paths-in-photoshop-tutorial

This tutorial will walk you through how to use Paths in Photoshop. It explains the gene ralworkings of paths, as well as how to use them to do specific tasks. Tasks such as how to create vector shapes using paths, how to replicate and resi zesomething as large as you’d like, how to use a brush along a path and have it fade out or get smaller as it goes, etc. The uses of paths in Photoshop are limitless! 1. Open up a new file (File > New). Make it 500 by 500 pixels. The resolution should be 72,Color Mode should be RGB, and Background Contents should be white.2. C lick on the Freeform Pen Tool. It looks lik ethe image to the right. If it’s not showing, rig htclick on that square and choose it from the list.Along the top, just under the main menu, ensure that the “Paths” button is selected. This will allow you t omake a path without creating a shape (shapes are automatically filled in, we don’t want that).3. Click and draw on your canvas like you would with your brush tool if you were painting something. You’re doing much the same thing, but instead of actually paintin ganything, you’re creating a path.Think of a path as a blueprint for where your paint WILL go. You’re creating a shape or line or whatever you like… but you get a chance to shape it before you actually pu tany paint down.This squiggle to the right is what I drew. Yo ucan see the line, as well as all of the point salong the line where it curves. 4. Click on the Direct Selection ...