Master the Pen Tool | Photoshop In-Depth Tutorial

1. Part 1. Introduction: Hi day. Today we are going to cover everything that you need to know about the Pen tool in Photoshop, especially if you're a beginner. This course is for you from what does depend to making the most complex election and many other application in Photoshop. In this course, we will be sure that you get up and running with it too. But before we do anything, I want you to remember the letter P. I'm going to flash it on the screen so you don't forget it. This is the most important later, if once and then depend too. I don't want you to click on the pen to radio mouse on the tablet and a pen to ever, please use the shortcut P enough for a flashing LED, guessed that it. 2. Part 2. What is the Pen Tool: So what is the pen tool? The pen to allow you to draw two points, point a and point B. Let me turn this on point a and point B and allow you to draw a line between them. This link on which g, this line can be TIF. That's all it is. This is the fundamental of the pen tool. We can extend it to create complex part and so on and so forth. What is path and sheep? We will get to that. But we need to remember one thing, anything that you do with a pen to a vector, it is layer as it is a vector. What is the difference between a vector and raster? Here is the difference. A vector is based on mathematical formula. Arrest that is Bs on Faisal's. Again, a vector is based on mathematical formulas. Errata is based on Thasos. The picture that you take with your camera is arrested because it made up of tiny pixels. When you bought your camera, they might have said to you, That's your camera is to form a gap exists of 15 megapixels, which means the peaches you take gridded contain 24 million pixels, consists of 15 million pixels. Now, what is pixels? Small squares with color information, smoke squares with color information, the combined together to give you the image. What is a vector? A vector is in a graphic which is based on mathematical formula and not on pixels. For example, a simple mathematical formula like y equals x, determined a straight diagonal line, which is 45 degrees. No matter how much you zoom in, it will never lead. Why? Because it is made up of pixels. Let me illustrate. Suppose, let me hide this. So suppose you select your custom shape, and then you select initiatives. So let me open up this. Then. Oop my legacy. If you are using the latest Photoshop and you don't have this legacy shape and mol. Don't worry, go to window, let me click on the Move to go to Window. And then state for shapes. You are going to find it somewhere here. Here is it, click on it. And you are going to have it open somewhere here for you. Then you see these three dots. Just click on that. You are going to have this new tab. We are going to see legacy shipping more. Click on that. And it is going to add the legacy shape demo for you. When I open it, you can see it from here. So let me go back to here, my shift, select the custom shape to click here and open the legacy does have one more. You can isolate it and delete it. Let's go. Then let me be all the shapes. By the way, we are just going to select any shape that you want. And illustrator 3D. Let me select this. And then I'll click and drag in Photoshop. You can hold down the Shift key to keep it in proportion. And boom, we are going to have a sheet with Karla. We deceived because see, when we look at the options at the top here you can see fill stroke over here. We don't want us to look for this one, so we'll click on this and select new Carla. And boom, we are going to move this to form it. And boom, we have RC. And also if you wanted to change the color, you can't double-click here. And you select maybe let's choose black for this one. So if we want to change the color of this shape, you can see the thumbnail here so we can click on the thumbnail, double-click on it, and we can change the color. Let's choose black for this click on, say this one is a vector. We can make it as big as we want to. Let me make it bigger. What are the key drag, and it will drag from the center. Click on Control or Command Zero to fit everything into screen. Or you can use Control or Command Minus to zoom in and zoom out. Let me zoom in Control Plus to zoom in. So Control Plus to zoom in. I see that this one is very sharp. It hasn't been translated as TO very self. How we look at it is very sharp, alright? Now if you make it smaller, just like this, let me make it smaller. Make it smaller. Then hit Enter. Then Control Z for the free transform. Free transform allows you to transform your Shift to make it bigger or smaller. When you go to Edit, you are going to see free transform over here. And you can see the shortcut is Control T. When I zoom in, again, make it bigger as you want. Click on Enter and X2 meat. And you can see that this one has not been isolated y because this is a vector. You can do this again and again and again, and it will always be very sharp. But this does not happen to raster images because they are made up of Bezos. Once you make them smaller dependence of down onto those Bezos. And once you make it bigger, it kind of mixes up. Remember, this canvas is made up of bristles. So if you zoom in, it is going to peacefully. So let me zoom me. And you are going to see that the simple start too late because the canvas that we are working with is made up of Pesos. Now let's do the same thing. Delete this one. So I'll select this one, click on the Delete key, and then select my custom shipped to again, select a C. We are going to use this one. And then from here with this one, we are going to change from shape over here. So you can see Shea, let's let pixels, so I will select pixels instead. So the first one was she, there were episodes. Add a new layer. So I'll click on this plus to add a new layer. Here. Is it? You add a new layer over here. Then with my shape selected, I'm going to draw another. I see this one is made up of pixels, so let us see the difference. With this one. I make it bigger. You can see it start to miss up a little, but it's too sharp. Do you can see this one is too sharp. Contrast to fit everything into screen. Control T for transform. And once I make it smaller, very small, hits the antique key. Then let's make it bigger again. So I'll click and make it bigger. You can see boom. You can see that it starts to lose some information. That is the difference between a vector and raster. Indeed, for me, you can see that there's, the image has lost all the details. It's totally crazy. I have a loop is very crazy. It has lost all the details. You need to know is that everything that you do with a pen to a vector is a vector. Alright? 