OK what gives here with Corel's so-call Pen Tool. First there's almost NOTHING out there in terms of tutorials etc. Plenty about the Bezier tool but truly hardly anything about the Pen Tool
How on earth do you change the node's direction? This is SO frustrating! I just wanna control this *** but I can't. In Adobe PS it's simple, just hit ALT and you're back to 0 angle. In Corel I read somewhere that you double click the last node......yeah that ends it alright but when you go back to continue at a different angle it goes back to the same angle all over again so it's literally useless.
Please tell me someone what am I doing wrong here.
Thanks
trex said: @silvershoes No, the help files don't give you a fully comprehensible analysis of each tool. They almost always seem to steer you off and towards the Bezier tool. Sure, the AB and C of how you can trace around an objective, but nothing about changing nodes directions and properties etc. And by the way, for the amount of time it took you to write your condescending reply, you could have just answered the question as 'Ronny' has (thanks mate). I wouldn't have bothered asking the forum if I hadn't done ANY research first.
@silvershoes
No, the help files don't give you a fully comprehensible analysis of each tool. They almost always seem to steer you off and towards the Bezier tool.
Sure, the AB and C of how you can trace around an objective, but nothing about changing nodes directions and properties etc.
And by the way, for the amount of time it took you to write your condescending reply, you could have just answered the question as 'Ronny' has (thanks mate).
I wouldn't have bothered asking the forum if I hadn't done ANY research first.
Hi trex,
Most of the people that reply here all have the same thing in mind to answer the question as asked and to add questions as they go to see what you have done.
You did not say that you had read the help files so that is 1 method that I would suggest as a help you would be amazed the amount of people that ask for help on a subject without reading the guide book or the help files.
When you use the PEN tool it comes under the curve tools and a understanding of all the curve tools including the Bezier tool will help you on all your drawing tools and how they work then a lot of practice.
Be nice and everyone will try to help as much as possible be nasty in any way and I for 1 do not want to help this is a very friendly forumn and you can learn a lot.
enjoy
Joe
Hey Elkhans,
You say 'Be Nice'.........please explain why you think I was anything less than 'nice'. It was 'Silvershoes' who commented, 'have you even bothered to read the help files etc'....Now who wasn't 'nice' there.
In regards to the 'friendly forum' as you put it, well I for one would have never made that snarly reply no matter how dumb the question was. Helping means exactly just that, Helping, so you shouldn't be made to feel guilty for asking a reasonable question on a public forum.
'Be nice' should have been directed towards silvershoes.
Anyway have a nice day