Hi, everyone. This is Ydel, writing again for your interest on Photoshop.
I will be talking about selections in detail in the next blogs but for now let me just say that there is another way of creating selections and that is with the Pen tool. Aside for the ability to create selections, Pen tool is a fantastic tool that lets you create Paths. What are paths, you may be asking? Let me put it this way to get you started - Paths are great if you work with large files, they can be stored within the file and converted to selection at any time.
That’s what you are going to learn in this blog - you will create a path with the Pen tool and then you will convert it into a selection. Maybe you will even save the path so that you could reuse it in the future. The clipping path is one of the most used method which is done by pen tool.
Pen tool has three modes:
1. Shape mode;
2. Path mode;
3. Pixels mode.
Don’t worry about the last one, you will only be using the first one or the second one. Shape mode creates a shape layer and Path mode creates a path without any color and without creating any new layers. Unless you want to draw something you will use the Path mode.
In this part, I am going to use the image of the monitor and the Pen tool will be used to create a path around the monitor’s screen so that a new image could be put inside. If you want to follow along with the same image or similar image, the image of the monitor can be downloaded from google, come on don't be afraid for the copyright, you are not going to use it for commercial purpose, just use it then delete it. No worries.
This is the image that I’m going to use:
1. Open the image of the monitor (or your own image).
2. Zoom into the image to see the monitor’s screen closer.
3. Select the Pen tool from the Tools panel:
4. In the Options Bar set the mode to Path (Path is the default setting) and leave the other options for now:
5. Position your cursor in one corner of the monitor’s screen and click to set an anchor point:
I will be talking about selections in detail in the next blogs but for now let me just say that there is another way of creating selections and that is with the Pen tool. Aside for the ability to create selections, Pen tool is a fantastic tool that lets you create Paths. What are paths, you may be asking? Let me put it this way to get you started - Paths are great if you work with large files, they can be stored within the file and converted to selection at any time.
That’s what you are going to learn in this blog - you will create a path with the Pen tool and then you will convert it into a selection. Maybe you will even save the path so that you could reuse it in the future. The clipping path is one of the most used method which is done by pen tool.
Pen tool has three modes:
1. Shape mode;
2. Path mode;
3. Pixels mode.
Don’t worry about the last one, you will only be using the first one or the second one. Shape mode creates a shape layer and Path mode creates a path without any color and without creating any new layers. Unless you want to draw something you will use the Path mode.
In this part, I am going to use the image of the monitor and the Pen tool will be used to create a path around the monitor’s screen so that a new image could be put inside. If you want to follow along with the same image or similar image, the image of the monitor can be downloaded from google, come on don't be afraid for the copyright, you are not going to use it for commercial purpose, just use it then delete it. No worries.
This is the image that I’m going to use:
1. Open the image of the monitor (or your own image).
2. Zoom into the image to see the monitor’s screen closer.
3. Select the Pen tool from the Tools panel:
4. In the Options Bar set the mode to Path (Path is the default setting) and leave the other options for now:
5. Position your cursor in one corner of the monitor’s screen and click to set an anchor point:
6. Release the mouse button, move the cursor to another corner and click again.
7. Repeat the last step in the third corner of the monitor’s screen. The last step, in the fourth corner, is going to be a bit different. I will explain that in the next step.
8. Move the cursor into the fourth corner and you should see a circle icon next
to the cursor. If you the circle, click to add the final anchor point and close the path at same time.
9. Once you’ve created a path, you will find it in the Paths panel, so open it by
clicking on the Paths panel tab positioned behind the Layers panel.
Paths panel overview
At the bottom of the Paths panel there is a series of icons. Here’s what they do, from left to right:
Fill Path - fill the path with your current color,
Stroke Path - stroke the path with your currently selected painting tool,
Load Path as a Selection - load your path as a selection (you’re going to do it in just a moment),
Make Work Path from a Selection - convert your selection into a work path,
Add Mask - add a mask,
Create New Path - this option creates a blank new path,
Clipping Path - it means remove everything outside the path,
Delete - delete a path.
Note: There is another interesting option when using Create New Path icon and we will go through it in the next few blogs.
Now that you have created your path, you can convert it into a selection or you can just apply clipping path.
10. In the Paths panel, with the Path selected, click on Load Path as a Selection icon. This will convert your path into a selection like on a screenshot here:
11. Open an image that you would like to insert into the selection.
12. With the new image open, choose Select > All and Edit > Copy.
13. Now with the image in the clipboard, navigate back to the monitor image.
14. Choose Edit > Paste Special > Paste Into.
Now the image will appear inside the monitor:
Notice that the image appeared on its own layer:
15. Close the image you copied. Because the image you’ve pasted into the monitor’s screen is now on its own layer, you can easily edit it.
16. The image you’ve pasted may have a different aspect ratio from the
monitor’s screen so resize it using Edit > Transform > Scale.
17. Once you’re done resizing, remember to accept the transformation by clicking the Accept icon in the Options bar (or by pressing Enter key on the keyboard).
18. Position the image where you want it to appear within the monitor using the Move tool.
There are many other methods or tool you can work on for example sharpening and healing brush tool.
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