Re: Color Change Tutorial...
Mdcauthen said:
When I select everything I want with the pen tool, it just has straight lines, not the dotted ones like you have. When I copy it to a new layer, it's no different than if I hadn't selected anything. Is there a setting I need to change for the pen tool?
1. Make sure that the Pen Tool is set to "Paths".
2. After you have completed your outline with the pen tool right click and you will see several options, one will be "Make Selection". That's how you turn it into dotted lines :biggrin:
I have a little bit of illustrated information on the Pen tool in this tutorial:
Cowel Hood Tutorial
Another thing that is real nice to know for those unfamiliar with the Pen Tool is that if you hold down the [CTRL] key and click the path (before you have converted it to a selection) you can adjust or fine tune your path by clicking on the nodes and moving them.
The Pen Tool is such a powerful tool I could write tips and tricks on how to use it all day and still not cover everything. If you really want to master the pen tool do a search for "Pen Tool Tutorial" and you will find tons of good information.
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