User Guide

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 5.0
User Guide
2 Do one of the following:
• Drag the path to the Trash button at the bottom
of the Paths palette.
• Click the Trash button at the bottom of the Paths
palette, and click Yes.
• Choose Delete Path from the Paths palette
menu.
To delete a path automatically, Alt-click
(Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the
Trash button at the bottom of the Paths palette.
Creating multiple subpaths
Each time you draw a connected series of straight
or curved segments, you create a subpath. You can
create several subpaths and save them as a single
path in the Paths palette. To create additional
subpaths, close or end the current subpath, and
begin drawing again to create a new, disconnected
segment.
Original path, and subpath added
Drawing freehand paths
The freeform pen tool and the magnetic pen tool
let you draw paths as if you were drawing with a
pencil on paper. As you draw with the freeform
pen tool, anchor points are automatically set
down. You do not determine where they are
positioned, although you can adjust them once the
path is complete. (See “About anchor points,
direction lines, and direction points” on page 153,
for more information.)
The magnetic pen tool lets you draw a path that
snaps to the edges of defined areas in your image.
You can define the range and sensitivity of the
snapping behavior, as well as the complexity of the
resulting path. The magnetic pen and magnetic
lasso tools share many of the same options.
To use the freeform pen tool:
1 Select and double-click the freeform pen tool to
display its Options palette.
2 For Curve Fit, enter a value between 0.5
and 10.0.
This option controls how sensitive the final path is
to the movement of your mouse or stylus. A higher
Curve Fit value results in a simpler path with fewer
anchor points.
3 Drag the pointer in the image.
As you drag, a path trails behind the pointer. When
you release the mouse, a work path is created.