Photoshop Tips - Cutout using Pen Tool

[fortells]

Helped me out a lot, thank you so much!

[TheLunarEquinox]

your awesome, you sound like microsoft sam XD

[igong54]

thank you very much!! help me a lot!!

[12mhymhyful]

great tutorial easy to follow thanks

[inhumandestroyer]

Thanks man reallyyy helpful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[xSpectrumGaming]

How can I use this to edit selections that are already made. For example, I have a rectangle that is selected (with the marching ants). How would I use the pen tool to cut out part of it or add to it.

I know with the polygonal lasso tool you do this by holding ALT when you make the selection, but I can't find a key that does it with the pen tool.

[shariworkman]

Thank you! Finally someone with a good tutorial to show me how! :D

[Craptastique]

Thanks. ^^ But I've got a question: how to make a copy from the selection? Not to remove the background, but to create a new layer from the selection? :/

[Fadur2]

i tried this and damn man wooow.. works great!!!!!A BIG THANK YOU!!!!!XXX

[Fadur2]

why not using the quick selection tool?Isn't that much faster and easier?

[waqasgroups]

Thanks u solve my problem

[deviage]

This worked fine for me. Took a little extra time, but did things the magic wand could not do.

[coldmemories1]

frankly , it took too much time with me ...

[chpdm]

I disagree that this is a quick way. Basically you're setting points in the wrong locations with no handles and then you go back to correct it. That's not saving time, that's adding time. The quickest way to select the subject is to get it right from the start.

[Whatthetrash]

Excellent tutorial! Thanks so much! ^_^

[BrahYZ]

nice !!



[huzaini00]

that i what looking for..

Select>inverse ;)

[TheSmellyBacon]

when i press delete it sais: could not complete your request because the smart object is not directly editable pls reply if u have the answer

[digiworld1989]

this made the pen tool seem harder than it is.

[8sondy7]

why doesnt cs5 have the pen tool in photoshop? so lame

[digiworld1989]

@8sondy7 it is there

[ohTheeIrony]

@8sondy7 it does have the pen tool fool

[JonAutumnWinds]

this is a lot more easier to understand than others that I have seen god well done 10/10

[mrpopular29]

so good .... thx dude

[MsAngeljb]

thank u for quick technique

[aivzdog]

very nice tutorial

[OmgJerryPhresh]

nice ideas.

[SanttuSanteri]

thanks. this was helpful : ) i get many good tips!

[alexisdecastro]

thanks! i finally knew how to use the pen tool correctly! :)

[bonitachika792]

veryyy nice!

[randolphdigitalworks]

how can i make it on a transperent backround so i can import it in after effects?

[bonitachika792]

@randolphdigitalworks when you press delete and you get that black background go to the magic eraser tool, under the eraser tab, and click on the solid background still selected and it will delete the color and give you the white and gray transparent box photoshop background.

[Gin81593]

omg tanx your tut is straight forwards no stupid voices or nothing man nice vid!

[fefiss86]

Thanks again.. i have a question.. now that i have the image cut, i want to use the selection in Flash CS3, but when i throw the selection it appears with the background and i only want to use the area i selected. Please help me! Thanks

[sadgarbage]

@fefiss86 try save to png format

[fefiss86]

Thanks!

[royalconcrete1]

It's been three weeks since I was soo frustrated trying to learn the pen tool, and your video was very helpful. Just want you to know that I use your quicky way all the time now. Thanks for making this tut.. Now that I have the basic's down, your vid is awesome!

[Nedwin23]

u legend uve saved me an arm and a leg:)

[shizzle68]

nice tut

[royalconcrete1]

thank you, several things were left out. While adding new point to path, we must let go of the new point and then click ctrl and hold down THEN click the new point. I wish you would say outloud every click, hold, press, release on the next video so I wont get so frustrated. I'm subscribing to you now.

[MasterminDMobile]

Elegant use of the pen tool. Thanks :)

[ItsNeno]

yeah way better then cutting it out!

[takojayflames]

thanx i use to jus freehand with the tool but this is so much simplier thanx again

[derrickbanes]

man thanks for this video.

[theRAREpeng]

wow, i used paint to get rid of a background, alot of time witht he eraser

[aintthatcrap]

I have a hard time understanding other people that does photoshop, but your is one of the best. Thank for being very clear in your pronounciation

[sivcouk]

Being a very keen user of online tutorials, I had to post you a comment to say, "simple is best".

I have watched a large number of people attemp to explain the pen tool, but yours is by far the easiest and quickest I have come across.

So Thanks, Great Tutorial

[Zigzsterz]

Thx a lot

I understand better the pen pen tool

Awesome tutorial very clear

[xmdude626]

This PEN tool is very POWERFUL when you want precise selections.

[divakaneva]

Thanks thats the fastest way I've seen to do it

[toulousserules]

g-r-a-c-i-a-s

[Rhasky6]

thx alot! other tutorials didnt tell me to switch to the path tool so the pen nvr worked and i was stuck with the lasso. :(

[honeyyclover]

thank you so much!

this was the only tutorial that actually helped me with the pen tool!

[MissShowCat]

Great job - very easy instruction. Keep up the good work!

[Inkognitohaloramics]

Thank you so much. This saves me so much time.

[RPAYNE1990]

Very clear thanks alot

[IceCreamiie]

did you say marching ants? XD haha.

thank you for this!! helped me out alot!

[CassiaBlueLava]

Thank you, I really needed this. :]

[kitty3309]

Ahh! Now I get it! XD Nice tutorial

[aneianape]

very clear tut..thank u so much

[Swingracer]

gr8 tutorial helped alot m8 cheers

[PAKIZFOLYFE786]

Damn man that was soo simple and easy to understand

thanks alot dude

[Showtek177]

Just shut up

[IveGotChicken]

Thanks, this made life much easier!

[guraaftaab]

THANK U SIR

IT HELPED ALOT

[ndelair08]

is this in cs3??

[LiverpoolFanAU]

Great video mate!

[a130303a]

that was wonderful. I had been able to do the same and even more. thanks!

[tirathmistry]

Awesome thanks so much for tutorial please add more tutorial.

Thanks:-)

[pandazalea]

Thank you!

[Wannna]

That was so easy ...thx alot !!!!!!

[fauxfax]

Yes, that's very concise and useful. Thanks.

[superflashj]

Great Video! Learned Alot In A Little Amount Of Time!

[superflashj]

Dude, This is short and sweet! Kudos, to you... Im learnig photshop! Thanks!

[06Ajay]

Great Vid.

Really Helped!

[LifeFormAlpha]

Very nice tip to rough out the shape, then go back and add/drag points.

Somehow I have never even THOUGHT of doing it that way - instead trying to be precise as I went along, which I can now see takes longer.

However, as with all of the pen-tool tutes I have seen here, one is forced to watch the slow and painful trip all around the selection of the object.

A few seconds at the beginning and end, a few in the middle showing how to set corner points etc: no need to show the whole trip.

[j0efes]

cool!

[studioG47]

Top tutorial! THANKS for sharing!!!!!

[Antwren]

Excellent. I did not know how to do that.

[stanmoore]

An excellent well presented tutorial. thankyou for imparting your knowledge and experience. I now have a better understanding of the pen tool thanks again.