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: How do I use the pen tool for just one anchor point? It is quite hard to explain in words so I will show screenshots of what i would like. This is a screenshot of what happens when I

@Kaufman565

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It is quite hard to explain in words so I will show screenshots of what i would like.

This is a screenshot of what happens when I drag with the pen tool.



This is what I would like to happen.



Thanks in advance!!!

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@Shakeerah625

It's very simple. The trick is start from the right point:

press down -> drag handle -> release mouse btn

and then just one click on the left point.

Here is what i get



Because when using drag to create a point, when this point is a joint, it will be a smooth point by default (2 side control handles). Only when it's a starting point, it will has only one handle.

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@Kaufman565

You should use "conversion" trick of the pen tool -

When you make a point and leave the mouse - just click again on that point and it will be converted to what you want :



and after conversion -

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