Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 181

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 6.0 171 User Guide 6 Complete the path: • Press Enter or Return to end an open path. • Double-click to close the path with a magnetic segment. • Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and double-click to close the path with a straight segment. 7 Draw additional path components if desired. Choose a shape area option to determine how overlapping path components intersect. (See "Drawing overlapping shapes (Photoshop)" on page 171.) 8 Click the OK button ( ) in the options bar, or press Enter or Return, to dismiss the drawing tools. Drawing overlapping shapes (Photoshop) In Photoshop, you can draw multiple shapes in a layer or modify a path using one or more of the drawing tools. You can specify how overlapping shapes, path segments, and path components interact using the shape area options. To specify how overlapping areas interact: 1 Create a new shape layer or work path, select an existing layer in the Layers palette, or select an existing path in the Paths palette. 2 Before drawing subsequent shapes, path segments, or path components, choose the shape tool or pen tool you want to use, and choose one of the following options in the options bar: • Add to Shape Area ( ) to add the new area to the existing shapes or path. • Subtract from Shape Area ( ) to remove the overlapping area from the existing shapes or path. • Intersect Shape Area ( ) to restrict the area to the intersection of the new area and the existing shapes or path. • Exclude Shape Area ( ), to exclude the overlap area in the consolidated new and existing areas. Using the Paths palette (Photoshop) The Paths palette lists the name and a thumbnail image of each saved path, the current work path, and the current layer clipping path. Decreasing the size of thumbnails or turning them off lets you list more paths in the palette, and turning thumbnails off can improve performance. To view a path, you must first select it in the Paths palette.