Pen Tool

Ragnar

Jul 30, 2008

Select normal Pen Tool. Click a point on the image and drag to the right. ‘Handles’ will appear stretching out in both directions. Click a point vertically above the first and drag to the right again. The same happens but this time an ‘S’ curve appears between the two points. Hit ESC to finish the job. If you don’t like the shape choose the ‘Convert Point Tool’ and drag the handles to manipulate the curve.

Right click the path in the Paths palette and choose ‘Stroke Path…’ to color it in.

HTH
R. 🙂

"Mr Tired" wrote in message

I am starting off with photoshop. Could someone illustrate, how to create a simple "S" shape using the pen tool? Any help would be appreciated.

thanks,
mr tired.

Mr Tired

Jul 30, 2008

Thanks R, I did get a S shape, but its not exactly what I want. how do I convert to points?

Thanks,
Mr Tired

On Jul 30, 1:43 pm, "Ragnar" wrote:

Select normal Pen Tool. Click a point on the image and drag to the right. ‘Handles’ will appear stretching out in both directions. Click a point vertically above the first and drag to the right again. The same happens but this time an ‘S’ curve appears between the two points. Hit ESC to finish the job. If you don’t like the shape choose the ‘Convert Point Tool’ and drag the handles to manipulate the curve.

Right click the path in the Paths palette and choose ‘Stroke Path…’ to color it in.

HTH
R. 🙂

"Mr Tired" wrote in message

I am starting off with photoshop. Could someone illustrate, how to create a simple "S" shape using the pen tool? Any help would be appreciated.

thanks,
mr tired.

ronviers

Jul 30, 2008

On Jul 30, 12:15 pm, Mr Tired wrote:

I am starting off with photoshop. Could someone illustrate, how to create a simple "S" shape using the pen tool? Any help would be appreciated.

thanks,
mr tired.

Hi,
The pen tool can be a little intimidating starting out but well worth getting familiar with. Here are some links to help get you started.

http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-pentool.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDrtyNmp3A4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibeX51tyPwY

Good luck,
Ron

Ragnar

Jul 31, 2008

"Mr Tired" wrote in message
Thanks R, I did get a S shape, but its not exactly what I want. how do I convert to points?

Thanks,
Mr Tired

These details are covered in Photoshop Help better than I could explain. Ron has posted some useful links if you need to see the tool in action.

R.

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