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Subject: Stupid question: can you save paths?

kenyarb opened this issue on Mar 02, 2006 · 6 posts
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kenyarb ( ) posted Thu, 02 March 2006 at 8:22 PM · edited Mon, 13 January 2025 at 12:35 PM

I use paths primarily for drawing cartoon style figures. I've tried Illustrator, but it's a pretty steep learning curve; Photoshop works for me. I know this is probably a stupid question, but is there anything I should be aware of copying and pasting complex paths from a PSD into another PSD. Once I create a complex (for me) set of paths, I'd like to be to reuse it in other projects. Usually it would involve resizing for use in new projects.

Mikewave ( ) posted Thu, 02 March 2006 at 9:10 PM

You mean you want to keep the paths editable? There may verywell be a way to do so, but I don't know of any... Things would be a lot easier if you'd bite your way thrue Illustrator, it offers all you want for cartoon-style CG. Many of my friends (well, the few I have anyway) found Illustrator scary at first, but after a few trials and errors and some help, they never turned to Photoshop again for animor cartoon style graphics. Give it one more shot, I will help you if you need assistance, just post your questions on this forum (screw this being a Photoshop forum, as long as it's adobe software I see no harm;-) Mike

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dreamer101 ( ) posted Thu, 02 March 2006 at 10:41 PM

Open up both PSDs and drag path from one to the other.

tantarus ( ) posted Fri, 03 March 2006 at 1:11 AM

Adobe has bought FreeHand so I can recomend it lol.. FreeHand and Illustrator are the best of the best among vector apps. The only difference is that Illustrator have harder learning curve than FreeHand :) Tihomir
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archdruid ( ) posted Fri, 03 March 2006 at 2:53 AM

What I find useful, is to have BOTH on the sys... there are things that I can do in Photoshop that I can't, in Illustrator, and vice-versa. Personally, I think this OUGHT to formally be a Photoshop/Illustrator forum... there are many who use Illustrator rather than Photoshop. Lou.

"..... and that was when things got interestiing."

kenyarb ( ) posted Fri, 03 March 2006 at 3:29 PM

Thanks for the help

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