Pen tool

Pen Tool: You can use the Pen Tool to quickly draw a variety of rich and diverse curved shapes.

Edit Mode: The editing mode of the Pen Tool supports adjusting details such as paths, anchor points, and curves.

Anchor Points: Each node on the path of a Pen Tool shape.

Path: The connection between anchor points.

How to use the Pen Tool?

There are two ways to quickly open the “Pen Tool” in the user interface:

You can find the Pen tool icon in the top toolbar.

You can use P to quickly open the “Pen Tool”.

Edit Mode

In Edit mode, you can re-edit vector shapes drawn with the “Pen tool”. You can freely select and adjust any points or lines in the vector shape to change the image's form without distortion.

How to enter edit mode?

There are two ways to quickly enter Edit Mode on the interface:

Double-click on any layer to enter Edit Mode
After selecting a layer, click on the Edit Mode icon in the top toolbar

How to exit edit mode?

There are two ways to quickly exit Edit Mode:

Press Esc to exit Edit Mode directly
Click the Done button in the right sidebar

Create Curves

There are two ways to quickly draw curves:

1. Use the Pen Tool to draw curves directly

Click once with the Pen Tool to create a new anchor point in the canva
Click and hold the mouse where the curve needs to turn, and move the mouse to adjust the curve's bend
Hold the mouse at the endpoint of the curve to adjust the curve's bend
Double-click on the curve's endpoint or press Enter to complete the curve drawing

In Creatie, there are four types of curves: corner, smooth, hybrid, freestyle.

2. Change a straight line into a curve

Method 1: Enter Edit Mode, click on the anchor point in the vector shape, choose one of the four curve Types in the right sidebar, or use shortcuts: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4, to modify the curve to the corresponding style.
Method 2: Enter Edit Mode, double-click on the anchor point of the vector shape to directly modify it to a smooth curve.

Method 3: Enter Edit Mode, select the Bend Tool in the top toolbar, or hold the shortcut key (Mac: Command /Windows: Ctrl). Then use the control handles to drag and change the curve's curvature and direction.

Deleting Anchor Points or Paths

1. Deleting anchor points and connected paths

Double-click to select the anchor point or path, then press Delete / Backspace to complete the deletion.

2. Deleting anchor points and repairing paths

Method 1: Double-click to select the anchor point, then press Shift + Delete to maintain path closure after deleting the anchor point
Method 2: Enter Edit Mode, select the Pen Tool, and press the shortcut key (Mac: Option / Windows: Alt)

3. Deleting paths with the Crop Tool

Enter Edit Mode, select the Crop Tool, or use X
Cut off the path between two anchor points directly

Copying Paths

1. Using shortcut key (Option / Alt + Drag)

Enter Edit Mode, select the path or anchor point, press and hold the shortcut key (Option/ Ctrl), and drag to create a copy.

2. Using copy-paste method - Enter Edit mode, use the shortcut keys: - Mac: Command + C - Windows: Ctrl + C - Then use the shortcut keys to paste, and drag the copied path as needed. - Mac: Command + V - Windows: Ctrl + V

Modifying Endpoint Types

Paths created with the Pen Tool can be either closed or open.

Closed paths Closed paths do not have endpoints, so setting endpoint styles is not applicable. However, they support filling.

Open paths Open paths allow the setting of various endpoint styles in the right-side Properties panel.

Vector Grid

Unlike traditional vector tools, Creatie's Pen Tool uses a vector grid. It has no direction, and each anchor point can connect to multiple paths without creating new objects. This is significantly faster than using traditional vector path tools to draw shapes.

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