You’ll need to remember to use two slightly different techniques when working between the two applications. Despite both Pen tools doing the same job between Illustrator and Photoshop, they don’t work exactly the same. Which technique I use will depend on which application I’m using, as well as what I’m trying to achieve. I use one of two techniques when working with the pen tool. What’s more, you can save multiple paths in your document so you can reselect or make minor tweaks to the selection later. You could use the lasso tool, the Eraser, a layer mask or even the extract filter, but none of them give the the fine control that a carefully drawn path gives you. There’s load of tools in Photoshop you can use to remove the background from an image. This mixture of straight lines and curves of any angle allow you to draw any shape imaginable.
There’s no end to the type of shapes you can draw with the pen tool, you can make a straight line between two points or add a bend using bezier curves. You can draw shapes with the Pen tool in both Illustrator and Photoshop, but you’re only likely to use it to clip images out in Photoshop.
There’s two main uses for the Pen tool Drawing shapes and cutting things out. The pen is mightier than the errm… magic wand (Also accessible by holding CMD – Photoshop only)ĭirect Selection Tool – Used to select individual points or bezier handles. Path Selection Tool – Used to select a whole path, including all points and curves. There’s also two other tools that are used alongside the Pen tool: (Also accessible by holding ALT – Illustrator only) (Also accessible by hovering over a point)Ĭonvert Anchor Point Tool – This variation of the Pen tool creates bezier handles on a point to form a curve. (Also accessible by hovering over a path)ĭelete Anchor Point Tool – This variation of the Pen tool removes existing points from a path. All the following options are built right into the Pen tool and can be accessed using keyboard shortcuts.Īdd Anchor Point Tool – This variation of the Pen tool adds additional points anywhere on a path. Pen Tool – The Pen tool Swiss army knife. Let’s look at the different variations and what they do: All these options can be quickly selected using certain shortcut keys, or you can choose that specific tool individually from within the Pen tool stack.
The Pen tool comes with all kinds of options for creating, removing and tweaking bezier points and curves.
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