Select A Path; Adjust Path Segments - Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual

Separate path components selected

Select a path

Selecting a path component or path segment displays all of the anchor points on the selected portion, including any direction lines and direction
points if the selected segment is curved. Direction points appear as filled circles, selected anchor points as filled squares, and unselected anchor
points as hollow squares.
1. Do one of the following:
To select a path component (including a shape in a shape layer), select the Path Selection tool
component. If a path consists of several path components, only the path component under the pointer is selected.
To display the bounding box along with the selected path, select Show Bounding Box in the options bar.
To select a path segment, select the Direct Selection tool
of the segment.
Drag a marquee to select segments.
2. To select additional path components or segments, select the Path Selection tool or the Direct Selection tool, and then hold down Shift while
selecting additional paths or segments.
When the Direct Selection tool is selected, you can select the entire path or path component by Alt-clicking (Windows) or Option-clicking
(Mac OS) inside the path. To activate the Direct Selection tool when most other tools are selected, position the pointer over an anchor
point, and press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS).

Adjust path segments

You can edit a path segment at any time, but editing existing segments is slightly different from drawing them. Keep the following tips in mind
when editing segments:
If an anchor point connects two segments, moving that anchor point always changes both segments.
When drawing with the Pen tool, you can temporarily activate the Direct Selection tool so that you can adjust segments you've already
drawn; press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) while drawing.
When you initially draw a smooth point with the Pen tool, dragging the direction point changes the length of the direction line on both sides of
the point. However, when you edit an existing smooth point with the Direct Selection tool, you change the length of the direction line only on
the side you're dragging.
Move straight segments
1. With the Direct Selection tool
2. Drag the segment to its new position.
, select the segment you want to adjust.
, and click one of the segment's anchor points, or drag a marquee over part
, and click anywhere inside the path
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