How to bend a line?

[Nathan Towle]

Hello,

All I want to do is bend a line.  I see that I can create a straight line, but is there an easy way to pull parts of the line to make it bendy or wavy?  It seems like a pretty simple feature to have, but I can't figure out how to do it!  Thanks in advanced.

-TitanVex

[Mark_Sand · Accepted solution]

One way is the Shear filter.

Here I drew a line using the Line tool, creating a new layer, then applied the filter.

Drag out any of the 4 handles to create the curve.

Here I waved a rectangular flag.

[hatstead]

TitanVex,

To a veritcal straight line, apply the shear filter.

Filter>Distort>Shear

If you need to make an arrowhead, not just a simple bend, select the line tool from the shape selection tool, and on the tool's option bar next to "weight" there is an icon. Click on it for the dialog to configure the arrow head.