Line tool and masks

KZ
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Kim Zerbe
Jun 16, 2005
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I’ve been through every bit of the instructions I can think of, and I still can’t solve this problem. I’m becoming rather frustrated.

I’m coming from Photoshop 5.5 into CS for the first time, and I’m having a heck of a time with the line tool. I draw a path, and all I want to do is stroke the path. However, as I draw the path, it’s filled in with color between the points. From what I can tell, this is the vector mask.

If I delete it, the whole screen turns whatever color I have in my pallete.

I can hide it, but then I can’t stroke my path.

All I want to draw is a simple line, and I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong.

Also, is there a way to draw a path in one layer, and stroke it in another? The path disappears when I do that, and I think it’s that mask thing again. How do I get rid of it?

Thanks for your help.

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