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To display the Paths palette:
Choose Window > Paths.
To select or deselect a path in the palette:
Do one of the following:
•
To select a path, click the path name in the Paths palette. Only one path can be selected
at a time.
•
To deselect a path, click in the blank area of the Paths palette or press Esc.
To change the size of path thumbnails:
1
Choose Palette Options from the Paths palette menu.
2
Select a size, or select None to turn off the display of thumbnails.
To change a path’s stacking order:
1
Select the path in the Paths palette.
2
Drag the path up or down in the Paths palette. When the heavy black line appears in the
desired location, release the mouse button.
Note:
You cannot change the order of vector masks in the Paths palette.
Editing paths (Photoshop)
A path is composed of one or more
path components
—collections of one or more anchor
points joined by segments.
Because they take up less disk space than pixel-based data, paths can be used for long-
term storage of simple masks. Paths can also be used to clip sections of your image for
export to an illustration or page-layout application. (See
“Using image clipping paths to
create transparency” on page 466
.)
About anchor points, direction lines, direction points, and
components
A path consists of one or more straight or curved segments.
Anchor points
mark the
endpoints of the path segments. On curved segments, each selected anchor point
displays one or two
direction lines
, ending in
direction points
. The positions of direction
lines and points determine the size and shape of a curved segment. Moving these
elements reshapes the curves in a path.
A path:
A.
Curved line segment
B.
Direction point
C.
Direction line
D.
Selected anchor point
E.
Unselected anchor point
E
A
B
C
D
