Cusp points and the Rubber Band option

In this movie, I'll show you how to create the third…kind of point, that you can make with a Pen tool.…And that's a cusp point.…A cusp is a corner between two curve…segments, or a curve segment and a straight segment.…And so, the idea is that it can contain one or two control handles.…But if there are two, then they're independent of each other.…And we're going to use a combination of cusp and…smooth points, in order to trace this gentleman's face.…Now, again, he would not be hard to mask.…He's dark-skinned against a light background.…What could be easier?…However, if we were to create a pixel…based mask, then we wouldn't have super-smooth outlines.…

Now, if he had any hair to speak of, that was going…out into the background, then the Pen tool would be a bad idea.…Because the Pen tool does not serve…us well, when we're working on filigree details.…But because this guy's just super smooth…all the way around, he's ideally suited to the Pen tool.…Notice I've created another cheat layer, a template…layer if you prefer, called points and handles.…