Pen Tool

[ƒish]

Great jebus... I can't believe I've missed this thingy... Guys, stop using the marquee tool... it's a dead end, learn to use the pen tool, it's so much better. >.>

Cutting renders takes half the time, and it makes the edges vectors so they'll blend to any color automatically... I can't believe i've only learned this today, after messing with photoshop for a year... I hope you all do this, it's so much better for everything.

uhh... yeah... just thought i'd tell all you artists-to-be that...

and with that, i'm going to bed.

 

[dragonflamez]

I still have no idea how to use the pen tool...

 

[ƒish]

I still have no idea how to use the pen tool...

Just do some experiments with it... try cutting a render with it, you can trace around the thing then right click and select "make selection" it'll cut it as a vector making it much smoother and way easier to blend... once you get good at it you'll save a ton of time. : o

I wish i'd learned this about... a year ago when I started. >.>

 

[DarthGohan1]

is this in gimp as well?

 

[ƒish]

is this in gimp as well?

Uhh... maybe? look in your toolbox thing for one labeled "pen tool" if its there, its there... I bet it is, most programs have it.

 

[dragonflamez]

I still havent figured it out...

 

[SL92]

Yeah, that's probably equal to the paths tool in GIMP.

 

[Furry Sparks]

[quote="Shadow_] Yeah, that's probably equal to the paths tool in GIMP. [/quote]
No... I don't think so...

 

[Nate]

[quote="Shadow_] Yeah, that's probably equal to the paths tool in GIMP.

No... I don't think so... [/quote]
It sounds like it could also be the lasso tool...

 

[Furry Sparks]

[quote="Shadow_] Yeah, that's probably equal to the paths tool in GIMP.

No... I don't think so...

It sounds like it could also be the lasso tool... [/quote]
Oh wait, after Opening PS I found the the pen tool=the path tool in gimp.

 

[Zelandonia]

Lol, I'll try that next time I make a sig.

 

[SL92]

[quote="Shadow_] Yeah, that's probably equal to the paths tool in GIMP.

No... I don't think so...

It sounds like it could also be the lasso tool...

Oh wait, after Opening PS I found the the pen tool=the path tool in gimp. [/quote]



I was right.

 

[JJRamone2]

I use the pen tool every day, its uber sexy.

 

[Ascendancy]

The pen tool probably is the best to use, but it is also the hardest to learn how to use. I use the masking tool. It is, in my opinion, right up there with the pen tool. It delivers awesome results and it's a lot easier to learn.