Adobe Illustrator CS3 - Manual (Page 192)

ILLUSTRATOR CS3
User Guide
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Delete a mesh point
❖ Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the mesh point with the Mesh tool.
Move a mesh point
❖ Drag it with the Mesh tool or Direct Selection tool. Shift-drag a mesh point with the Mesh tool to keep the mesh
point on a mesh line. This is a convenient way to move a mesh point along a curved mesh line without distorting the
mesh
line.
Dragging to move mesh point (left) compared to Shift- dragging with the Mesh tool to constrain the point to the mesh line (right)
Note: When you select the mesh point with the Mesh tool or Direct Selection tool, direction lines appear on it. You can
drag the direction lines to edit the mesh point as you would any anchor point. Shift-drag a direction point with the Mesh
tool to move all direction lines for the mesh point at once.
Change the color of a mesh point or patch
❖ Do one of the following:
• Select the mesh object, and the drag a color from the Color panel or Swatches panel onto the point or patch.
• Deselect all objects and select a fill color. Then select the mesh object and use the Eyedropper tool to apply the fill
color to mesh points or patches.
Adding color to a mesh point (left) compared to adding color to a mesh patch (right)
Convert a mesh object back to a path object
❖ Select the mesh object, choose Object > Path > Offset Path, and then enter zero for the offset value.