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How to use the Pen Tool

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14 May 2008 17:06

Want to know how to use the Pen Tool in Photoshop to make precise selections?

Digital Photo’s Technical Writer Michael Topham runs through this particular tool and shows you how to curve a Path around a subject in your photographs. This video also touches on adding an Adjustment Layer once your Path and Selection have been created.

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StephenBatey says

RE: How to use the Pen Tool

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06 October 2011 02:24

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minolta says

RE: How to use the Pen Tool

A very simple tut compared to all the others out there and that helped me out no end. Thank you.

26 October 2010 20:10

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maximax says

RE: How to use the Pen Tool

I find it easier to fix one of the points with at alt key then do your tangent lines off of one point which I personally find just as accurate and a lot quicker.