Photoshop Pen Tool Video Tutorial from tutcast

[Yutosi]

Photoshop Pen Tool - In Depth from tutcast

The Pen Tool is probably the hardest Photoshop tool to master, but it's very powerful and you can create some amazing images and effects with it.

this in depth video tutorial will show you many cool tips and tricks for usign the Pen tool with maximum efficiency.

[iDad]

Excellent tutorial The Pen tool, as he said is one of the toughest tools to grasp........ good post Yutosi!

[Steve]

Excellent tutorial.
I need to put some effort into using the pen tool.
I never use it.

[hawkeye]

Good tutorial, but there are shortcuts which will save some time. Just keep the path tool selected then:

Hold the ctrl key to temporarily access the direct selection tool. When you release ctrl it goes back the path tool. This is good for adjusting the path on the fly. By holding the ctrl key and dragging you can select multiple points, or all the points (the same as using the path selection tool). Alt + shift to click select multiple points.

To delete sections of a path, select the points (alt+shift click) then hit delete.

No need to right click to add or subtract points. While using the path tool, when you hover over a path area without a point it will show a plus sign, just click to add a point. Hovering over an existing point it will show a minus sign, click to remove the anchor point.

Still with just the path tool selected, hold ctr+alt, when you hover on the path it will change to a white arrow with a plus sign, click and drag to duplicate the path.

[Gaussian]

Thanks for the added tips hawkeye.

[goodboy]

This has completely explained all my questions on the pen tool thanks

[Steve]

This has completely explained all my questions on the pen tool thanks

It's a very powerful tool and not that difficult to use with a little practice.
Since Yutosi posted that video I've been using it more and more.

[Dezigns Unlimited]

Steve, i was like you buddy, i came to grips with the pen tool last month, it's my goto tool for many projects now..

[Steve]

Yeah I agree. It's the one tool I avoided because it wasn't intuitive at least to me.
Very powerful and not all that difficult with a little practice.

[Conflictable]

good tut, gracias amigo