First click the pen tool

Reversed Curves
Part One: Constrained Paths

4 7 10 13 16 19

1 3 6 9 12 15 18

2 5 8 11 14 17

A. Shift-Drag from anchor C. Shift-Drag from anchor E. Shift-Drag from anchor G. Shift-Drag from anchor
point at 1 to red dot at 2 point at 6 to red dot at 7, point at 12 to red dot at point at 18 to red dot
then Alt-Shift-Drag from 13, then Alt-Shift-Drag at 19
7 to blue dot at 8 from 13 to blue dot at 14
B. Shift-Drag from anchor D. Shift-Drag from anchor F. Shift-Drag from anchor
point at 3 to red dot at 4, point at 9 to red dot at point at 15 to red dot at
then Alt-Shift-Drag from 10, then Alt-Shift-Drag 16, then Alt-Shift-Drag
4 to blue dot at 5 from 10 to blue dot at 11 from 16 to blue dot at 17

(Windows®: use Alt to activate the Convert Direction Point Tool)

(Macintosh®: use Option to activate the Convert Direction Point Tool)

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Part Two: Unconstrained Paths

4
13 F. Drag from anchor point
at 15 to red dot at 16
10 16

6
3
1
12
9
15
5

2 11
A. Drag from anchor point
at 1 to red dot at 2
B. Drag from anchor point
at 3 to red dot at 4, then
Alt-Drag from 4 to blue
dot at 5
C. Drag from anchor point
at 6 to red dot at 7, then
14
Alt-Drag from 7 to blue 8
dot at 8
D. Drag from anchor point E. Drag from anchor point
at 9 to red dot at 10, then at 12 to red dot at 13, then
Alt-Drag from 10 to blue Alt-Drag from 13 to blue
dot at 11 dot at 14

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