Pen Tool Help

hello. is anyone experiencing issues with the pen tool?

Sounds like you don't like the new "rubber band" feature in CC2014.
To turn it off, go to Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display and uncheck "Enable Rubber Band for Pen Tool"

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Photoshop 7 Pen tool help

I would like to know how to select a portion of a photo with the pen tool, save the selection and use the selections as .jpg to create a montage of pictures for a newsletter. I have done this in the past and forgotten how.
Thanks for your help.
Sylvia

google "pen tool selection photoshop tutorial" for a myriad of answers.

Pixelated Pen Tool Diagonal. Help? Thx!

In Illustrator/CS6, I've drawn a diagonal line with my pen tool and then changed the stroke to 14. The line looks pixelated. Onscreen. Immediately...before I export it to any other type of file.
In Preferences: I have "Anti-aliased Artwork" checked.
Under Rasterize I've tried a few settings, including 300dpi.
I've tried what older posts recommend, to no avail:
Opt+Cmd+Y
Simplify Path
Under Effects>Rasterize...make sure it's 300dpi.
I checked Appearances: I only have stroke marked there...nothing else funky going on that panel
I had to laugh when older posts suggested the person with the pixelated lines was just nit-picky. I'm nit-picky too! And so is my client, who just wants a straight, clean diagonal line.
The odd thing is that I've exported this pixelated line as an svg...scaled it and printed it 6-feet tall...and it looked great. But onscreen - in my .ai file and in the various forms you can export it to for web use - it looks rough.
Here's a screen shot, but it's hard to tell from it unless you zoom in. It is not hard to tell on my .ai file, though.
Help? Thanks!

Your monitor has to use pixels to display anything. No matter how straight and precise the vector path is, the screen will always show pixels. The greater the pixel density of your monitor the less noticable pixel edges are. Until there's some massive innovation in display technology, this is merely how things work. You should trust that vector is vector and will be output as smooth, straight paths. You could always upgrade to a 4k display if it bothers you that much. It won't remove the issue entirely, but will greatly improve the pixel display of the monitor.

Hello , I have installed adobe illustrator CS5 and when i open it..tool bar isnt working.. when i click at rectangle/pen tool the sub options on it dont appear though black sign comes.. am confused wat to do?? i have windows 8 as OS.. please help soonest.

Hello ,
I have installed adobe illustrator CS5 and when i open it..tool bar isnt working.. when i click at rectangle/pen tool the sub options on it dont appear though black sign comes.. am confused wat to do?? i have windows 8 as OS.. please help soonest.....thankyou

charmi,
The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file (you may have tried/done some of them already); 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences); 5) is a list in itself, and 6) is the last resort.
1) Close down Illy and open again;
2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);
3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);
4) Move the folder (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);
5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);
Even more seriously, you may:
6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

HELP! Illustrator CS2 pen tool problems

Hi, All
new to the forum...great resource...
I'm having a problem with my CS 2. Specifically my tools are acting weird..
The pen tool will not allow me to place points where I want them, or adjust the handles with any finesse. When I go to place a point in a certain spot, and click the mouse, a point appears nearby but not where I want it to. Then, when I try to move it, or adjust its handles, it only will go where it wants to...not where I'm telling it to go.
I can select objects, but cannot place them where I want them!!!! ( I can get close, but no cigar!)
This is most frustrating!....
I have re-installed the program.
I have also restarted the computer.
I have not trashed my preferences folder....not sure where that is or if that might be the problem.
Can any of you guys (and gals) help?!?
many thanks in advance
JP

DUH!
Thanks very much JET.....that was exactly it.....though how it got turned on, I dont know....(couldnt have been anything I did!!!) lol
JP

Pen Tool/Anchor Point Help

I often draw/trace things using the Pen Tool. I start with an anchor point (A) then click to make another (B), then I drag the first handle away from the anchor point in order to make a bezier curve. The problem comes when I need to continue the path to another anchor point (C) after the curve. If I don't move the "dragged" handle, then it warps the continued path to the next anchor point (C). What I have been doing to remedy this frustration is switching to the Direct Selection Tool then moving the "dragged" handle over top of the previous anchor point (B). Please tell me there is an easier/faster way to do this...
Many thanks in advance!

Have you studied the manual?
Illustrator Help | Drawing with the Pen, Pencil, orFlare tool
There are also plenty of tutorials on how to use the pen tool.
If you know all this and still need help, please post a screenshot of the situation.

My pen tool isn't cutting my selection! Help...

Hello,
I've been trying to cut out a part of a circle using the pen tool.
Usually, I add the points, right-click and make selection, then just hit delete and it disappears.
However, now it isn't doing that - it's blurring the selection, almost as if I've rubbed it using smudge!
Here's my selection:
Then, I right-click, make selection... and when I hit delete, instead of the selection disappearing, I get this:
I haven't knowingly changed anything, can anyone help me figure this one out please?

Hi:
You must have had your document on a Background layer because in Photoshop CS5, if you have a selection and press Delete, you get the Fill dialog box set to Content Aware Fill. However, if you press Command Delete, then you will excise out the selection as desired.
Herman R.

Need help with Pen Tool Stroke.

Hello,
Since my friends have been trying to teach me how to make swirls using the pen tool and stroke, i've been the only one who cannot do it. I make a path with the pen tool, I right click then click Stroke path however, it just seems to do nothing. I get the option but when I click on it, it doesn't do what its meant to. I am doing it exactly how my friends are doing it too, thats whats frustrating. I have had so many problems with Photoshop, im a beginner.
I have been able to resolve this problem by clicking on Paths on the right to the layers, but I can't use the simulate pressure feature, unless there is another way.
Also, if there is any tutorials anyone could link me? Im hoping to set up a business when im old enough, for creating logos and facebook covers and im not sure how to go about this.
Thanks guys
(I use Photoshop CS6 on Windows 7 from Creative Cloud without a tablet.)

