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May 3, 2011
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P: Moving pen tool anchor points on the fly

  • May 3, 2011
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I'd like to see the pen tool in Photoshop function like in Illustrator where you can hold down the spacebar and move a point while you're drawing it out.

18 replies

StrongBeaver
Legend
March 3, 2014
I can get to work on new created paths, I can't get it to work on existing ? I followed the tutorial on this page; http://blogs.adobe.com/richardcurtis/... and I can't get it to work
PECourtejoie
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 25, 2013
And it is not yet listed on: http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/usin...
PECourtejoie
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 25, 2013
It is incorrectly listed as "Shift" at the very bottom of: http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/usin... (I just reported it)
Participating Frequently
June 25, 2013
Is that documented somewhere in the help manual for photoshop cc?
PECourtejoie
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 25, 2013
The spacebar modifier to move anchor points on the fly has been implemented in Photoshop CC: http://blogs.adobe.com/richardcurtis/...
Inspiring
January 10, 2013
The behavior in Illustrator is superior. Adjustment of the anchor point is enabled on a click and hold while also pressing the spacebar. On release, the hand tool can be used to adjust the view in the usual way. As I see it, this is an additional feature that does not interfere with the behavior of the other tools. I would love to see this behavior across the entire suite; it is absent from Photoshop and After Effects.

Additional question, did AE previously have this feature? I could have swore I was masking and shaping layers in AE using space to adjust the anchors on creation.
Inspiring
April 29, 2012
Even in CS6 they were not able to change this! Unbelievable!
All other Adobe drawing apps allow this: Illustrator, Flash, Indesign – even Fireworks though its the command key here 😉
davide83533667
Participant
August 8, 2011
I use Illustrator Pen tool all the time and I find when I use Photoshop pen tool I can't use the space bar to move the nodes.

I would like to have all the pen tools to act the save way across all the adobe suite.

May 5, 2011
No, it's not the same thing. When I have lay down an anchor point in Illustrator, if I'm pulling out the control handles, I can hold down space bar to move the anchor point, then let go and continue drawing the control handles (much the same way that I can move a selection while I'm drawing it by pressing the space bar).
Edward Caruso Photography
Participating Frequently
May 5, 2011
I use a Wacom tablet and assign the shift/option/command keys to the Wacom buttons. So since my hands are already on the tablet its really easy to press the command button to move the anchor points around as I draw a path. And assigning the stylus button to right click gives quick access to add/delete points. Would using command in Photoshop be the same as using the spacebar in Illustrator?