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Shading an isolated object - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Mastery
Shading an isolated object
I've saved my progress as Just a drop.psd, found aside the 27_pen_tool folder, and thus far we've managed to exactingly select this drop and isolate it from the rest of the image, using a precise path outline drawn with the Pen tool. Now you may look at this drop and wonder about the precision. After all, I'll go ahead and press the A key to get my White Arrow tool. After all, it looks like this darkness down here is an area that's outside the drop and potentially, we're going too far out on the left-hand side. So if you're curious about that kind of stuff, you can just go ahead turn on this droplets layer that appears duplicated behind single drop. You'll see here that actually this dark area is inside the droplet, whereas I might be going too far out over here on left-hand side. So I'll go ahead and click on this anchor point and tuck it in just a little bit by pressing the Left Arrow key. I will urge you that as much as you might want to get your path outline exactly right, that's…
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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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