Adding Color To Paths; Filling And Stroking Paths With Color; To Fill A Path Using The Current Fill Path Settings; To Fill A Path And Specify Options - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

Adding color to paths

Filling and stroking paths with color

A path created with the Pen tool does not become an image element until you stroke or fill it. The Fill Path command
fills a path with pixels using a specified color, a state of the image, a pattern, or a fill layer.
Path selected (left) and filled (right)
The Stroke Path command paints the border of a path. The Stroke Path command allows you to create a paint stroke
(using the current settings for your painting tools) that follows any path. This is completely different from the Stroke
layer effect, which doesn't mimic the effect of any of the painting tools.
Path selected (left) and stroked (right)
Important: When you fill or stroke a path, the color values appear on the active layer. Make sure that the layer you want
is active before beginning. You cannot fill or stroke a path when a layer mask or text layer is active.

To fill a path using the current Fill Path settings

Select the path in the Paths palette.
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Click the Fill Path button
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To fill a path and specify options

Select the path in the Paths palette.
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Fill the path:
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• Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the Fill Path button at the bottom of the Paths palette.
Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the path to the Fill Path button.
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Choose Fill Path from the Paths palette menu. If the selected path is a path component, this command changes to
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Fill Subpath.
For Use, choose the contents for the fill. (See "To fill a selection or a layer with a foreground or background color"
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on page 498.)
at the bottom of the Paths palette.
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