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1. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
[scott] Oct 25, 2011 11:32 PM (in response to Suzume Tori)It should be a simple matter of using the Direct Selection Tool and click-dragging the anchor you wish to move. Sounds like you've thought of that however. You aren't trying to move an anchor point along a path are you? As in sliding an anchor without actually altering how either side of it effects the path? That's not possible (except with Gradient meshes).
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2. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
Suzume Tori Oct 26, 2011 12:02 AM (in response to [scott])No, I'm not trying to move an anchor along the path. And yes, I was using the direct silection tool (the white arrow you hit 'A' for, right?) and then trying to move it, which seemed ot work before, but now apparently is no longer a viable solution. Thanks anyway, though.
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3. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
[scott] Oct 26, 2011 12:26 AM (in response to Suzume Tori)1 person found this helpfulWell it sounds as though you're doing things correctly. If you try a new path, does it work? Perhaps there's some appearance applied to the path you're working on that's causing issues.
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4. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
Suzume Tori Oct 26, 2011 12:39 AM (in response to [scott])I switched it from basic appearance (I was just doing a no-fill, black-stroke path) to no fill, no stroke when I was particularly confused, just to see if I was somehow missing something about the basic path itself, so I am *reasonably* sure it isn't appearance based. I can edit paths on new layers properly, but none of the sublayers of one particular layer want to be cooperative. I hadn't locked them or anything (and if I had, I suppose I at least wouldn't be having the 'whole path moving' issue, since nothing would be moving at all) so I figure I must've done *something* odd, but I can't for the life of me figure out what.
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5. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
[scott] Oct 26, 2011 1:06 AM (in response to Suzume Tori)If you could link to the problmeatic file, I could take a look. Simply delete things not related to the path and upload it somewhere (can't upload here).
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6. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
Monika Gause Oct 26, 2011 1:10 AM (in response to Suzume Tori)1 person found this helpfulHow are the anchors highlighted on screen? Is the one you're moving a filled rectangle while the others are unfilled? Then only this one should move. If all anchors on the path are filled, then you would have to properly select the one you want to move.
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7. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
Suzume Tori Oct 26, 2011 1:46 AM (in response to Monika Gause)This is going to sound rather silly, but I look at what is 'selected' by what anchor's handles appear, because it's easier for my eyes, which means I'm not entirely sure if the things appeared properly highlighted or not. My issue was it did not seem to be selecting things individually, so my assumption would be 'not'. Is there a particular way to remedy it, in such a case?
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8. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
Steve Fairbairn Oct 26, 2011 2:03 AM (in response to Suzume Tori) -
9. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
lewisline Jul 14, 2012 11:46 AM (in response to Suzume Tori)did you ever get this figured out ??? I'm having same problem... It drags the whole letter...
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10. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
Steve Fairbairn Jul 14, 2012 5:24 PM (in response to lewisline)3 people found this helpfulDeselect the path. Then Direct Select a single anchor.
You can do this by dragging a rectangle over the place where the anchor is.
You can also uses Smart Guides. They will tell you where the anchor is.
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11. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
lewisline Jul 15, 2012 4:11 AM (in response to Steve Fairbairn)Thank You !!! Correct Answer
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12. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
TR1 Nov 8, 2014 2:01 AM (in response to Suzume Tori)I had this issue - been searching for ages to find out what's wrong. I realised that I had the 'Group' Direct Selection Tool selected, not the Direct Selection Tool - if I had pressed the 'A' shortcut, I wouldn't have had the problem. Solved my issue ... not sure if this helps ...
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13. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
garybudapest Jan 6, 2016 4:09 AM (in response to Suzume Tori)2 people found this helpfulI think I've worked this out.
I've been having this same issue... where I try and drag a single anchor point to move it, and it moves the whole object, arrrg. ... and I WAS clicking on the white arrow, not the black arrow.
I realised when it worked that anchor point was the only one with a filled in square icon (showing selected), with the others showing as empty squares.
When it moved the whole object incorrectly I realised that for some reason all anchor points had been selected, all were showing filled in.
I then realised the problem is if you click inside the object to show the anchor points, they are all selected by default.
SO, you instead need to click on an EDGE of the object. Then this will show the anchor points unselected (not filled in).
You can then click the anchor point you want to move and drag it in isolation. You can do this in one movement I think, but I tend to click once so I can see it's filled in (selected) and then click and drag it.
Hope this helps someone out, it was making me crazy! Haha.
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14. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
oopssorry Feb 16, 2016 8:51 PM (in response to Suzume Tori)1 person found this helpfulkinda late for an answer but a permanent solution for me was going into preferences and checking Object selection by path only(or making sure its checked).
Edit>Preferences>General>Object Selection by Path Only
or Ctrl+K>Object Selection by Path Only
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15. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
Tejas Reddy Apr 21, 2016 12:29 AM (in response to Steve Fairbairn)Worked for me! Thanks
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16. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
bens11348524 Feb 12, 2017 9:26 PM (in response to Steve Fairbairn)Thank you. That was EXACTLY the solution.
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17. Re: how: moving individual anchor points & not whole path
waffledAcat Aug 7, 2017 7:24 AM (in response to garybudapest)I'm so glad I found this thread! This was tripping me up for daysssss