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# Removing and Adding Tangents

You can also use the Break option to remove tangents from vertices by clicking the vertex while in Break mode. When you remove a tangent, the curve defined by the tangent is removed.

The shape of the border line differs depending on whether adjacent vertices are broken:

- If adjacent vertices are unbroken, the border line curves as it approaches the vertices.
- If adjacent vertices are broken, the border line is straight as it approaches the vertices.

You can create a garbage mask composed entirely of straight edges by removing the tangents from all the vertices:

- To remove the tangent of a vertex, select Break and click the vertex.
- To add a tangent back to a vertex, select Auto and click the vertex. Alternatively, using the Break option, click the vertex and “drag” the tangent out again.