Drawing freehand paths You can draw objects with the Freehand tool by simply dragging the pointer. The Freehand tool creates paths with curved segments based on the movement of the pointer. As with any path object, you can later edit the path and reshape its segments; see “Editing object paths” on page 23.425. To draw a freehand path:  Select the Freehand tool in the Path Tools toolbar. Position the pointer where you want the path to begin. Drag to create a path. To create a closed path, release the mouse but- ton when the pointer is on the starting point. To set the curve tolerance:  You can tell Canvas to use rela- tively more or fewer anchor points to represent a curve. Double-click the Freehand tool to open the Freehand Tolerance dialog box. In the text box, type a value from 1 to 5, where a value of 5 tells Canvas to use as few anchor points as possible. If you have difficulty drawing smooth curves with this tool, try low- ering the speed setting in your system’s Mouse (or other pointing device) Control Panel. See your system documentation for informa- tion on these settings. Drawing curved paths The Curve tool is the most versatile of the path tools. You can use it to draw precise paths with straight and curved segments. When you draw curved segments, you place an anchor point and a tangent line at the start of each segment. The position and length of the tangent line controls the shape of the curved segment. Paths drawn with the Freehand tool
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