How To Quickly Draw A Clipping Path In Photoshop

A simple way to draw a clipping path in Photoshop.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Photoshop
• clipping
• path
• tutorial
• tricks
• CS3
• CS4

[ArchieRoylance]

I had to stop my team doing this. I watched them going round and round the item correcting the points they'd created and going back and adding others. There seemed to be no end to it. This method requires little concentration and the team would chat away, taking hours to produce crap cut-outs.

I insist that the path is drawn accurately as it goes along. This takes concentration and, while progress appears to be slower, in the end it's quicker because when the path is closed, it's finished.

[trideciple]

@ArchieRoylance I work by myself, so concentration isn't an issue. If your "team" is chatting while they work, you've got other problems. Crappy paths are always the result of crappy employees.

[ArchieRoylance]

@trideciple

You work by yourself, I manage a team of people in a company that was losing money. It's now profitable and the 'team' have jobs. Happy clipping.

[trideciple]

@ArchieRoylance Before I went freelance, I spent 10 years managing a team of graphic artists and web designers. Precision clips were a must. This technique is really intended for solo clippers who are faced with processing a large amount of photos in a short time. It's also great for low rez, web only shots.

[CGolds235]

@ArchieRoylance thank you! I will try this. :)

[ArchieRoylance]

@CGolds235

No special method, just draw the path accurately as you go along so when you close or complete the path, you know it's finished; you don't have to go back around, adding and adjusting points - I've seen people spend hours doing that and still get poor results.

Hope that's helpful.

[CGolds235]

@ArchieRoylance what is the method you are talking about? Would you be willing to share? I want to also say, thank you trideciple. Any information is good to a newbie student of graphic design. I like to think of a result that I'm trying to get in the programs (whether it's photoshop, illustrator, in design...) as the location I want to get to. Like driving to a location in a vehicle, there is more than one way to get somewhere by taking different roads.

[mrazzzzzhristov]

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[conglan1]

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