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This document was created by an unregistered ChmMagic, please go to http://www.bisenter.com to register it. Thanks.1. Create a path by using whatever points you need.2. After the last point, move your cursor so that it appears on top of your initial point. You'll see a small circle next to the Pen pointer.3. Click to create a final corner point, or click and drag to create a final curve (see Figure 13.15).Figure 13.15. The start and stop point is the gray one.An open path means the path has a beginning and an end. Figures 13.8 through 13.14 have all been open paths. To end a path that youwant to keep open, use the following steps:1. Create a path by using whatever points you need.2. After the last point, simply click the Pen tool icon in the toolbar. The path now has an end.The next time you click in the image, you'll be starting a new path instead of continuing your previous path.Paths Are Composed of SubpathsSaying that you've created a "path" is a little misleading. The linebetween each pair of points on a path is a path segment or subpath.Together, they make a path. You can manipulate the points andsubpaths to change the shape of the path. One point to remember isthat any path you create is not really part of the image. It's not a linedrawn on the page. Until you add color to it, it's merely a theoreticalline. That is, you aren't changing the actual image. When you stroke apath, it becomes a visible line. If you fill a path, it becomes a shape.