# PS: Pen Tool... Drawing Curves then straight lines

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ps-pen-tool-drawing-curves-then-straight-lines/51550>\
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**Created:** [May 13, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ps-pen-tool-drawing-curves-then-straight-lines/51550 "2004-05-13T23:14:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![mlkedave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@mlkedave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlkedave)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ps-pen-tool-drawing-curves-then-straight-lines/51550/1 "2004-05-13T23:14:12Z")

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Well I am getting better with the PS pen tool but I just ran into an annoying problem. Well I drew a curve and now I want to make a straight line.

when I first start drawing a new path with the pen, if I click once and then click again at a different piont (without holding down), it creates a straight line. The problem I am running into is when I click and then click and hold (then minapulate the curve), afterward, whenever I click it creates a curve, not a straight line.

Basically, does anyone know how to draw a curve with a line, using the pen tool, then draw a stright line, continueing the curved path with the pen tool? Thanks

MIke