3. Part 3. What is Path and Shape: Now, how do we use the pen tool? It's pretty simple. Use the letter P. Don't forget about the letter P is the shortcut for the pen to press the letter P on your keyboard like this. Second, Let's watch. You want to do, do you want to make a path or you want to make a C shape? And this is part. That's what you want to make. Either a part or what are those we will get to that it later. First let us understand what is path SLI, a vector line with no thickness. Again, iPad is the line, vector line with no thickness. If you want to make a path like this and you save it as image, it won't show up. You can add thickness to it. You can convert it into shay selection or do a lot of things we did is took an ad this simple but just a path is a vector line with no thickness. All right, how to make a straight path? It very simple. Click one, click to click again. And it, this way you can be path. And one of the greatest thing about using the pen tool is that you can't go back. By clicking the unto. You can see that you'll be able to go back. Just liked it does amazing writes. A key. To make a cave is very easy. Let's open up the points so it becomes easy for you. Create a dossier. Then click and drag to create a cave. You see this as a handle and a 100 influences. Now, if you move the handle this way, the handle, this will determine the degree of the cave. Now what is degree? Degree is simple. 15 degree 30 degree, 45 degree, 90 degree, 0 degree, etcetera. All right, now, if you make the handle longer, we will control the intensity of the degree. Suppose this is the degree we want. And if you make the handler longer, we are changing the intensity of it. This is we are changing the degree of the k. We are going to change the intensity of the degree by making the handle longer. You get it right. Now, if you have a look at the handle, it has two parts. This part and that part. This part influences this gave and this part will influence the upcoming k or k. All right, let me move this one to the top. Let's all of them, and I'll move it to the middle. Red my pin, two great adults here. Then click and drag to create a cave. Then you can change the intensity, move and within the cave. So this part is influencing this and this one will influence the upcoming curves. When I click and drag, you can see this one is influencing this one. All right. Now you can't, anytime edited by holding Control or Command key or Control key. And then you see you can move it. I can even hold the control key, select this handle and then move it. Just like this, pretty much simple control key. Again, you can move this point, you can move this point. Let's go back. Let's understand one more thing. Now. Instead of starting with a point, we could have started out with a straight. Are we? Okay? Let us go back. Instead of starting with a point, if you add a movement in the beginning, just click and drag. This one is going to create the handle. Click and drag, and it creates a handle. Then when you move forward, you click and drag to create an order. Then you click and drag to create another. And you say, where is this? When you click on Control or Command and you click on the point, it review the handle. So you come here and click on it and to view the handle missionary who the Control or Command key. And you can do anything with it by holding the Control or Command key. You click and drag to influence the cave. All right, now what's happening is a cave is influenced by 200, so you can hold the Control or Command to change the angle of that cave. You can see it is influenced with two handles. All right, From here, we can continue by clicking and dragging. You can just click to create the cave or wettest to click and drag and then boom, we can end it. When you hold down the Control or Command key, it takes you to the direct solution to which you can use to change the position or change the intensity of the K. Now why should we use two handles? There are a lot of advantages of using two handles, all right. 4. Part 4. Tracing Shapes: Now if we want to trace this circle, you know how to do with the help of the pen to you click and drag to make a cave. You click again and drag to make a curve. Click again, drag to make a curve, and then you can end it. Don't worry about this, we can edit it later. You can hold down the Control or Command key and it will bring the handles and boom, we can come through this, all right. But at this time it might not look wet. You let me turn this on and look at this. You can see from here is very sharp. If you want a smooth curve, you got to use two handles. And you can see here is very sharp. Alright, so let me undo. Let's try again. Instead of starting out with a point, our click and drag, and boom. I'll get two handles. And you can hold down the Shift key to keep your handle. And then I'll click and drag to bring out 200, and then click and drag to introduce handles. And the paths will be created for you. Click and drag. Then from here we can end it. So let me turn off ellipse or this seco and room. You can see this one is much smoother than the earlier one. Earlier one was sharp because of the point that we used by instead this one is the sheep. So if we wanted to get a benefit smooth secco epiphysis, cave. Always use two handles, a set. If you want to make a corner, then you have to use a point. Alright. 