Editing Object Shapes with Control Points

Most objects have control points that you can use to more precisely edit the object's shape.

Rectangles, ellipses, polygons, and Bezier curves all automatically have control points.

Some object types only have control points if they are created with the Make Curve option enabled: freehand strokes, lasso selections, eraser objects, text, and text selection.

Note: Only the Magic Wand tool cannot have control points.

When you select an object that does not have control points, the Control Points option in the tool options is grayed out.

Note: If the Control Points option is disabled, and the object is a freehand stroke, lasso selection, text or eraser object, choose Object | Make Curve to enable control points.

For more information on editing text objects, see Text.

To edit an object's shape:

1. Select the object.
2. In the tool options, click the Control Points option .

The object's bounding box disappears and is replaced by shape control points.



3. Click and drag the object's control points.



Note: To move multiple control points at once, click and draw a selection box around the points you want to move, and then drag any of the selected points. You can nudge the position of control points by using the arrow keys on the keyboard.