Pen Tools in Illustrator has changed

A program should make it easier to work with after every upgrade. In Illustrator it is every time when we buy an upgrade that it is getting more difficult to work with the program. This time they changed the pen tool. In CS2 we could use a short cut to change the pen tools to add anchor point or to switch between the different pen tools, staying in the standard pen tool. Now every time we have to go back to the menu to change the tool. It adds only an incredible amount of time to work with the program. Why did they change this?

Larry he did not have the keyboard shortcuts that check box does not effect the command keys, the option key or the - or = key. I read what he wrote very carefully you and James did not read it carefully.
If he wrote that when he hoover the pen tool over a path or anchor he did not get the plus or minus anchor point tool I would have responded as you and James suggested.
It was my first thought as well but that was not what Paul wrote. Is that OK?
Paul
In the preferences under general there is a option to shut off auto add or minus anchor points it is labeled as Disable Auto Add/Delete. It will not give you the pen tool with the - or + sign if you hoover over a path or anchor point but does not effect the keyboard shortcuts.
Don't worry about this they are just trying to show me up because they have a thing with life.

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Hi, I am having a hard time grasping the pen tool in Illustrator, but have a decent knowledge of it in Photoshop and was wondering is there any quality loss when making work paths in Ps and exporting to Ai?

EZEILL wrote:
None of these replies answer the question. Is there any quality loss when making work paths in Photoshop and exporting them to Illustrator?!
Do we know what version of Photoshop and Illustrator you are using? If you have a full CC subscription, then you can use Libraries to share assets between your Adobe apps. As far as I can tell, you need to turn your work paths into shape layers for this to work. Just select the Move tool, and drag from the document window into the Libraries panel. Even if Illustrator is still open, you switch to it, and your shape will be there in the Illustrator Libraries panel, and be fully functional (as in way more options that it had in Photoshop).
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Pen tool probleempje illustrator / problem illustrator pen tool

Als ik de pen tool selecteer dan verschijnt er meteen kruisje naast. Ik weet nu dat dat "nieuw pad" pen tool optie is.
Maar hoe zet ik dat weer uit?
When I select the pen tool I get the pen with a little star next to it. I know now that that is the "new path" option.
But how do I turned it off and get the regular pen tool again?

That is the regular pen tool. Just start drawing a path and the star will disappear.

Using the Pen Tool In Illustrator

I am a beginner and trying to re-create a logo with better resolution for a customer. I am having trouble with the e filling in with black.
I am attaching a screen shot to help you see what I am talking about. It will not let me take the color out???

If Larry's suggestions didn't work for you, you might have to just rebuild the "e". If you construct the outer and inner part in two separate paths, then select them both and create a compound path, it should difference out the inside of the shape and you'll be in business. Sort of the long way around, but an "e" isn't a complicated shape and if you're new to Illustrator the practice might not hurt.
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Is there any plugin to make the pen tool from illustrator behave/work like the pen tool from Photoshop. Both pen tool behave differently , and i am not used to the way of the pen tool behave in illustrator.
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They are pretty close though and may be you need just a little bit more practice to get used to it. I'm curious what difference is the most problematic for you?
Except for the Rubber Band option in Photoshop that is missing in Illustrator, I think with everything else, the pen tool in Illustrator is more capable.
This is an old thread with some input about this, with my post #21 there I tried to summarize and describe some of the differences.