5. Part 5. How to make a Complex Shape: Now that's echo was easy editing have any sharp edge. How to make a complex like this? We are going to make a complex IV with a corner. All right. So first of all, make a point here where the help of your pen to click on the letter D, then make a point here. You can use Control minus M Control Plus to zoom in and zoom out, or just use Control minus or Control Plus to zoom in and zoom out. Now let's click here, click and drag to make a point here, you see is very crazy, right? So it's very difficult to make a point this corner because of the interval. Let's click at the middle click and make a point here. Then we can click here, and then we can get a cave. As you already know, to edit this one who would under control or the command key to control this cave. We can also hold the control key to control this one. You can see this one is a corner. Click. Once you can see this handle has influences this gap. Alright? Now there are two things that we can do here. We can move the handle and we can delete the handles. So lucky to move the handle here. So what you need to do, hold on the Alt key or Option key on the Mac. Click and drag the handle to move this cave. And you can see just like this, you have been able to influence that Kp to get this night shift that we are looking for. From here, we can continue creating the handle. So let's go click an end if we have just ended. But you can see our path is not kept anymore, is a straight line. We can still continue to make this one a cave. Just hold down the Alt key, which will open the Convert Point two. That from year with a conveyed pointing to when we click and drag, it is going to introduce a new handle. When the new 100 introduce, just like we have. Then you click on the Alt key to control the handle. Just click, remove your hand from the Alt key and click on it again. And then from here we can control only one side of the handle. Therefore here we can hold the Control key, click on the point, and then it is going to introduce a handle for that corner. And from here we can hold the Control key or the Alt key to control this handle as well. You can see it's very simple. Just control it within the control key. And then if we want to open up the handle, just do Control key. And then we are going to have these handles and we can control it from here. This is very, very easy. We just have to understand the principles. If we want to be a 100 that you have already created, just hold down the Control key, click on it. It is going to open those hundreds for you. And then from there we can control the handle as we want. And also you can see at the top you have the add or delete points. When you click on the Middle, see it at a point, and then we can hold the control key to move that point. Anyway, we want to move the point to, all right? I hope this is very, very understandable. If want to move the point, make sure you hold down the Control key so that we can toggle Gene where we want to move the point to where the Convert Point to help you to add a point, we move a point and also introduces handle decided basic things you can do with it. So you need to know from here is that hood or the Alt key, it opens up the converts point to Convert Point tool will help you to ban handles, remove handles, and bring back. Just like this, click and drag and this case I just click and then come here. When I hold down the Alt key, it opens up the Convert Point two. When I left and drag this one brings me handles. I can bend the handle holding the ALT key, and I can also remove the handle. Visually have to add or delete selected. When you have this, you see minus when I click, it, moves the handout, Alright. 6. Part 6. Tracing a Heart: Now let's take the game to the very next level. Let's trace this hats known. Usually when we are making a hats, what we do is we make one side of it and we flipped us try to make it totally symmetrical. But in this case, just for educational purposes and just to lend, we're going to trace the WHO hats, going to trace the whole hertz. Okay. I'm going to show you two or three weeks on how to do this. First of all, we can make a points. We can click and drag to make a cave. Anyway, there we go, is fine. Then when you come here you click and drag. Make a curve. Click and drag. And don't worry about this, you can edit it later. Then this one, I will not click and drag. I'll just click because I want it to be cave nest. I'll click and drag. Click and drag to make a cave. Boom. This one, I'll just click and I'll get this. All right, so to edit it, hood under Control key, click on a point to bring back the handles. Then we can control it. So just control it. But for this one we need to break the handle. To break the handle, hold on Alt key, click and drag to break the handle. And then we can hold down the Control key to control it. Just like this. Select in this points and then control dot one. And boom, we can also control this one. Let me hide this one for you to see. This one where you can trees, these hats. All right. Here we could have created a handle and then we create another one here. But what do we need to do? Get this right is to break the handle, to break the 100 hertz c0. Do we need to use the Alt key? Down the Alt key. Then you click and drag to break the handle. You click and drag to break the handle. Then from here you can hold down the Control key to control it. Alright? Then maybe we made this point and we don't want it. How can we remove this? Make sure you have the add and delete selected. Click on it, and this is going to delete that one. If we wanted to take one thing away from this video, please just pick this. The less than a point, the Beta. Less than the points, the Beta. So always make sure you finish up your tracing with very less a point, which will give you a very smooth curve, sheep, alright, so we cannot, and it's over here. Click and then end. It's been, we need to break this one. Hold on the Alt key. Then we