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IMAGE: HEMERA PHOTO-OBJECTS
The Pen tool by numbers
4
Click point 4, and drag just a short way to its red dot: this
is a very short curve, so the dot is close to it.
8
Now click point 8, and release the mouse button. No
curves needed here: it’s our first corner point.
13
Click point 13, halfway round the next curve, and drag
to the red dot. Nearly home now!
1
Start at the corner point marked 1. Click the Pen tool and
drag the handle to the red dot to set the direction.
12
Click point 12, and once again don’t drag since this is
another corner point.
T
HE PEN TOOL CONFUSES PEOPLE MORE THAN
any other in Photoshop. Here’s a step-by-step guide to
cutting out a simple object – in this case, a child’s toy.
The Photoshop file on the website has all the numbers,
click points and drag points marked on it, so you can follow
the instructions here as you trace around the toy. If you make
a mistake, simply use Undo to go back one point – no need to
start again.
9
Click point 9, and drag downwards a short way to its red
dot to start off the next curve.
5
Click point 5. The curve will look wrong until you drag to
its dot, when the curve behind it will be sorted out.
1
Natural selection
SHORTCUTS
MAC WIN BOTH
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HOT TIP
To make the Pen
tool much, much
easier to use, make
sure it’s in Rubber
Band mode – this
shows you the
path you’re about
to create before
you click the tool.
To turn on Rubber
Band mode, click
the triangle at the
end of the Pen
Options bar and
select it from the
pop-up dialog.
When you’ve
completed this
exercise, try it
again without the
dots!
6
Now click point 6, and drag to its red dot: the handles are
clearly at a tangent to the curve of the toy.
10
Click point 10, but don’t drag: once again, this is a
corner point, so we don’t need a curve here.
14
Here’s what happens when we place the cursor over
our starting point: an ugly curve from point 13.
2
Click the point marked 2, and drag to its red dot: this
completes the curve behind it, and sets the next.
7
Click point 7: once again, it’s only a short drag to make
the curves both behind and in front of this point.
11
Click point 11, right at the bottom, and drag to the red
dot to make the large curve along the base.
3
Now click point 3, and drag to the red dot. This is the top
curve on the toy.
15
Instead, hold O A as you click the starting point,
to make a corner instead of a curve.
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