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SunniAva wrote:
I have to click twice to make the first point and instead of curving it makes a straight line. And, sometimes when I want to complete a circle it cuts half the circle off.
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I've been using Photoshop for a long time, but I'm new to Illustrator and Flash. I feel like I should learn how to use Illustrator before I tackle Flash, but one of the biggest obstacles is the pen tool - what a pain in the butt!
An art school student told me I can simply substitute an electronic drawing device (e.g. a Wacom tablet) for the pen tool. Is that true, or would using such a device carry some sort of liability?
If a drawing tablet is a good way to go, what size should I get? I'm not yet familiar with various brands, but the Wacom/Intuos appears to be most popular. However, it's very expensive, and I don't have a clue what size to get. I assume a 9 X 12 device would be the best choice if I wanted to trace a picture measuring 9 X 12 inches. But could I instead get a tablet half that size, copy half the picture, then copy the other half and paste the two halves together in illustrator?
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Mordy, Doug:
David is confusing AI's Pen Tool with a stylus, due to the bad advice he received from some dolt who impied to him that one is a substitute for the other.
David,
I'll try again:
Forget all about whether any given user likes or doesn't like stylus pointing devices.
Historically and currently, in vector drawing programs like Illustrator the primary drawing "tool" (feature of the software) is generically called the "pen tool". Specific programs may call it the "Bezier Tool" or something else, but it's long been the primary interface element for accurately drawing Bezier paths. In short, the Pen Tool is the heart-and-soul of a vector drawing program. You need to use it, regardless of what kind of hardware you are using for your computer's input device.
Ever since stylus input devices first appeared with so-called pressure-sensitive features, various programs have provided additional and/or modified software features to take advantage of it.
That started in raster (paint) programs, which added the ability for the width of their "paintbrush" features to be controlled by the pressure input of a stylus.
Later, vector (draw) programs started doing something similar, adding features which involved closed paths being drawn with varying "widths." Those are usually called "brush" features. Other vector features can also be modified to allow some of their settings to be modified on-the-fly by the pressure button of a stylus. Examples of that include some of the settings when using Symbols, or a "brush" tool like Illustrator's recently-added Blob, etc.
But none of that pressure-sensitive stuff changes the fact that the software pen tool is still the
primary tool for drawing accurate Bezier curves, point-by-point. And the pen tool doesn't have any pressure-sensitive or stylus-targeted features, because the whole purpose of the pen tool is to draw paths deliberately, accurately, and economically, point-by-point.
So you can
use a stylus while using the Pen Tool (software) in Illustrator, just as you can use a mouse while using the Pen Tool in Illustrator. Either way, you still need to learn to use the Pen Tool, because it is still the heart-and-soul of every mainstream vector drawing program, including Illustrator.
So the art school student who led you to believe that using a stylus input device somehow obviates the need to learn and to use Illustrator's Pen Tool has given you a
very wrong impression.
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primary way to use vector drawing programs. That means using the Pen Tool, and that means using it whether the object in your hand is a stylus or a mouse.
So get yourself a Wacom 6x9 Intuos tablet because that's the only way you're going to find out if you like using a stylus. You may love it so much that you never touch a mouse again. Or, it may end up just collecting dust until you get over the thought of throwing away (or giving away) somethning you spent a significant chunk of change on. But regardless, get busy learning Illustrator's Pen Tool, because you're going to need it either way.
JET

Pen Tool in the ADOBE FLASH

I used to drew the picture in the flash .Now its version
becomed to 9.0,but the "pen tool" has not any changed. The "pen
tool" in the Photoshop is very nice ,easily,useful and comfortable.
I can draw any curse by it.
Why the "pen tool " in flash is not good enough ?It still a
trouble.

But it HAS changed - the Pen tool is very similar to the Pen
tool In Illustrator now.
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xiaoyucun wrote:
> I used to drew the picture in the flash .Now its version
becomed to 9.0,but the
> "pen tool" has not any changed. The "pen tool" in the
Photoshop is very nice
> ,easily,useful and comfortable. I can draw any curse by
it.
> Why the "pen tool " in flash is not good enough ?It
still a trouble.
>

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When using the pen tool in illustrator for adding "shiny" bits to font...how do i round the ends of the lines, for example in this speed art vid (the white lines)...
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In Photoshop you never have to actually choose the Convert Point tool at all, its best reached with these shortcuts.
• When using the Pen, the Alt key will change to the Convert Point tool, as C.Pfaffer… has said. Needs to be over the endpoints, or path points.
• When using the Pen, the command (cntrl) key , will bring up the Direct Selection tool. These two shortcuts mean that with a single tool you can make and reshape paths in any way, no switching tools necessary. A much better, and quicker to use system, than Illustrators more cumbersome system in my opinion.
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