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Using the Pen tools You can use the tools in the Pen family to draw all kinds of paths
Control points Each time you click with the Pen tool, a control point is added. Always try to use as few control points as you can, because it makes the path much easier to control.
The Pen tool is located in the ninth row 1 of Photoshop’s toolbar – it’s easy to find because it looks just like its name. In older versions of Photoshop the only place you could create paths was in the Paths palette. All the paths you drew would be located here.
The Pen toolgroup contains five separate tools. The first is the ‘normal’ Pen tool. Use this to draw smooth or angular paths by clicking in the document; clicking without dragging creates a sharp control point used to make angular paths, such as this quadrilateral shape.
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Clicking and dragging pulls out the Bézier handles from a control point, turning it into a smooth point. You can use smooth points to create curved paths, such as this roughly circular path.
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Path options The Paths palette has an Options menu, where you can choose the size of the display icon, or choose to turn it off.
You can combine smooth and sharp control points in a path to make it both smooth and angular – simply click without dragging to place a sharp control point where you need one.
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