About paths and the Pen tool
In Photoshop, the outline of a vector shape is a path. A path is a curved or straight line segment you draw using the Pen tool, Magnetic Pen tool, or Freeform Pen tool. Of these tools, the Pen tool draws paths with the greatest precision; the Magnetic Pen tool and Freeform Pen tool draw paths as if you were drawing with a pencil on paper.
TOOL TIPS FROM THE PHOTOSHOP EVANGELIST
Julieanne Kost is an official Adobe Photoshop evangelist. Any tool in the toolbox can be selected with a single letter shortcut key. Type the letter, get the tool. For example, press P to select the Pen tool. Pressing Shift with the key cycles though any nested tools in a group. So pressing Shift-P toggles between the Pen and Freeform Pen tools. |
 Paths can be open or closed. Open paths (such as a wavy line) have two distinct endpoints. Closed paths (such as a circle) are continuous. The type of path you draw affects how it can be selected and adjusted.Paths that have not been filled or stroked do not print when you print your artwork. This is because paths are vector objects that contain no pixels, unlike the bitmap shapes drawn by the Pencil tool and other painting tools. |
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