The Photoshop Layers and Selections Workshop by Glyn Dewis

Author:Glyn Dewis [Glyn Dewis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Published: 2021-05-28T00:00:00+00:00

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SIMON “FOXY” FOWLER ACTOR AND FRIEND

CHAPTER 5

THE PEN TOOL AND VECTOR MASKS

No book about selections would be complete without a section on the Pen Tool. I remember when I first gave it a try and consequently got completely lost and made a right mess of things. Bezier curves? What on earth? Why is it doing this? Why is it doing that? The Pen Tool had me completely foxed, so in truth, I avoided using it for quite some time.

However, it was inevitable that if I wanted to get really good at making selections, then I had to make friends with it, so that’s what I did, and you know what? The Pen Tool is the BEST tool there is, bar none, when it comes to making selections around objects that have a defined outline. So, it’s not good for making selections of hair, fur, grass, or the like, but for anything with a defined outline, it’s my tool of choice.

My intention with this chapter is to give you an overview of how you can get the most out of the Pen Tool. There are two keys on your keyboard that are going to totally change things for the better: Command and Option if you’re using an Apple computer, or Ctrl and Alt if you’re on a Windows-based computer. Knowing these two keys will make using the Pen Tool really, really easy!

Oh, and if all seems to be going wrong when you’re using the Pen Tool, you can always use the Edit > Undo command (Command (Mac)/Ctrl (PC) + Z) to go back a few steps.

Right, that’s enough of the promises; let’s get to it . . .

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