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5 (Photoshop) To create multiple shape
components in the same shape layer, continue
drawing shapes:
• Choose a shape area option to determine what
happens at the intersection of overlapping shapes.
(See "Drawing overlapping shapes (Photoshop)"
on page 171.)
• Select a different tool in the toolbox to switch
between drawing tools. When using a shape tool,
you can also select a different shape tool in the
options bar.
(Photoshop) Click the OK button (
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options bar, or press Enter or Return, to dismiss
the drawing tools.
Creating a work path (Photoshop)
A work path is a temporary path that appears in the
Paths palette and defines the outline of a shape.
You can use paths in several ways:
• You can use a path as a layer clipping path to hide
areas of a layer. (See "Hiding portions of a layer"
on page 237.)
• You can convert a path to a selection to use a
shape as the basis for selecting pixels in an image.
(See "Converting between paths and selection
borders (Photoshop)" on page 180.)
• You can edit a path to change its shape.
(See "Editing paths (Photoshop)" on page 172.)
• You can designate a path as a clipping path
for an entire image, which is useful when
exporting images to page-layout or vector-editing
applications.
Create a new path in the Paths palette before
you begin drawing to automatically save the
work path as a named path.
To create a new work path:
1 Select the rectangle tool ( ), rounded rectangle
tool ( ), ellipse tool ( ), polygon tool ( ),
line tool ( ), custom shape tool ( ), pen tool ( ),
) in the
or freeform pen tool ( ).
In the options bar, click the Create New Work
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Path button ( ), and set additional, tool-specific
options. (See "Setting shape tool options" on
page 164, "Drawing with the pen tool" on
page 167, and "Drawing with the freeform pen
tool" on page 169.)
If you're using the custom shape tool, select a
predefined shape from the Shape pop-up palette.
(See "Using pop-up palettes" on page 62.)
3 If you're using a shape tool, drag in the image to
draw the path. If you're using a pen tool, click or
drag in the image to draw the path. (See "Using the
pen tools (Photoshop)" on page 166.)
4 To create multiple components in the path,
continue drawing:
• Choose a shape area option to determine what
happens at the intersection of overlapping path
segments and components. (See "Drawing
overlapping shapes (Photoshop)" on page 171.)
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