Superb Vector Support - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual

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What's New in Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Expand beyond pixels

Superb vector support

Photoshop 6.0 provides integrated tools for creating and outputting crisp, editable vector shapes and text.
With these new tools, you can incorporate resolution-independent, vector-based graphics and type along with
pixel-based images to achieve an unparalleled range of design effects. You can save vector data in EPS, DCS,
TIFF, and PDF formats.
The new rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, polygon, custom shape, and line tools let you
Shape tools
create a wide variety of vector-based shapes. These tools let you create shapes in three forms: as work paths,
as shape layers, or as painted pixels.
Photoshop 6.0—like Adobe
Shape editing
Illustrator and other Adobe programs—also
provides pathfinder operations for quickly
combining basic vector shapes into hard-to-draw
shapes. These operations include add, subtract,
restrict, and invert. You can edit the segments of
any basic or combined shape by using the direct
selection, add anchor point, delete anchor point,
and convert anchor point tools.
Adding to a basic shape and result after combining