Dry PS path and vector tool explaining

A. Pen tool system

The pen is the most powerful vector drawing tool in PS that can be used to draw any open or closed path or shape. 1. Pen tool

How to use

Draw a line
The tool mode is the path, the cursor is clicked on the canvas to create the first anchor point, the next location is clicked, the second anchor point is created, and two anchor points are connected to a straight path defined by a corner point.
Note: If you use the Pen tool to draw a straight line path while holding down the SHIFT key, you can draw a straight line with a horizontal, vertical, or 45-degree angle increment.

Drawing curves
Tool mode is the path, the cursor on the canvas click Create First anchor point, click in the next position and drag the mouse, create a second smooth point, will be connected to a curve.
Note: In the process of drawing the curve, the direction and length are controlled by the directional line, and then the direction of the next anchor point generation Path is affected, and the curves of different effects are plotted.
You can draw with the help of grid guides during the drawing process. You can change the color of the grid in preferences.

The options Bar describes the tool mode:
Includes 3 options for shapes, paths, and pixels, and pixel options are available only when the vector shape tool is used. Build Type:
Click a different option to convert the drawn path to a different object type.
Selection buttons: You can convert a path to a selection.
Mask button: You can add a vector mask to the current layer according to the path outline.
Shape buttons: You can create a shape layer along the current path and fill the layer with color. Alignment and distribution: used to set the alignment and distribution of the path.
Note: To align or distribute shapes, use the Path selection tool to select two or more than two paths, and select the options you want in the bomb to align or distribute the path as you know it. Geometry options: When the pop-up check box is checked, moving the cursor while drawing the path displays a path-like virtual line that shows the approximate shape of the segment path. Auto Add \ Delete: Tick the pen tool will have the ability to add \ Remove anchor points. Move the Karma Pen tool to the path click to add an anchor point, and click the anchor point to delete it. Fill: Sets the fill type for the shape. Stroke: The type of stroke used to set the shape. This can be a spring stroke, or it can be a gradient, a pattern stroke. Stroke width: Used to set the width of the shape stroke, the value is between 0~288. Stroke type: In the stroke options panel that pops up, you can set the stroke type and the alignment, the end point, the shape of the contact, and so on. Path operations: Primarily used to compound multiple shapes in a shape layer to create more complex shapes. How shapes are stacked: You can adjust the stacking order of shapes in the same layer. On its edge: aligns the 10-year sense shape edge to the pixel grid. 2. Free Pen tool

Used to draw more casual graphics, which are used in a very similar way to the Lasso tool. Click and drag the mouse in the canvas to draw the path, the shape of the path is the trajectory that the cursor is running, and PS automatically adds an anchor point to the path.

The options bar describes geometry options: You can open the geometry Options panel for related settings.
Curve fitting: This option is used to set the sensitivity of the drawn path to the mouse pointer moving in the canvas, with a range of values between 0.5~10 pixels. The larger the value, the less the anchor point is generated, and the smoother the path is, and the smaller the value, the more anchor points are generated.
Magnetic: The Free pen tool can be converted to a magnetic pen tool. The width, contrast, frequency, and pen pressure options are available below and are set in the same way as the magnetic lasso tool. Magnetic: can be drawn using the magnetic pen tool.
Note: The magnetic pen tool is used in the same way as the magnetic lasso tool, but the magnetic pen tool creates a path or shape layer instead of a selection. While drawing the path, press the DELETE key to delete the anchor point and double-click the path where you can close the root.
second, the path 1. Know the path and the anchor point

A path is a line or curve that a user sketchy out with a series of points that can be filled or stroked along a discounted segment or curve to draw an image. A path is an outline that you can convert to a selection or use a color fill and stroke, which includes an open path with a starting point and a closed path without a start and end point. It can also consist of several relatively independent paths, each of which becomes a sub-path.
Note: The path is a vector object, no I have to fill or stroke the path is not to be printed out.

Paths are made up of straight or curved path segments that are connected by anchor points. The anchor points are divided into two kinds, one is the smooth point and the other is the corner point . Connecting a smooth point can form a smooth curve, and connecting a corner point can form a straight line or a transfer curve. The anchor points on the curve path segment have direction lines, and the end of the direction line is the direction point, which is primarily used to adjust the shape of the curve. 2. Select and edit Paths selecting and moving anchor points and Paths
Initially drawn paths often do not meet the requirements, which requires the path to be reconciled with hate editing. Tools for editing paths include the Add Anchor Point tool, the Delete Anchor Point tool, the Convert Point tool, the path selection tool, and the direct selection tool.

The path selection tool is mainly used to select and move the entire path, all the anchor points of the path are selected, the solid direction points, the path can be directly moved.
The direct selection tool does not automatically select the anchor point in the path and the anchor point is a hollow state. Select the appropriate anchor points to move their positions.

Note: You can select a path by clicking the path or any part of the path using the path selection tool, and the direct selection tool can only click on the path to select the path.
When you use the direct selection tool, press the SHIFT key while clicking the anchor point, you can select multiple anchor points, and click the selected anchor point to deselect it.
PS cc can use the right-click shortcut menu to enter isolation mode, or double-click the shape you want to edit to isolate it to improve the accuracy of path editing.
Convert anchor Point type
Use the Convert Point tool to convert diagonally and smooth points. To convert a smooth point to a corner point, click the anchor point directly using the transform Point tool, to turn the corner point into a smooth point, click and drag the anchor point, and adjust the path to the shape you want.

