What does the Scissors Tool do?

What does the Scissors Tool do?

• A. Splits a path at an anchor point or a line segment
• B. Draws a freehand curve
• C. Deletes anchor points
• D. Fills an area with color

Answer: (A)

The Scissors Tool cuts a path into pieces by clicking on it, splitting the path at the exact point you click. When you cut on a line segment, it creates two independent path segments; cutting at an anchor point also breaks the path there, giving you separate pieces you can edit or move independently. This makes it a handy way to break a shape into parts without deleting anything. It doesn’t draw curves (that’s the Pencil or Pen tools), it doesn’t delete anchor points (that’s a delete operation), and it doesn’t fill areas with color (that’s a fill action).

The Scissors Tool cuts a path into pieces by clicking on it, splitting the path at the exact point you click. When you cut on a line segment, it creates two independent path segments; cutting at an anchor point also breaks the path there, giving you separate pieces you can edit or move independently. This makes it a handy way to break a shape into parts without deleting anything. It doesn’t draw curves (that’s the Pencil or Pen tools), it doesn’t delete anchor points (that’s a delete operation), and it doesn’t fill areas with color (that’s a fill action).