Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx - Manual (Page 650)

2. Drag the point or its handles to a new location.
Merge overlapping path components
1. Select the path name in the Paths panel, and select the Path Selection tool .
2. Do the following to create a single component from all overlapping components:
In Photoshop CC and CS6, choose Merge Shape Components from the Path Operations drop-down menu in the options bar
In CS5 or earlier, click Combine in the options bar.
Copy a path component or path
Do any of the following:
To copy a path component as you move it, select the path name in the Paths panel, and click a path component with the Path Selection tool
. Then Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the selected path.
To copy a path without renaming it, drag the path name in the Paths panel to the New Path button at the bottom of the panel.
To copy and rename a path, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the path in the Paths panel to the New Path button at the bottom
of the panel. Or select the path to copy, and choose Duplicate Path from the Paths panel menu. Enter a new name for the path in the
Duplicate Path dialog box, and click OK.
To copy a path or path component into another path, select the path or path component you want to copy, and choose Edit > Copy. Then
select the destination path, and choose Edit > Paste.
Copy path components between two Photoshop files
1. Open both images.
2. In the source image, use the Path Selection tool to select the entire path or the path components that you want to copy.
3. To copy the path component, do any of the following:
Drag the path component from the source image to the destination image. The path component is copied to the active path in the Paths
panel.
In the source image, select the path name in the Paths panel and choose Edit > Copy to copy the path. In the destination image,
choose Edit > Paste. You can also use this method to combine paths in the same image.
To paste the path component into the destination image, select the path component in the source image, and choose Edit > Copy. In
the destination image, choose Edit > Paste.
Delete a path component
1. Select the path name in the Paths panel, and click a path component with the Path Selection tool .
2. Press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Mac OS) to delete the selected path component.
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