After Effects Pen Tool Straight Lines. My problem is for example I make curved line and need to make a straight line right after that. Using logic as valid as any followed by Holmes and Watson not to mention Spock you can deduce that you use straight-corner anchor points to draw straight lines with the Pen tool.
To draw complex straight-segment paths with the Pen tool click each time you want to add a new segment. Draw straight line segments with the Pen tool The simplest path you can draw with the Pen tool is a straight line made by clicking the Pen tool to create two anchor points. Shape creation in After Effects is nowhere near as complete as in Illustrator.
The Pen tool creates straight lines or curved segments.
No After Effects has no such widget. Each time that you click thereafter a straight line is drawn between the previous anchor point and the current one. Creating Straight Lines with the Pen Tool. Select the Pen tool from the toolbox position the Pen tool where you want the straight segment to end and click to complete the straight segment.
