Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx - Manual (Page 608)

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Add To Path Area
Subtract From Path Area
Intersect Path Areas
Exclude Overlapping Path Areas
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Note:
To create a path without naming it, click the Create New Path button at the bottom of the Paths panel.
To create and name a path, make sure no work path is selected. Choose New Path from the Paths panel menu, or Alt-click (Windows) or
Option-click (Mac OS) the New Path button at the bottom of the panel. Enter a name for the path in the New Path dialog box, and click OK.
Create a new work path
1. Select a shape tool or a pen tool, and click the Paths button in the options bar.
2. Set tool-specific options, and draw the path. For more information, see Shape tool options and About the Pen tools.
3. Draw additional path components if desired. You can easily switch between drawing tools by clicking a tool button in the options bar. Choose
a path area option to determine how overlapping path components intersect:
Adds the new area to overlapping path areas.
Removes the new area from the overlapping path area.
Restricts the path to the intersection of the new area and the existing area.
Excludes the overlap area in the consolidated path.
While drawing with a shape tool, hold down Shift to temporarily select the Add To Path Area option; hold down Alt (Windows) or Option
(Mac OS) to temporarily select the Subtract From Path Area option.
Manage paths
When you use a pen or shape tool to create a work path, the new path appears as the work path in the Paths panel. The work path is temporary;
you must save it to avoid losing its contents. If you deselect the work path without saving it and start drawing again, a new path will replace the
existing one.
When you use a pen or shape tool to create a new shape layer, the new path appears as a vector mask in the Paths panel. Vector masks are
linked to their parent layer; you must select the parent layer in the Layers panel in order to list the Vector mask in the Paths panel. You can
remove a Vector mask from a layer and convert a Vector mask to a rasterized mask. For more information, see Add and edit vector masks.
Paths saved with an image appear when you open it again. In Windows, JPEG, JPEG 2000, DCS, EPS, PDF, and TIFF formats support paths in
Photoshop. In Mac OS, all available file formats support paths.
Paths in formats other than those listed here generally don’t survive a transition from Mac OS to Windows and back to Mac OS.
Save a work path
To save without renaming, drag the work path name to the New Path button at the bottom of the Paths panel.
To save and rename, choose Save Path from the Paths panel menu, enter a new path name in the Save Path dialog box, and click OK.
Rename a saved path
Double-click the path name in the Paths panel, type a new name, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
Delete a path
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