How to use the Pen Tool in Photoshop like a Pro
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Martin Perhiniak is a Certified Adobe Design Master and Instructor. He was voted to be one of the top 10 Adobe instructors in the world by student feedback in 2015. In his online courses, besides the technical knowledge you need, Martin will also teach you a lot about design principles, compositional techniques and plenty of best practices that he picked up and developed while working as a designer and retoucher on projects such as Pixar’s Cars and Toy Story, BBC’s Dr Who or Mattel’s Team Hot Wheels.
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You have probably been told to master the Pen Tool in Photoshop a thousand times and you might already be pretty good at using it. However, it never hurts to brush up on this crucial skill so allow me to share with you the secrets of true Pen Tool mastery. LEARN FROM US: Build Rock Solid Foundations with our New 12 Weeks long Graphic Design Starter Bootcamp: https://yesimadesigner.com/courses/starter-bootcamp/ NEWSLETTER: https://yesimadesigner.com/creative-resources/?utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=photoshop&utm_content=pen-tool READ OUR BLOG https://yesimadesigner.com/blog/?utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=photoshop&utm_content=pen-tool FOLLOW US https://www.instagram.com/yes_im_a_designer/ PODCAST https://yesimadesigner.com/podcast/?utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=photoshop&utm_content=pen-tool Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/yes-im-a-designer-podcast/id1462185547 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2vdeYhJimT7CXTVc09zfoA ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD If you don’t have a Photoshop-, or a Creative Cloud subscription yet, you can subscribe to it here: https://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p(265883)a(2929456)g(22913796)url(https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.html (*We are partners to Adobe. If you purchase through this link you also support our channel.) Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:21 Why do you still need the Pen Tool? 1:40 Settings 3:50 Shortcuts 10:35 Turn path into selection Cmd+Enter / Vector Mask 13:59 Curvature Tool 17:05 Symmetry 18:19 Path operations 20:11 Shading 21:28 Draw lines
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