How do I exclude a shape in Photoshop?
Delete a shape layer by dragging the layer thumbnail to the Trash Can in the lower right corner of the Layers panel. If you want to keep your path but throw away the shape layer, choose Window→Paths. Then drag the shape vector mask to the New Path icon which creates a saved path. Now you can throw away the shape layer.
What is path mode in Photoshop?
In this tutorial, you will adjust several shape and path layers. This option allows you to select any shape or path on the canvas, even if the layer is not active. Select a single shape or path. To edit a single shape or path with the “All Layers” option selected (Step 1), simply click a shape or path.
How do I turn an image into a shape?
Crop to a specific shape
- In your file, select the picture that you want to crop to a specific shape.
- Click the Format Picture tab.
- Under Adjust, click the arrow next to Crop, point to Mask to Shape, point to a type of shape, and then click the shape that you want to crop the picture to.
How to add, subtract and exclude shapes in Photoshop?
The vector mask is what defines the look of the shape (the color swatch to the left of the vector mask thumbnail defines the color of the shape). If the vector mask is not selected, the Add, Subtract, Intersect and Exclude options will be grayed out and unavailable in the Options Bar.
How to add or subtract from path / shape area?
Select the Rectangle Tool. In the Control Bar you want Shapes and Create New Shape Layer selected: Draw the rectangle (A new layer should be created). Draw a second, inner, rectangle. Now click the Exclude Overlapping Shape Areas option in the Control Bar: Draw the rectangle for the pencil.
How do you deselect two shapes in Photoshop?
Both shapes again appear in the same vector mask thumbnail. I’ll click on the vector mask thumbnail to deselect it, which removes the path outline from around the shape and makes it easier to see the result.
Where is the shape layer located in Photoshop?
A circular shape drawn with the Ellipse Tool. If we look in my Layers panel, we see that my document currently contains two layers – the white-filled Background layer on the bottom and the Shape layer (Shape 1) for my shape directly above it: The Layers panel showing the Shape layer sitting above the Background layer.