Pen and paths

Press P and click on the canvas: Click to add points · Drag to curve · Enter to finish.

• Click adds a corner point. Drag after clicking pulls out symmetric curve handles; hold ⌥ to move only the outgoing handle.
• ⇧ constrains the next segment to 45° steps.
• Click the first point to close the path (the cursor shows a ring near it).
• ↵ or Esc finishes an open path. ⌫ or ⌘Z removes the last point.
• Points snap to nearby layers and to the path's own points.

The finished path is one layer and one undo step, with a 1 px stroke and no fill if it is open. A path needs at least two points. The Move tool comes back afterwards.

Double-click a path (or select it and press ↵) to edit its points: Editing path · Esc or Enter to exit.

• Click a point to select it; ⇧-click adds or removes points from the selection.
• Drag points to move them (⇧ keeps one axis; they snap).
• Drag a handle to reshape a curve; ⌥ breaks the symmetry, ⇧ constrains to 45°.
• Click a segment to add a point on it.
• ⌫ deletes the selected points; deleting every point deletes the path.
• ↵, Esc, or a click away from the path leaves path editing.

Editing points resets the path's rotation. Locked paths and paths inside an instance can't be edited.