can break the handle, put on a coin, True, bring behind those, and then we can control this one. And boom, we can remove this one. Then delete it. You can see how much we are getting from here. Alright, so please, if you wanted to make a perfect she finds make epiphysis using the pen to always remember the lesser, the sheet, the Beta. Alright, let's check from here. Let me hide this. And boom, Let's see how very smooth It is here that we have a point here. You can see how very disturbing it is. It is not sharp and it is not crispy. All right, Let's try another. We, let me delete this, click and drag this into the beam. Then, then on the hats. We could have also started with two points to click and drag to start with two points. Then hold down the Alt key and break it. So boom, we have something like this. Alright, so this undue influence, this cave and this handle, this game. Let SPSS what I'm talking about. When I click and drag, this handle is influencing this one. Just like this. And then outcome and click. Just once. Boom, outcome and click here, make a cave. We can edit this one later. We can end here so you can see how the first handle is influencing what I was talking about. And from here, hold down the Control key, click on this, and then we can't control it, make it longer, so it's covers everything. So let me make this a handle also. Very long. You can get the profits and always you can come back and then edit it. As I said earlier. You can just edit it. Our key. Normally, when you hold down the Control key to edit it, you can see its effect both sides will. If you want to affect only one side, you just have to hold down the Alt key. And the earth Q will just come through only one side for you. Alright, can I show you my favorite part when it comes to the use of the pen too. All right, I hope this one will be useful to you. When you click. Don't make indicative. Click again. Just click where you think a point will be. Click where you think a point is going to be. Then click another here, and let's end it with this. Do you remember the function of the Earth key, the key bands removes and bring those. We are going to hold on the Alt key, click and drag to bring the handles and boom, leave it, would it again. And then we are going to break it. Leave it, read it again, and break this point and move this one as well. Then we are going to bring back this a handles hold on the Alt key, click and drag, leave it. Would the Earth key again, and then we can control it. The last one, the same thing. Hold on the Alt key, click and drag to bring the handles. You see we drag it below, plus c2e, just ten it. And boom, we have it. And you can hold down the Control key to influence this sheet. Influence this gave an influence on caves as well. I hope this was useful. Let's move to the next one. 7. Part 7. Assignment - Treace a Heart: Hi, Today we are going to use this as our first assignment. We are going to be the same thing. Then CVD, me to see how far you have come. See you in the next one solution, we are going to use the pen tool as you always know, what is the shortcut P, click on the p, and then you are going to have the paint to n. Once we are going to meet is we are making a path apart. You will start with a points just click. Then we are going to make another kVA click and drag to make a cave. Then I'll click and drag to make another caveat. Okay, So this will introduce new handles, click and drag to make another cave here. Then I can hold down my control key to control this one. Then create another Kavya, and then I can create another kVA. But you can see this handle has influenced this one to my sue, the Alt key or Control key. And we are going to certain days handle. Then we can zoom in. Then we can create another one here. Okay? Let's create another one here. So let's see, let's see. Create a productive. With this one. We need to break the handle. So to break the handle hood or the Alt key, click and drag to break the handle and make the handler sorta. Let's make this under sorta holding down the Shift key. Or you can also use the Control key if you want, then you are going to meet this one here again. I'm going to control this one to fit my imperfection. And it's alright. And you can also bring back the handle and control it. From here, you can take your time and adjust these points and make sure everything is perfect before you shared with me. Here is the solution to the assignment. When you are done, you can click on the hats, high days. And from here you can click on shape. At the top here. You click on Shea, make the shape for you, then select the move to over here. So you click on this and you select outside womb. This is the sheet that we have greeted with a pen to see we can share with me. Go to File, Save As. And we're going to save this one as a JPEG. So let me save as a copy here. Save as a JPEG, choose a location where you want to save it. And let's see. Click on that, save it. And if one to keep the PAs default to, you can go to File Save As. Then we can leave this one. With this one, we are going to choose PSD file. Click on C. And boom, you are going to have the PSD file as well. So that's it for the assignment Z you in the next complex selection using depends. 