PS Small white must learn to pull the drawing skill! Use PS Pen tool to dig

To pull a map is to isolate a particular object from the background, and the premise of the pull is that we have a completely clear image. In the process of image processing, the drawing is very popular, especially for web design, poster design and cover design. The prospect of drawing extraction may be a combination of people, objects or landscapes, or three factors.

This issue of foreign quality translation tutorials with you to introduce the well-known UI designer Jake Rocheleau is how to use the PS Pen tool to pull the map. The author thinks, at present Photoshop CC's function, the pull out tool has many kinds of, but in the long time picture processing process, the PS Pen tool is the most accurate and the most effective drawing tool. Of course, for many PS small white, PS pen tool to pull the map at the beginning to use a bit of a challenge, but once you have mastered the use of PS Pen tool, you will find the PS Pen tool pull the charm. This PS tutorial is not very difficult, very suitable for the PS beginners Learning practice.

Drawing, especially important in poster and cover design

Let's get started!

First, let's be clear about where the PS Pen tool is located. In the PS toolbar, there is an icon similar to pen in the left toolbar, and right click to see the options for the icon, including the Pen tool, the free Pen tool, the Add Anchor Point tool, the Delete Anchor Point tool, and the conversion point tool.

Of course, in the PS operation process, the use of shortcut keys can greatly enhance the efficiency of PS. The Pen tool shortcut key is "P", regardless of what you are using the PS tool, just click the "P" button, the current tool will automatically skip to the "pen" option.

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In this PS tutorial, the author used the material is a handheld smartphone from graphicstock picture. For the vast majority of designers, Graphicstock is quite useful, because it contains a large number of vector graphics, pictures, icons and texture resources, and these resources are downloaded free of charge (generally have 7 days of free probation).

Of the many PS-pull tools, the PS Pen tool is the most challenging and valuable cutout tool. The PS Pen tool, which was initially practiced, is usually connected to vector graphics. Most of these graphs are created with pens, or at least have very similar shapes. In this PS tutorial, if you don't like this material, you can find another one in Graphicstock.

Layout Anchor Point

Open your footage in Photoshop and confirm the selected Pen tool. In this step, our goal is to create segments between the anchor points. When you click on a picture using the pen tool, it creates a new anchor point that allows you to control the shape, size, and curve path.

Our ultimate goal is to select the entire object through the anchor point, then load the path selection, delete the background, and keep what we need.

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In this PS tutorial, we need to delete a section that contains two different parts. First of all, the author is dealing with the outside of the hand area, and then go to the bottom of the Palm area. The key point here is to create some anchor points-these anchors can be used to identify each line or curve.

When you click on the picture, you create a new anchor point, you can try to click and drag the anchor point, there will be a Bezier curve that separates the adjustment path. In a Bézier curve, the bottom adjusts the previous curve, while the front adjusts the next curve. Here is a little practice to mix the two together.

The important point here is that you can adjust the processing individually. After dragging, you can maintain the status quo, or hold down the ALT key, but hover over a point, the Bezier curve processing cursor will appear an arrow (conversion point tool), and then you can handle each curve without affecting the other.

Manipulating anchor points

You can't always lay anchor points in the right place every time. At this point, you need to make some adjustments to each anchor point. After creating an anchor with the PS Pen tool, hold down the CTRL key and temporarily switch to the direct selection tool, allowing you to manipulate and move certain elements of the path.

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You can also use the accelerator "A" to use this tool, but I think it is easier to use the above operation directly. Remember that moving anchor points also adjusts the previous path. In the path creation process, you will repeat this operation many times.

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