1. Pen tool (shortcut key p)
1. Pen tool:
① Method of drawing a straight line: click on a fixed point at the starting point, click continuously, hold down the shift key, you can draw a straight line at an angle
② Method of drawing a curve: click on the fixed point at the starting point, click and click at the next point Drag the mouse to pull out the arc, and the control handle will appear. When drawing again, you need to hold down the alt key to cancel the handle on one side.
③Automatically add and delete: you can directly click on the path to add an anchor point or click on the anchor point to delete the anchor point
④ Temporary switch: Hold down the ctrl key to temporarily switch to the white tool to move the anchor point (with a control handle, you can adjust the arc size)
⑤Convert the path to a selection: right-click, choose to create a selection, or ctrl+enter, Or in the path panel, ctrl+path thumbnail
⑥delete key deletes the last anchor point and at the same time, the pen tool will end the path drawing this time
2. Free pen tool: Click and drag the mouse to draw a smooth line path. Right-click the path, select the brush and check the simulated pressure (you need to set the brush size, hardness, etc.)
3. Convert point tool: Click on the point of the curve position to turn it into a straight line. Click on the point of the straight line, select and drag, and the control handle will appear to adjust the arc
Second, the path panel
1. The path panel can realize the mutual conversion between the selection and the path.
2. When saving as jpg, psd, the path panel can store the path, similar to the layer, which is easy to cut out and work.
2. Paintbrush (shortcut key: b)
1. Load brush: find the loaded brush in the settings, find the brush and click Load, right click to delete the brush
2. Brush panel (shortcut key f5): dynamic shape, spread, color dynamic
3. Define brush preset: edit-define Brush presets