Drawing Curved Lines with the Line Tool

The Line tool allows you to draw curved lines very quickly by drawing a straight line, then defining its curve right after.

There are three ways to do this:

  • In Straight Line Mode, the default mode of the Line tool, you can press and hold the Ctrl (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ (macOS) key while drawing a line to define a simple curve for it.
  • In Curved Line Mode, after drawing a line, you are prompted to move the mouse cursor or tablet pen and click once to define the line’s curve.
  • In S Curve Line Mode, after drawing a line, you are prompted to click once to position the line’s first Bezier handle, and then once more to position its second Bezier handle.
NOTE You can also define the curve of an existing line using the Contour Editor tool—see About the Contour Editor Tool.