8. Part 8. The Pen Tool Family: Now let me introduce you to the pen to family. If you are using the paint to this edit tools, you'll be using alongside it. The first one is appended to itself, which you have used. The next one is the Free Transform tool. Let me tell you, you will never use it. So this one, what do we use these to do is that maybe you want to make a path around the shape. So you need to do is to draw really free form to around the shape. At the end of the day, it is going to give you that she barely have been using a pencil to do, but it is not a great. Maybe you are using the pen with a tablet which is going to help you achieve your papers. But to be frank with you, you will never use these to arise. So next is the add anchor point to the Add Anchor Point to help you to add a point to a shape. Then from there you can control it. Thus simply what does it help you to add an anchor point n? You can control it from. The opposite side is delete anchor point to the delete anchor points to help you to delete a point. When you select the point, if you just click and then you can delete it. Alright, so that's all. It is. Just a later point and delete it. Now, the other one is the Convert Point to convert point to, let us say I have this shape and then I don't have any handles. So I want to introduce a new handle. The periphery to you is the Convert Point two. So you just have to click on it, read it. And it is going to help you introduce the handle that simply what it is. Will it help to introduce a handles? It helps to control handles. It brake handles. Maybe you have a cave and you want to turn it into a corner. It is the Convert Point to which you are going to use to do that. So we did Convert Point tool. You just click on a corner to make it a cave or you just tend to be a corner. So it introduces, it, break condos and it paints, handles. It does what the Convert Point tool does. So you literally have to know what's the Convert Point tool does. And you don't have to even come and click on Convert Point tool by clicking on the paint to Sulla it view audit tools. And then you select the Convert Point tool. You just have to click on your odds key on the keyboard so that you have access to convey, point to, and boom from. You are going to make changes to your shape. All right? Also the Kavita 0.3 help you to move or pointing. So maybe you have this point. You can click on it and move it to where you want it to be. And you can also use it to create a new point, like using the Add Anchor Point to give me that pen tools will help you to add a new anchor points where you can use that to introduce a new point as well. And also the calculator point tools will help you too. Draw a nice sheet. When you are drawing the shape, it will help you to trace the shape according to how you want it. That one is going to be in a different video. That's where we are going to dive deep using the pen too. 9. Part 9. Pen Tool Family Alternatives: So just how to assess these. Add anchor point and delete anchor point. If you want to add an anchor point, make sure you have your pen to select it. And at the top here you can see ad or lead. So we can use this one to add anchor points, and you can use this one to delete anchor points to make sure you have the wet path selected MSI hood now the control or command, if you're using a Mac and click on it, click on the pattern, it is going to make sure it is selected. So this one makes sure that you have the path selected. Then when you come close to it, see how it tends to plus, that means we can add an anchor point. So let me add one here. Boom. If you want to delete, you don't have to assess the Delete Anchor Point says to add slides delete. So if you're able to have, when I come close to this, just see, it tends to M minus that means I can delete that one also Zoo when I click over it, Italy that and go point. Let me try again. So to add an anchor point to your backpack, just click here, there is no point. Then if you want to remove that path, just have overdub lease, it turns into a minus and then you click to move that path. Remove this, remove this, and that's how it works. 10. Part 10. The Curvature Pen Tool: Now, let us blow more on what's the Cayuga pen too? When you click and you drag open the pen tool, you're going to see that k bigger than two reductive paint to let us say we have this shape. We have this nine sheep. And then we can use the pen tool and then use the techniques that we have lengths you click and drag to create a cave. Then you break their points. You create a cave, then you make your path according to how you want it. Then down the control key to bring back the handles. Then we can come through the handles just like this. When we use the pen to this, the result that you are going to get. Let me delete this path. So good path tab, click and drag this one to the beam. All right, so for me, instead of using the pen tool to make the path around the sheep, we are going to use the same pen x2. By this time we are just going to create points. That point, and at that point, so you just click where you think Definitely It's going to be a point. And then we have our sheep already. So this is where the caveat point to come in. With the help of the cavea pen tool. You click and hold and depend too. And it is going to open the family. Then you are going to see the cavea paint to select that. And then without one, when you come near to where there is a path, going to get this plus symbol. So when I click and drag it, it's going to create this shape. I'll just click and drag with a caveat to, and boom, I'm going to get my effect. So this is a very simple way to ease or help you speed up your selection. Everyday activity of paint to you are good to go. So I really love this path visibility mice. So if learn to master or improve your Pen tool skills, you definitely have to be used in the cavea, tend to. All right, so let's try the next one. I'll hide this one. Click this work path and put it in the dustbin. Ben, let's say we have this Sacco with the help of that bend too, willing to create a point. It I think definitely there is going to be a point. Then from here icon and then click, select my kVp up into the air. When I come here to please lie this, I'll click and drag. See how very easy and simple it is to use the pen tool. You click and drag and position and bring this one in position. So we won't do bring this one in position. All right, so let me turn this one off and see how more accurately this you can see. More and more agree that we have VA. Okay, let me delete this path, this work path, and then let's try the next one. So the subsequent value is going to be for your own assignments. So let's try this one with this one. Instead of using the Pen tool. Click and drag this shape. So let us see you