Drawing with the pen tools, About the pen tools, Draw straight line segments with the pen tool – Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx User Manual
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Drawing with the Pen tools
About the Pen tools
Draw straight line segments with the Pen tool
Draw curves with the Pen tool
Finish drawing a path
Draw with the Freeform Pen tool
Draw straight lines followed by curves
Draw curves followed by straight lines
Draw two curved segments connected by a corner
Draw using the magnetic pen options
About the Pen tools
Photoshop provides multiple Pen tools. The standard Pen tool draws with the greatest precision; the Freeform Pen tool draws paths as if you were
drawing with pencil on paper, and the magnetic pen option lets you draw a path that snaps to the edges of defined areas in your image. You can
use the pen tools in conjunction with the shape tools to create complex shapes. When you use the standard Pen tool, the following options are
available in the options bar:
Auto Add/Delete, which lets you add an anchor point when you click a line segment or delete an anchor point when you click it.
Rubber Band, which lets you preview path segments as you move the pointer between clicks. (To access this option, click the pop-up menu
to the right of the Custom Shape icon.)
Before drawing with the Pen tool, you can create a new path in the Paths panel to automatically save the work path as a named path.
Pen Tool 101
For more information about the modes in which you can draw with the Pen tools, see Drawing modes.
Draw straight line segments with the Pen tool
The simplest path you can draw with the Pen tool is a straight line, made by clicking the Pen tool to create two anchor points. By continuing to
click, you create a path made of straight line segments connected by corner points.
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