Tracing a spline over the background image

- Our next task is to shape a spline…in the form of the profile of this piece of pottery.…Because it's symmetrical we only need…to trace half of it.…Lets begin by adjusting the grid.…Right-click on the Snaps toggle…and go to the Home Grid tab.…Change the grid spacing and make it smaller.…This will give us more points to snap to.…I'll also uncheck this option so that the grid…extends across the entire viewport.…I'm gonna set the grid spacing down to two inches…and close this window.…

Actually, I should go back there one more time.…I'll right-click and go to the Snaps tab…and make sure Grid Point Snap is on.…Then lets go over to the Shapes category…and click on the line tool.…Now down here in the creation method roll-out…there are two different ways that you can…create vertices as you're drawing.…I'm gonna set the initial type to corner…and the drag type to bezier.…Let me just show you what this means…off to the side here.…

If I click points I will get straight…segments between them; that's the initial type.…That's governed by this choice right here.…