To Copy A Path Component Or Path; To Copy Path Components Between Two Photoshop Files; To Delete A Path Component; To Align And Distribute Path Components - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

To 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 palette, and click a path component
with the Path Selection tool
To copy a path without renaming it, drag the path name in the Paths palette to the New Path button
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bottom of the palette.
• To copy and rename a path, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the path in the Paths palette to the New
Path button at the bottom of the palette. Or select the path to copy, and choose Duplicate Path from the Paths
palette 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
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choose Edit > Copy. Then select the destination path, and choose Edit > Paste.

To copy path components between two Photoshop files

1 Open both images.
In the source image, use the Path Selection tool to select the entire path or the path components that you want
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to copy.
To copy the path component, do any of the following:
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Drag the path component from the source image to the destination image. The path component is copied to the
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active path in the Paths palette.
In the source image, select the path name in the Paths palette and choose Edit > Copy to copy the path. In the desti­
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nation 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
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choose Edit > Copy. In the destination image, choose Edit > Paste.

To delete a path component

Select the path name in the Paths palette, and click a path component with the Path Selection tool
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Press backspace (Windows) or Delete (Mac OS) to delete the selected path component.
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To 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.
. Then Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the selected path.
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