
PHOTOSHOP CS3
User Guide
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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.
Merge overlapping path components
1
Select the path name in the Paths palette, and select the Path Selection tool .
2 Click Combine in the options bar to create a single component from all overlapping components.
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 click a path component
with the Path Selection tool . Then Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the selected path.
• To copy a path without renaming it, drag the path name 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
NewPathbuttonatthebottomofthepalette.Orselectthepathtocopy,andchooseDuplicatePathfromthePaths
palette menu. Enter a new name for the path in the Duplicate Path dialog box, and click OK.
• To copy a path or path component into another path, select the path or path component you want to copy, and
choose Edit > Copy. Then select the destination path, and choose Edit > Paste.
Copy path components between two Photoshop files
1
Open both images.
2 Inthesourceimage,usethePathSelectiontool toselecttheentirepathorthepathcomponentsthatyouwant
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.
• In the source image, select the path name in the Paths palette and choose Edit > Copy to copy the path. In the
destination image, choose Edit > Paste. You can also use this method to combine paths in the same image.
• To paste the path component into the destination image, select the path component in the source image, and
choose Edit > Copy. In the destination image, choose Edit > Paste.
Delete a path component
1
Select the path name in the Paths palette, and click a path component with the Path Selection tool .
2 Press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Mac OS) to delete the selected path component.
Align and distribute path components
You can align and distribute path components that are described in a single path. For example, you can align the left
edges of several shapes contained in a single layer or distribute several components in a work path along their
horizontal centers.
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