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Pen Tool

With the pen tool, you can draw any arbitrary bezier path. You start a pen vector by clicking in the canvas. From there, you can click to draw straight lines to points, or click and drag to add a curve to a point. You can click on the first point to close the path. You can also command-click or change to any other tool to end the path without closing it. To continue a path, select the pen tool, select the path, and click on the first or last drag area of the path. You can add a point in the middle of a pen vector by selecting the pen tool and the path and then clicking on the path. To remove a point, click on it with the pen vector tool selected.

You can use the Convert Pen submode (Convert Pen Mode) to change line pen points to curve points and vice versa. You can also use it to drag curve control points independently of each other. You can hold the option key to change the normal pen to the convert pen submode.

You can use the Scissors Pen submode (Scissors Pen Mode) to split a pen vector anywhere along its curve.

The pen vector's fill color is the current primary color and its stroke color is the current secondary color.