Now that you have worked a little with a simple path, I am guessing that you have relaxed a little. Now let's start having some fun with changing nodes. The true power of paths will be in your hands within minutes. Path selection with the Direct Selection tool shows hollow nodes. Nodes selected with the Direct Selection tool are represented by a solid rectangle at the node.
Selected node is dragged to a new position.
We used the Component Selection tool to move our entire path in and earlier example. This time we are going to change the position of the nodes in the path, which, of course, changes the shape of the path. Duplicate your first named path as explained earlier in this article. With the new named path active in the paths palette, activate the Direct Selection Tool. Click anywhere on the canvas to deselect the path.