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Editing a path outline - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Mastery
Editing a path outline
In this exercise, we are going to take that straight-sided path outline that we drew in the previous exercise. We are going to apply it to the magazine and then we are going to modify the path outlined using the White Arrow tool. I've saved my progress as Straight-sided outline.psd found inside the 27_pen_tool folder. And you know the interesting thing about this article here? Of the 11 Color Paint And two photo-editing programs that I covered, only one still exists, Photoshop. The others have died by the wayside. So sad and tragic. Some of them were really good programs. Anyway, I am going to click on that Magazine outline here inside the Paths panel in order to make it active. We are going to go ahead and convert it to a vector-based mask by switching over to the Layers panel, selecting the magazine layer. So, notice I've already set the magazine on its own layer with the white background layer behind it. Now, I am going to drop down to this Add layer mask icon and I am going to…
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Connecting the dots1m 40s
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The Pen tool and the Paths panel6m 31s
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Drawing a straight-sided outline6m 25s
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Editing a path outline6m 36s
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Adding and editing smooth points5m 35s
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Creating vector masks with the shape tools4m 59s
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Building a complex outline from shapes4m 26s
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Subtracting and transforming shapes6m 45s
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Cloning, flipping, and combining shapes8m 58s
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Roughing in non-symmetrical paths7m 41s
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Finessing a complex outline9m 15s
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Masking a layer effect8m 26s
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Isolating an image element6m 8s
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Smooth points and control handles9m 3s
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Stretching curved segments7m 49s
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Using the Rubber Band option9m 33s
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Drawing smooth points with the Pen tool6m 59s
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Shading an isolated object3m 45s
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Drawing cusp points7m 13s
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Setting points in the pasteboard9m 57s
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Using the Convert Point tool6m 42s
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