advanced pen tool path creation

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brianaswell
Feb 3, 2008
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I have a technical question regarding the pen tool and its capabilities. I am using the pen tool to cut out a shape in the form of a large bold solid letter "c" from a .jpeg image. My problem is I create a section of the path for the outer border of the "c" and another for the inner border, but I cannot seem to manipulate the anchor points to correspond in a perfect curved parallel manner. I hope that’s understandable, I’d really appreciate and answer. Thanks very much,

BRIAN
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John_Joslin
Feb 3, 2008
This is a start:

< http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/adobe_pen_tool_cheatsheet.ht ml>

Try this as well:

<http://www.gurusnetwork.com/tutorial/pen>
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Phosphor
Feb 4, 2008
Sometimes, it’s much easier and more accurate to look at the shape you want to outline, mentally analyze it as a group of primitives, and use combinations of basic shapes (along with the "add to shape" & "subtract from shape" functions) to outline an object.
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Ronald Keller
Feb 4, 2008
Brian,

Some other suggestions as well:
1. maybe it’s easier to select the shape with the selection tools and then convert the selection to a path.

2. Use the type tool and type a c then Layer > Type > Make work path or Convert to shape.

Ronald
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brianaswell
Feb 6, 2008
Thanks guys! the simple shapes are working great

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