click you drag to create this. If you hold the Alt key and then you click and drag to have something like this, then going to break the handle. So I'll click this. Pin two is here to save you more time. Let us go back. Undo, undo. Let's say I have a point here. I know definitely I will have a point here. Click another point here, and then I'll end it. Then I'll go and select the cavea pin to know. I'll just click and drag this one in position. Click and drag this one in position. And then you click and drag this one in position. Like I said earlier, if you want to make every size selection or a precise shape, then you have to go for a lesser point. The lesser the points, the more accurate your cave, your shape is going to be. Alright, so we can see really help of day. We got pen too. We have achieved this one. Just a second. Let me repeat any of the shape. You can go and try this one on your own. All right, So from here, let me go to the path and let me delete this band die. We have, we are going to use this one as your assignment and really help of your pen to end the caveat pen to come out with a precise election. Then I want to see your final results somewhere on the page. Just share with me. 11. Part 11. Where to Locate Path: Now you must be thinking, whatever we do with a bend to doesn't show up in Lear. Why? Because after all, it's a path. So it doesn't show up in layers. Instead it shows up on the path tab. This case, this one that we drew here was in here. Let me draw this one for you to see. So let me draw this and it can't find it under layers. But when you go to the path, you're going to see Webpack. Create a new layer, click on the plus, and then let's create another one. And then boom, we are going to see different one. Then let me make another one for you to see. And we have another path. So if you want to read the other one, just click on it and it's going to review some B2C, whereas APAC just go to the park fab. Boom, when you click on the path, it is going to review itself. And later you can convert it into shape. You can fill it, whatever you want to do with it. You can do with it and thanks, you must be thinking, read it apart goo. It's not lost is available on the path. If you want to assess it, you just have to toggle between the layers tab in the past. And you are going to see because I'm paying when you are using the path and then you click on the Control and click and outside, you might not be seeing the path and you must be thinking it is lost. It is not lost. If you want to assess it, just toggle between the layers and the path tab and add the path. We are going to see the other part that you have me. So when you click on this, but it's going to show, when you click on that one, it is going to show itself. Okay, so now let's try this example. Let me draw this path. Let me close this one. And if you wanted to break it down the Control key, and we can hold down the Alt key and break this one. All right, This is a verifying key, drawing, alright? If you want to fill this one, you can choose from here, select she. It'll fill it for you. You can go to effects, solid color and you click it. And I want to fill it for you. You can feel your path to become a sheep like this. What is the difference between, but in sheep Is apart with Phil. All right, path. There is nothing in it. By the sea. We have a fill or we have a color in it. That is the difference. Alright? But the interesting part is used to see the path after you filled it with a color. When you go to the path tab, we are going to see color field which ship path, and you will still have the right path. So let me turn off the color fill and still you are going to see the red path or by day. All right, So with this one, we can also do it in other way around. When you select the Pen tool. At the top here, Michelle, you have Shifts selected instead of acidity different CA, we have shape and fats and episodes is grayed out because the pen tool doesn't deal with pixels. You can insulate cheap street away. When you start, it automatically start to fill it. It is IDA is delayed path. Then you make your path, you click on Solid Color and fill it. Is that you can go straight to insulate shape over here. And when you drill to make your path, it is going to turn into a she. 12. Part 12. Application of the Pen Tool (Make Precise Selection): Now what is the application of depend too? Believe me, there are so many application that is beyond this video, from making a simple shape to accomplish sheep for selection and so on and so forth. Adobe Illustrator has a pin to any drains off to a, also has the pen to assume anything that you can do with a pen to. That is why it is available on all these applications. Now if we want to make a precise lesson, if you have had edges, if we are dealing with the hair, then I will commend you to use the select MAX XP is to remove background if the image have a hey, all right? Okay, so if you have a hard against lightest one, wanted to make precise selection around this, then append Xun is the right to go with over here. Alright, so if we want to know some of the applications of the pen too, I think we have already gone through, but let me show you. So I made this path. Let me remove from SHE to path. Then let me draw this path. When you right-click, you are going to see you can create a vector mask. You can delete the path. You can create a custom sheep. You can make a selection out of this. So when you click Make Selection, click on OR gate is going to make a selection. All right, let me right-click create the victim axis is z, that it marks that area. It hide the other path, NEC. You just have these, but these are some of the applications that we can do. Or you can toggle with the pen tool. Let's try to make this in. Select your paint to remember the letter P to zoom in like I have done here, you can hold down Option on your PC or Mac, and then use your mouse to zoom in and zoom out when you zoom. Let's start from here. Remember, we can start with a point and then