Pen tool Question

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Andy Aldridge
Apr 26, 2004
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When I try and use the pen tool to cut out an object, the area is filled in with a colour, this hides the picture underneath.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for your help

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Andy Aldridge

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nomail
Apr 26, 2004
Andy Aldridge wrote:

When I try and use the pen tool to cut out an object, the area is filled in with a colour, this hides the picture underneath.

What am I doing wrong?

You use the wrong pen modus. Read the manual or the Help files.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
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jrzyguy
Apr 26, 2004
this question is asked WAY too often here….but i’ll answer it for you.

when you click on the pen tool….look up at the pen tool bar. To the left there are a couple of icons for you to chose….you want PATHS not Shape Layers to be selected.

dunno why photoshop defaults to this setting.

good luck and keep learning (and dont let the grumpy gills here deter you 🙂

jj
"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message
Andy Aldridge wrote:

When I try and use the pen tool to cut out an object, the area is filled
in
with a colour, this hides the picture underneath.

What am I doing wrong?

You use the wrong pen modus. Read the manual or the Help files.

—
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
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wnor
Apr 26, 2004
Andy, after you choose the pen tool, look at the options bar on the left. There are three icons in a row, you want the one that makes a path and that is the middle one. The first one makes a mask.

"Andy Aldridge" …
When I try and use the pen tool to cut out an object, the area is filled in with a colour, this hides the picture underneath.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for your help

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Andy Aldridge

http://www.btinternet.com/~andrew.aldridge1/
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Andy Aldridge
Apr 27, 2004
Many thanks for your help, though this question may be asked many times, to me as a new user I don’t know that. And if we understood every thing in the manual what would be the point of posting here?
Before I posted my question I read through the group to see if any one else had posted it first and they never.

Thanks again to the people who give straight answers.

"Wesley Norman" wrote in message
Andy, after you choose the pen tool, look at the options bar on the left. There are three icons in a row, you want the one that makes a path and that is the middle one. The first one makes a mask.
"Andy Aldridge" wrote in message
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When I try and use the pen tool to cut out an object, the area is filled
in
with a colour, this hides the picture underneath.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for your help

—
Andy Aldridge

http://www.btinternet.com/~andrew.aldridge1/
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