Clipping Paths: EP 218: Digital Photography 1 on 1

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In this episode Mark Wallace goes over the basics of clipping paths. Increase your stock photography by adding clipping paths to your images! Mark shows you how clipping paths are used then goes into detail on how to use the pen tool in Photoshop CS 5.1 to create a clipping path.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Mark Wallace
• snapfactory
• photoshop
• clipping path
• pen tool
• Adobe Photoshop
• digital photography
• adoramatv

[Claggy]

I cannot figure out how to get the same pen tool style as used in the pen tool explanation. Mine just fills in the shape completely. I would like to use one like that, which just creates a stroke of a few pixels. Any help?

[snapfactory]

@Claggy When you are using the Pen Tool make sure you're in "Shape Layers" mode (it's in the options at the top - I turned it off when I made the hat on Stunt Pig). Then change the style (also in the options toolbar). Play with the styles till you find one that has a stroke with no fill. I think it looks like a gray square, usually in the lower left of the drop down. To make your clipping path make sure you switch back to "Paths" (Like I did after making the hat on Stunt Pig).

[Claggy]

@snapfactory Yup, I was on Shape Layers and found that same style you speak of, but it is only a 1px stroke. I am wondering how I can have a style that is the same thing, but with more like a 6px stroke instead (like the style you used above at 13:35 - 20:30 )

[snapfactory]

@Claggy Here's the trick. Do the same as you've been doing, but after you draw a shape click over to your Layers palette, you'll see a new shape layer. In the shape layer you should see "Effects" and under effects you'll see "Stroke". Double click "Stroke" and you can change the width of the stroke. Any new shapes you draw will have the new stroke width. You can also save this as a new style for future use.

[snapfactory]

21:53 is where I switched between "Shape Layers" to "Paths".

[ninhaxable]

there is such an easier way to use the pen tool

[RaschidAN]

I'm asking myself if these auto-generated captions are helping anyone not understanding or hearing the audio... ;-) Examples:

27:24 "[...] it will really help you own a little bit money because your images will be abused [...]"

18:53 "just the zoomed ke tusi in Palestinian reading fall" (???)

20:24 "practice, because if you don't in Haiti painful, if you do you can learn to love the painful music"

Nonetheless: Thanks for the great tutorials!

[D4GG312]

DUDE your awesome this is a great way to TEACH- Im totally impressed.

[Claggy]

@snapfactory Perfect, that did the trick. Thank you!

[jondafurb]

@c1rcu1tn3rd

I was a student... about 12 years ago lol. I'll probably wind up getting it some day.

[dougiehoser]

Agree this is the best tutorial of pen tool I've ever seen. Extremely clear.