we can continue. But from what you have been to let us start with two points or 200 to our click and drag to bring two handouts. We are making a precise selection around this click and drag angle is created. Those two Massu, who down the Alt key or Control key to shutting the handle. Okay. We are okay with it. Next click and drag to make your sheet. And we can also control this one. So to control it down the control key to control it. Let me click and drag. Click and drag over here. If you didn't get the positioning right, Don't worry, Don't undo, just move it, hold down the Control key or command key to move it. And then I'll click and drag to make this path. Here is three, so it's very easy. And boom, we have a caveat x2. It will click and drag to make that cave. Then from here, let me break the handle to break the handle down the Alt key, and break the handle. The Alt key, break the handle into the handle, and it controls the handle. Alright, so does the functioning of the Alt key. Click and drag to make your path. Just like this click and drag. We can toggle with this one, hold down the Alt key or Control key, them awake, and then you continue. So click and drag. Click and drag. Click and drag to make your selection. I'll click here and drag and there's two max PCA. And then bend this one in. Just like that. Click and drag to create your path. Straight lines. You don't need to worry. Go up to the edge and click over the two. Great for you. We can click to create a point and drag to create or bring the handles to click and drag to bring this one. Click and drag to bring this one also. This one in this hand is too much, so I'll hold down the Alt key, certain the handle. Then, boom. I recommend to you if you want to make a precise selection, just like I'm doing, make sure you use the pen tool. Then you take your time to go through. If you wanted to become comfortable using the pen to please practice, practice, practice because it is prejudice that is going to make you benefits. So you will click and drag to bring this one to the edge of your shape. I think we have a problem here. So click on the Control key and then this one. Then let's shorten this is too long. Then also, let me sort in this one as well who hadn't done the Alt key? And boom, we have made our selection. Next. We are going to make a selection around this one. So you can see at the top here, make a selection. We can make a selection here. Click on okay. And selection is going to be made around the can. For me, we can duplicate that layer to have it on a different layer. And then we can apply a background to eighth later due to duplicate that layer control plus G plus G to make that duplicate. And when I hide this layer, you can see that we have made a very precise selection. Then from here, let me add a background. So go to FX, click on Solid Color and then you choose a color you want. And then you click on OK to apply. And boom, we are going to see the object against the background. This is one of the main application of the paint to remove backgrounds of an object. Let's see, this was before. Then. Let's add this one. And boom. You can see this one is very perfect. And if you didn't get anything right, you can always go back and you draw. Maybe here was to my x2. Let me click and make the correct path. All right, click may decorate, but there are new align, just close it and click at the end to close it. Then when you click on selection, click on Alt key, and you can't click on the Delete key to delete that layer, but make sure you have that layer selected over here. The layer is selected, click on Delete key and boom, it is going to remove that area for us control to fit everything into screen. Now, our next assignment is to also remove the background of this. I have done this small one. Yours is too the way the big the big bottle. Then you share with us for everyone to see how far you have come. All right, next one. Let's go to the next application. 13. Part 13. Part 13. Adobe AI Selection against Pen Tool Selection: Now let's look at another application of paint to this one too. We can see that the edges of the image is not crispy, is not sharp, so you can use them in-built. We move back or selection to remove that background for you. But in this case, since here is not sharp, when you use that, it is going to make the selection not properly cutouts. If wanted to get a properly cutouts with an image, with a play around the image or the edges. Then I recommend to you to use the pen tool. And as I was talking earlier, if you have a complexity, this one is normally accomplished. So when you use the pen tool is going to be an ideal. Let me illustrate this one for you to see. Let unlock this one. Click on this. You can click and drag this one to the beam, and it will remove that. Then with this one selected, go to Window, then say four properties. Click on the Properties and then you are going to have this one. Click. And then you are going to see quick axiom. You see Remove Background. Click on this. We failed that load. Photoshop is going to remove the background for you just in a minute. Yes, we worry, too happy and boom, the background is you move and it added a layer max. If you don't know what Leo Marx is, our tackle that one in a different codes as well. Alright, so we can verify from here that the selection that was made around these images is very poor because the immediacy crispy and it didn't have a hat against here was a little bit or k, But here is not. For the hair. Very lucky. Let me add a background for UTC. Goods I just meant add a solid color. Let's choose something like red. Click on, Okay, then I'll click and drag this layer beneath the image and boom, you can see some of the image is being cut out as well. Was okay for the selection. But wasn't because let me toggle between these because he didn't have hard edges. To make this right. Use the pen tool. I'm going to use the pen to here for you to see the outcome that we will get using the pinch. First of all, it will start