To reverse the twirl tool in Illustrator so you can twirl clockwise double click the Twirl tool in the tool panel and just set the Twirl Rate to a negative value – so if you love the twirl rate amount but want it to go the other way just add a minus in front of the current value – so go from 40 degrees to -40!
Click Ok and then twirl away to your heart’s content.
Easy when you know how!
Labels: change direction, Illustrator, reverse, tool setting, twirl, twirl rate, twist
Categories:Illustrator
Sometimes when drawing with the Pen Tool in Photoshop you will find that the curve goes in completely the wrong direction. You can just leave it and come back later to fix it but you can also fix it as you go.
To change the direction that the curve goes in, take the mouse pointer back over the handles from the last point and hold the Alt (Option key on the Mac) as you drag on the handle that is causing the curve to go the wrong way until it goes the right way. You can then let go the Alt or Option key and continue to draw the curve. You can do this as often as you need to as you draw the shape.
Labels: bezier curve, change direction, convert point, curve, pen tool, Photoshop
Categories:photoshop, Uncategorized
