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Roughing in non-symmetrical paths - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Mastery
Roughing in non-symmetrical paths
I've saved my progress as Big ole path outline.psd found inside the 27_pen_tool folder. Now that we've gone ahead and roughed out the glass portion of the light bulb, and this base to a certain extent as well, and we've combined all the shapes into a single big overarching path outline. Let's go ahead and fill out the details required to render this metallic section. Now notice that it is not symmetrical. The reason of course is, if you've ever worked with a light bulb, that the ridges descend downwards, so that you can screw them into a socket. So we're going to have lower ridges over here on the left-hand side, and more of them I believe as well. Then, we're going to have possibly fewer, but definitely higher ridges over here on the right-hand side. All right, so these edges are fairly rounded. So I'm going to rough them in using my Ellipse tool. So I'll go ahead and select the Ellipse tool from the Shape tool fly-out menu. Then, I will drag thusly. I'm pressing the Spacebar in…
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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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