from here. I'll click and drag to bring the handles. Then click and drag to bring the next handles. Click and drag. Just like what you have learned throughout, is the same thing that I am applying over here. You click and drag quickly. I'm going to walk through this and when I'm done, I will share with you the final outcome. To conclude. And boom, to finish. In here, come true to fit everything to screen and left-click on the selection. Click on, Okay, then let's duplicate this layer. Control G. Control G to duplicate the layer. And boom, let me hide this one and see the difference. Well, this one is very much okay than the earlier one because I compare this with this one. Let me turn this one off. This was the first one. You see. Here is not sharp. Some of the information is carried out by c. This one is very sharp. It keeps all the information and you can see everything is very key. The first one, all right, so that's the difference between using depends and also using Adobe to mix the election in Photoshop. If you have had, then I can tell you that when you go with the other VEI is going to make a very precise selection for you. On the other hand, if you have an image creates rough h, then the pain too is what you should consider in making that selection. For this video, let's look at our assignment for this budget as well. 14. Part 14. Frequently Asked Question on Pen Tool: Now, one of the most question that we get a lot is suppose you are using a pen to click on P. And let's say we are using a pen to draw a path just like this and maybe hold down the Control or the Alt click somewhere else. How to continue on this? So maybe you have selected a different to how do you continue on this path? Just click on P, Make sure you have the pen to select it. Then when you hover over this, let me have over this. And when you reach the last point, you see it shows us symbol. Does the connect symbol click on it and it is going to bring back the handles, or it is going to connect you back to the path. Then from here, we can continue the path just like this, and then we n. And then from here we can end the path. All right. 15. Part 15. Project Work: Now we're going to use the pen tool to make a selection around this image using the techniques that we have linked earlier. Alright, so first of all, I'm willing to do it automatically by using the Adobe says a to remove the background. And then from yet you will see the different. Your part is going to use the pen to make a precise selection, to make a precise selection around the sheet. Then then you are done. You share with me so that I can see what you were able to come out with this opinion in Photoshop. First of all, our click on the image to unlock it. Let me undo control Z to undo, or I'll just click and drag this image into the b that we can find over here. So that is the b. Then for me, well today windows tab over here, so here the Windows tab click on it. And then we're going to set four properties. Click on it. And you are going to have this panel. Yes, use this as glue down and you're going to see Remove Background over here. Then I'm going to click on this. Evidence is going to use sleep at figure intelligence to move their background for us. And your part is work on this as a homework, not really a homework for you to practice, whereas you have length. And then when you get a precise relation that we want, you share with us so that we will be able to know how far you have come. All right. Let me go debug on to View. And then you will see the difference. Additional paths, youth, it Adobe says A2, move the back one for, let me zoom in to Zoom mean Control plus, or Command plus to zoom in. And you can see from here that the selection that came out wasn't precise because we have some Hitler's year. It is not sharp, it is not crispy. What we are going to use to make this selection and make it very crisp. The US we wanted is to use the pen tool. We are going to use the technique that you have linked earlier to complete this blue yet, all right. 16. Part 16. Recap: No, I know that this was a lot of information for you to take in, but i then it all boils down to one thing, practice, practice, practice. You have to practice, practice, practice until you get your hands on it. Alright, now, just a quick recap. What does depend to? Depend to allow you to draw two points, point a and point B. Alright? That's all it is. That link and be a cave. That line can be line. Alright? Then to allow you to draw two things. But what is a path? A path is a vector line with new techniques, whereas a sheep is a part with a few. Anything that you do the pinned to a vector, not errors that you do with append to a vector. Not errata sheet, again is a path with a few they see is at the lowest level while the path is at the top. All right. She is an alias tab while the path is the path. What advice I've taught the initial, remember again P, again and again and again. Remember they said gut, that is the shortcut for depends with the lipid P. Always remember this shortcut. If you wanted to become a master, use the pencil. Then AS or the Alt or Option key. What does it do? The up key into disuse handle. It leads handle. The handle. When you hover over the anchor point, it convert it into a convict point. Alright, so here is the Convert Point to cover up an anchor point. It converted into a convenient point to it introduces believes, handle, it, Beth, handle. All right. There is the controller command key that is used to edit a path. All right, click on a point. You can edit the handle. You can do what ever you want using the Control or the Command key. Alright, so that's it for the append to this course or very helpful to help you introduce you to start using depend too, as you move your journey in learning Adobe Photoshop. This is going to be it. Don't forget to continue progressing. And also misery. Come around to check out my other courses that I have around. Thank you very much for joining me on this section. See you in the list costs. All right.