Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 184
Moving, reshaping, and deleting path, segments
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174 CHAPTER 6 Drawing and Editing To select a path: 1 Do one of the following: • To select a path component (including a shape in a shape layer), select the path component selection tool ( ), and click anywhere inside the path component. If a path consists of several path components, only the path component under the pointer is selected. To display the bounding box along with the selected path component, select Show Bounding Box in the options bar. • To select a path segment, select the direct selection tool ( ), and click one of the segment's anchor points or drag a marquee over part of the segment. Drag a marquee to select segments. 2 To select additional components or segments, select the path component selection tool or the direct selection tool, then hold down Shift while selecting additional paths or segments. When the direct selection tool is selected, you can select the entire path or path component by Alt-clicking (Windows) or Option-clicking (Mac OS) inside the path. To activate the direct selection tool when any other tool is selected, position the pointer over an anchor point, and press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS). To change the overlap mode for the selected path component: Using the path component selection tool, drag a marquee to select existing path areas, then choose a shape area option in the options bar. (See "Drawing overlapping shapes (Photoshop)" on page 171.) To show or hide the selected path component: Do one of the following: • Choose View > Show > Target Path. • Choose View > Show Extras. This command also shows or hides a grid, guides, selection edges, annotations, and slices. Moving, reshaping, and deleting path segments You can move, reshape, or delete individual segments in a path, and you can add or delete anchor points to change the configuration of segments. Note: You can also apply a transformation, such as scaling, rotating, flipping, or distorting, to a segment. To move a straight segment: 1 Select the direct selection tool ( ), and select the segment you want to adjust. To adjust the angle or length of the segment, select an anchor point. 2 Drag the selected segment to its new position.