Note: When using the Pen tool, move the mouse over the anchor point and hold down the ALT key to temporarily change the pen tool to the conversion point tool;
When using the direct selection tool, move the mouse over the anchor point and press and hold the Ctrl+alt key to temporarily change the direct selection tool to the conversion point tool.
Adjust Path shape
On the curve path, each anchor point has one or two direction lines, moving the direction point grams adjust the length and direction of the direction line, so as to change the shape of the curve, moving the direction line on the smooth point, you can adjust the curve path on both sides of the point, you can adjust the direction line on the same side of the direction line.

When you use the direct selection tool to drag a direction line on a smooth point, the direction line is always in a straight line state, and the anchor point will change the path segment observed in the coming year; When you drag a direction line using the Convert angle tool, you can adjust the direction line on either side of the smoothing point individually without affecting the direction line and the same side of the

Transform Path
Use the Path selection tool to select the path and execute the edit → Transform path \rightarrow transform path command to transform the path. The transform method is the same as the transform image.

Output Path
You can export a well-drawn path to a path file, which is easy to import into the AI for further editing. With the path selected, you can export the path to an AI file by executing the file → export → path to illustrator file \rightarrow export \rightarrow path to illustrator command.

Storage Path
You can see the working path you created on the Paths panel. Double-clicking the work Path pops up the dialog box for the storage path, saving the work path as a path.
Note: The work path is a temporary path and cannot be aligned for clipping path operations, it must be saved first.

Select the path you want to save, click the Business triangle button in the path panel, select the clipping path in the pop-up panel menu, OK. Executes the Save As command, and in the dialog box summarizes the image stored as "... tif" format, saved.
Note: Flatten in the Clipping Path dialog box: You can leave blank space to print the image using the printer's default values. If you encounter a printing error, you can enter a flatness to determine how the PostScript interpreter simulates the curve. The smaller the value, the more lines are used to draw the curve, and the more accurate the curve is. The usual range of values is 0.2-100. For high-resolution printing, recommendation 8-10, low-resolution printing is recommended for 1-3.
3. Path Panel

The main function of the path panel is to save and manage paths. The paths you normally draw are saved in the path panel, including the work path, path, and current vector mask.

Tip: If you want to maintain the selection of the path but do not want the path to interfere with the work view, you can press the shortcut key ctrl+shift+h, hide the path in the canvas, and press the shortcut again to re-display the path.
path-to-selection conversion

Paths and selections can be converted to each other, and a path to a selection is an important use of the path. In cases where the selection scope is more complex, the path is usually drawn first, and then the path is converted to a selection. convert a path to a selection
Mode one: Click the "Load path as a Pick" button under the Paths panel.
Mode Two: Click the Small triangle button at the top right of the panel, select the Create Selection option, and set the parameters in the Make Selection dialog box. This method allows you to set the feather effect of the selection, as well as the composite method with the existing selection.

Tip: If you don't need to feather and compound a selection, you can quickly convert the selected path to a selection by pressing Ctrl+enter directly.
convert a selection to a path

Mode one: Click the Generate work path from selection button under the Paths panel.
Mode Two: Click the Small triangle button at the top right of the panel, select the Create Work path option, and set the tolerance in the Build Selection dialog box.

Note: The tolerance value range is 0.5-10 pixels. The smaller the tolerance value, the more anchor points on the converted path, the more accurate the path, and the less the anchor points on the breeding path, the more inaccurate the path. However, if the tolerance value is too small, although all the details in the selection can be preserved, it may cause too many anchor points on the path, and the converted path is too complex to suggest 2.0 pixels in general.
Fill Path

Use the Path selection tool to select the drawing path in the canvas and right-click to select the Fill path option, where you can set the fill content and blending mode. Use: Used to indicate how the path is populated. Mode: Sets the blend mode anti-aliasing of the fill effect: tick to create a pleasant transition between the pixels of the selection and the surrounding pixels by partially populating the selection's edge pixels. three, Shape tool system 1. Rectangle tool

Use the Rectangle tool to draw rectangles and squares, click in the canvas, and drag the mouse to create a rectangle.

The options Bar describes the tool mode: used to set the mode for drawing using the tool, including 3 options for paths, shapes, and pixels. Selecting pixel mode will draw normal pixel shapes directly, without creating a path. Unconstrained: When selected, a rectangle of any size can be drawn in the canvas. Square: A square is drawn when selected.

Tip: When drawing with the Rectangle tool, hold down the SHIFT key to draw a square directly, hold down the ALT key, and scatter the rectangle around the center of the mouse-click Point, and hold the Shift+alt key to draw a square around the center of the mouse click.
2. Rounded Rectangle tool

The options Bar describes the radius: sets the fillet radius of the rounded rectangle that is drawn. The larger the value, the more pronounced the fillet arc.

Note: Versions before PS cc can only adjust the fillet size by adjusting the anchor point using the direct selection tool, you can now modify its fillet size in the properties panel, and you can set a different radian for each corner.
3. Ellipse tool

Same as with the Rectangle tool 4. Polygon Tool

You can draw polygons and star shapes.

The options Bar describes edges: Sets the variable of the polygon or star that is drawn, with a range of 3-100. Radius: The distance from the center of the graph to the vertex. Indent Edge by: Used to set the percentage of the star edge indent. The larger the value, the more pronounced the indentation. Smooth indent: When checked, the edges of the drawn star are indented smoothly toward the center. 5. Line tool

Draw lines with different weights and segments with arrows.

The options Bar describes the start/end point: You can add arrows at the start or end of the drawn line. Width: Sets the arrowhead width to the percentage of the line width, range 10%-1000%, and sets the arrowhead effect at different widths. Length: Sets the percentage of the arrowhead length to the line width, ranging from 10%-5,000%. SAG: Sets the degree of indentation of the arrowhead, in the range of-50%-50%. 6. Custom Shape Tools

PS offers a number of custom shapes, including arrows, logos, signage, and more. You can select the shape you want in the custom shape picker.