Hi,
Have you installed the latest updates for photoshop cs6 by going to Help>Updates from within photoshop cs6?
Resetting the photoshop preferences might possibly help as well:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0
If you use the method that you mention where you do it from the paths panel (right click on the path thumbnail in the paths panel) and then click on the Simulate Pressure, you also have to have
one of the pressure options enabled in the the Brush panel (Window>Brush) such as under Shape Dynamics>Size Jitter and then set the drop-down to Pen Pressure before using Stroke Path.

Need help in using Pen Tool

Hi,
I am trying to draw a nice curvy BOW using the pen tool.
How can i draw a nice curvy stroke using pen tool with thickness control.
Can any one help me ?
steve

Steve,
I am trying to draw a nice curvy BOW using the pen tool.How can i draw a nice curvy stroke using pen tool with thickness control.
Can any one help me ?
You may draw the spine of the bow with the Pen Tool and apply a custom made Artbrush to it; the Artbrush should be a fill no stroke shape reflecting the relative thickness along the relative length (the thickness (height) of the brushed path will be the thickness of the brushed stroke at 1pt Stroke Weight, and the length of the shape is arbitrary, so it can be set to 8, 10, 100, or whatever, because the brush strtches to the length of the path).
And you may draw half the bow, reflect (Object>Transform>Reflect) and distribute (Align>Distribute), and join the halves.

Help with using the pen tool

I have a few different problems with the pen tool.
1. When using the pen tool I keep finding that the shape I'm doing is slightly overlapping where I've already gone with the pen tool.
If I try and go over that area again the path I've just drawn then jumps and ruins the shape I was creating.
How can I stop this from happening?
2. Also is there a limit to the amount of paths you can create and add text to? I created two paths and typed on them fine but when I added a third path it refused to type. The cursor didn't change to show I could type and if I did click on the path line and try to type jumped to my other path and typed there. All paths were on different layers and none were overlapping, but it is 3 circles inside each other that get smaller if this makes a difference.
How can I type on the third path?
3. When I have done a path and clicked stroke it is only a thin line. How can I make this line thicker?
Thanks.

Ok, the first example would be something like this. Pretending the lines go elsewhere, say I've drawn a path with the pen tool, gone round the bottom box and that then goes round the two lines going down. So if I go down the one on the left side it hits the previous path I did, but to go up the line on the right side I'd need to go across there. But if I make a point where the two lines meet to do this it then throws the line off elsewhere.
I did have snap vector tools on but it does that without it on.
The next one I was creating a car speedometer so it has lines on the outside, dots inside of that and then, where I've done the blue circle, would be the third path where I then write the numbers in. But I can never write on that third path.
And finally, the pen tool and I think it dd have Shape Dynamics set. I've changed a couple of things and it looks a bit better now so I think that should be ok. Thanks
I know I haven't shown the panels but I haven't got any for the first as it won't go right so I deleted what I was doing. And each thing I've done is on a different layer for the speedometer, all just paths created with the circle tool with the text on.

Pen tool wont snap to existing paths - PLEASE HELP ME OUT!

Before, I could draw on a new layer with the pen tool and when i hovered over paths on existing other layers, they would appear red, or blue etc. NOW... I hover over those paths with my pen tool and they arent flashing up, meaning I can't use them as a reference! I am so upset, please someone give me a hand, please!

Larry, I love you. You're a hero, a life saver! I can't thank you enough!

Pen tool in In design not working, please help the newbie!

Hi there,
I am very new to in design, I am trying to work the pen tool which previously worked when I was playing around with it on a previous version of in design but I have now downloaded the creative suite and when i use this in design if I am trying to draw a shape it creates black patches that firstly make it hard to move to the next point as it covers the image and then when I go to cut out the image and paste into its gone.

You have a fill selected as your default so when you create a shape it's being filled with color. Before you start drawing, set Fill to none and Stroke to a value like 1 point.

Illustrator Cs2 Pen tool not working.. Help!!

So I downloaded Ai cs2 the other day. Whenever I come to drawing polygons with the pen tool I set the fill to a colour and the stroke to none(/) just so i can produce block colour shapes without an outline. However When ive come to do it on cs2 the pen tool only lets me draw thin black lines... What am I doing wrong??

THat's outline view.
If you turn on preview mode, you should see that shape.
But since it's not selected and the layer in the layer panel is closed, it's impossible to analyze this further.

Pen Tool Path HELP!

My Pen Tool path does not show while I'm using the pen tool. It wouldn't be that big of a deal but I can't see which points are where or where my ends are to connect them. I must have accidentally shut them off with a command or something but cannot find a command that would actually do that. Does anyone know what happened?

Thank you so much! You're a lifesaver!

Help with pen tool (advanced)

Okay, so here's the deal. I am creating a vector but I can get the pen tool to work the way I want it to.
I will post an image of what I want it to look like, and what it is turning out like.
This is what I want the vector to look like in the end (notice the highlights):
And this is what the vector currently looks like (notice the highlights):
How can I acheive my desired look? I am using Adobe Illustrator CS5.
Thanks in advance
-Jordan

OK, so have you checked the miter setting in the stroke panel? So maybe play with the numbers there or whatever? OK so that may be the deal. Or maybe not.

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