's create 4 points with the 4th point meeting our original point. 12 00:00:43,890 --> 00:00:46,340 Now you can see that we've created a shape with the Pen tool. 13 00:00:47,980 --> 00:00:50,090 Now, say if I want to add a point to this object, 14 00:00:50,090 --> 00:00:57,200 I can do this by grabbing the Add Anchor Point, selecting it, and then selecting the path to our object. 15 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:01,100 Now you can clearly see that there are 5 points. 16 00:01:01,100 --> 00:01:06,140 When I grab the Selection tool, I can grab that 5th point, drag it out, and alter our object. 17 00:01:07,220 --> 00:01:09,400 Now say if I want this object to only have 3 points, 18 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:16,330 I could then grab the Delete Anchor Point tool and delete 2 of the points, 19 00:01:16,330 --> 00:01:18,370 thus leaving us with 3 points in our object. 20 00:01:21,820 --> 00:01:23,720 Now say if we want our object to have curves to it; 21 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,890 we can do this by using the Convert Anchor Point tool. 22 00:01:29,150 --> 00:01:32,620 Select one of the points, hold down, and drag out; 23 00:01:34,740 --> 00:01:36,670 this creates a Bézier curve. 24 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:43,610 Now when you hold Shift, it'll actually straighten out your point. 25 00:01:46,730 --> 00:01:50,220 Let's go ahead and delete that object, grab the Pen tool— 26 00:01:50,220 --> 00:01:53,180 you can use a shortcut by simply selecting 'P'— 27 00:01:53,180 --> 00:01:58,550 press and hold down and drag out, and you can see that this point now has a Bézier curve. 28 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:06,610 Release, now make another point directly below it and—again—drag out. 29 00:02:08,940 --> 00:02:10,850 You can see we've made another Bézier curve. 30 00:02:10,850 --> 00:02:13,410 Now if I want to get rid of that, 31 00:02:13,410 --> 00:02:16,410 I can simply select Alt, select that point, 32 00:02:16,410 --> 00:02:20,410 and get rid of the Bézier curve on the left side, 33 00:02:20,410 --> 00:02:22,680 thus making this a straight line. 34 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,440 Now, this works the same with a Bézier curve. 35 00:02:29,550 --> 00:02:37,450 Again, if I use the Pen tool, select and drag out, and again make another point, select and drag out, 36 00:02:37,450 --> 00:02:45,030 I can now take the Alt key and grab the handle to that Bézier curve and then alter it. 37 00:02:48,540 --> 00:02:50,060 Like so. 38 00:02:52,260 --> 00:02:57,500 Now with using the Pen tool, I can also hold Shift and make straight lines or at a 45-degree angle; 39 00:02:57,500 --> 00:03:01,890 this comes in handy—say—if you're trying to make a house icon. 40 00:03:01,890 --> 00:03:10,130 I would select with the Pen tool, hold Shift, go straight, make another point, go directly above it while holding Shift, 41 00:03:10,130 --> 00:03:24,700 select another point and—again—still holding shift the whole time, creating our object. 42 00:03:28,820 --> 00:03:30,500 While holding Shift throughout the whole object, 43 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:34,850 you can see that it makes perfect lines. 44 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:41,820 That—my friends—is how you use the Pen tool in Adobe Illustrator CS6.