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176 CHAPTER 6 Drawing and Editing You can also use the Copy and Paste commands to duplicate vector objects between a Photoshop image and an image in another application, such as Adobe Illustrator. To move a path or path component: 1 Select the path name in the Paths palette, and use the path component selection tool ( ) to select the path in the image. To select multiple path components, Shift-click each additional path component to add it to the selection. 2 Drag the path to its new location. If you move any part of a path beyond the canvas boundaries, the hidden part of the path is still available. Note: If you drag a path so that the move pointer is over another open image, the path will be copied to that image. To reshape a path component: 1 Select the path name in the Paths palette, and use the direct selection tool ( ) to select an anchor point in the path. 2 Drag the point or its handles to a new location. (See "Adding, deleting, and converting anchor points" on page 177.) To merge overlapping path components: 1 Choose the path component selection tool ( ) and click Combine in the options bar to create a single component from all overlapping components in the layer. To copy a path component or path: Do any of the following: • To copy a path component as you move it, select the path name in the Paths palette, and use the path component selection tool ( ) to select the path component in the image. Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the path. • To copy a path without renaming it, drag the path in the Paths palette to the New Path button ( ) at the bottom of the palette. • To copy and rename a path, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the path in the Paths palette to the New Path button at the bottom of the palette. Or select the path to copy, and choose Duplicate Path from the Paths palette menu. Enter a new name for the path in the Duplicate Path dialog box, and click OK. To copy path components between two Adobe Photoshop files: 1 Open both images. 2 Use the path component selection tool ( ) to select the entire path or the path components in the source image you want to copy. 3 To copy the path component, do any of the following: • Drag the path component from the source image to the destination image. The path component is copied to the active path in the Paths palette. • Drag the path component from the source image's Paths palette into the destination image. The path is copied to the active path in the Paths palette.

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CHAPTER 6
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Drawing and Editing
You can also use the Copy and Paste commands to
duplicate vector objects between a Photoshop
image and an image in another application, such
as Adobe Illustrator.
To move a path or path component:
1
Select the path name in the Paths palette, and
use the path component selection tool (
) to select
the path in the image. To select multiple path
components, Shift-click each additional path
component to add it to the selection.
2
Drag the path to its new location. If you move
any part of a path beyond the canvas boundaries,
the hidden part of the path is still available.
Note:
If you drag a path so that the move pointer is
over another open image, the path will be copied to
that image.
To reshape a path component:
1
Select the path name in the Paths palette, and
use the direct selection tool (
) to select an anchor
point in the path.
2
Drag the point or its handles to a new location.
(See “Adding, deleting, and converting anchor
points” on page 177.)
To merge overlapping path components:
1
Choose the path component selection tool (
)
and click Combine in the options bar to create a
single component from all overlapping compo-
nents in the layer.
To copy a path component or path:
Do any of the following:
To copy a path component as you move it,
select the path name in the Paths palette, and use
the path component selection tool (
) to select
the path component in the image. Alt-drag
(Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the path.
To copy a path without renaming it, drag the
path in the Paths palette to the New Path
button (
) at the bottom of the palette.
To copy and rename a path, Alt-drag (Windows)
or Option-drag (Mac OS) the path in the Paths
palette to the New Path button at the bottom of the
palette. Or select the path to copy, and choose
Duplicate Path from the Paths palette menu. Enter
a new name for the path in the Duplicate Path
dialog box, and click OK.
To copy path components between two Adobe
Photoshop files:
1
Open both images.
2
Use the path component selection tool (
) to
select the entire path or the path components in
the source image you want to copy.
3
To copy the path component, do any of the
following:
Drag the path component from the source image
to the destination image. The path component is
copied to the active path in the Paths palette.
Drag the path component from the source
image’s Paths palette into the destination image.
The path is copied to the active path in the Paths
palette.