Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual page 440

Dragging a path to a new location
Note: If you drag a path so that the move pointer is over another open image, the path is copied to that image.
Reshape a path component
1. Select the path name in the Paths panel, and use the Direct Selection tool
2. Drag the point or its handles to a new location.
Merge overlapping path components
1. Select the path name in the Paths panel, and select the Path Selection tool
2. Do the following to create a single component from all overlapping components:
In CS5 or earlier, click Combine in the options bar.
In CS6, choose Merge Shape Components from the Path Operations drop-down menu in the options bar
Copy a path component or path
Do any of the following:
To copy a path component as you move it, select the path name in the Paths panel, and click a path component with the Path Selection tool
. Then Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the selected path.
To copy a path without renaming it, drag the path name in the Paths panel to the New Path button
To copy and rename a path, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the path in the Paths panel to the New Path button at the bottom
of the panel. Or select the path to copy, and choose Duplicate Path from the Paths panel menu. Enter a new name for the path in the
Duplicate Path dialog box, and click OK.
To copy a path or path component into another path, select the path or path component you want to copy, and choose Edit > Copy. Then
select the destination path, and choose Edit > Paste.
Copy path components between two Photoshop files
1. Open both images.
2. In the source image, use the Path Selection tool
3. To copy the path component, do any of the following:
Drag the path component from the source image to the destination image. The path component is copied to the active path in the Paths
panel.
In the source image, select the path name in the Paths panel and choose Edit > Copy to copy the path. In the destination image,
choose Edit > Paste. You can also use this method to combine paths in the same image.
To paste the path component into the destination image, select the path component in the source image, and choose Edit > Copy. In
the destination image, choose Edit > Paste.
Delete a path component
1. Select the path name in the Paths panel, and click a path component with the Path Selection tool
2. Press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Mac OS) to delete the selected path component.
Align and distribute path components
You can align and distribute path components that are described in a single path. For example, you can align the left edges of several shapes
contained in a single layer or distribute several components in a work path along their horizontal centers.
Note: To align shapes that are on separate layers, use the Move tool.
To align components, use the Path Selection tool
Path Alignment drop-down menu in the options bar, or in CS5, select an alignment option from the options bar.
to select an anchor point in the path.
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to select the entire path or the path components that you want to copy.
to select the components you want to align. Then, in CS6, choose an option from the
at the bottom of the panel.
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