Photoshop CS5 Curves & Anchor Points

In CS3, when using a Curves Adjustment layer, I could Shift Click on an image to place an anchor point on each of the red, green, and blue channels in RGB mode. This process changed in CS4 and CS5.
From experimenting in CS4 and CS5, I can only place an anchor point on a single channel. I want to place a simultaneous anchor point on each layer.
My question is, How do I place a simultaneous anchor point on each channel in a curves adjustment layer?

Using a curves layer, if I use Control Shift on an image, then anchor points are inserted on all channels. This applies to CS3 to CS5.

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Photoshop CS6 clear anchor point

Hi
Small problem with paths :/
Clearing anchor point so that it's cuts the path line also to the next anchor (like point to point, cuts segment of path) not the whole path...
Sometimes it works using delete or backspace But no clue why does not always work ? and getting work is like F* hell
Is there some option or is it just CS6 problem

Seems to be a systemic issue with Photoshop CS6.
The Direct Selection Tool is supposed to select one point in a path, but I find, like you, that it can get into a mode where it's as though all the other points are selected and remain selected. This leads to you deleting the entire path.
When it's working "correctly", clicking a point with the Direct Selection tool will make that path point black and show both handles, while the two points to either side will show as squares with a light center and only one handle exposed. Clicking another point will change the "focus" to that point, and make the prior selected point have a light square, indicating it's no longer selected. When it's working like this, I can delete one point.
But once I delete a point the behavior reverts to the bad one you're describing, where clicking on a point leaves all the points black and shows both handles of the point clicked AND any other ones clicked (sort of like if the shift key is down or something). At that time pressing Delete will clear all of the points - deleting the entire path.
As I don't use paths as much as some, so I've never thought to report it as a bug.
Edit: I've just reproduced the same behavior in Photoshop CS5. This implies it's some kind of "by design" modal behavior, and that my unfamiliarity with using Path tools may be showing.
I've noticed holding down the control key, clicking, then holding down the control key and clicking again seems to revert it to the "correct" behavior where only one point at a time gets the focus. Dragging a box around the point you want with the Direct Selection Tool also seems to net the proper behavior.
-Noel

CS5: Moving Anchor Points w/ Transform Panel, Not Whole Object

Hey there. Did the digging before asking but nothing came up. I'm pretty green, so I'm sure it's something silly. I'm trying to move specific anchor points on a path a few pixels up from their current position, while keeping everything else where it is, so it'll transform the figure's shape. I'm trying to do it precise by changing it's dimensions, rather than clicking and dragging. Thankfully, that's at least an option because it -does- work when I direct select the points I want and drag them. Problems with that:
1) I have very little control. If I want the point moved up by whole pixels, I pretty much have to get lucky because it's always in decimal points.
2) With shapes bordering each other (parts of a complex shape), if I want to move their location to scrunch something (Half circle in a larger half circle, wanting to flatten out the base), if I lift those points up, they leave a gap. As if the top border of the outer circle has another anchor point under the lower of the one above that, and I can't click on it to move everything while they're still touching. I can take screenshots if needed. I'm following a tutorial to get used to the program.
Alternately, I suppose if you have a shortcut for constraining the drag to whole pixels instead of fractions, that's great too. In Photoshop and the like, holding Shift would give me precision, but that's not the case in this tool or perhaps program.
Thanks a bunch. This program is frustrating, but I know I'll have fun with it when I get it.

Hard to decipher exactly what you are asking for, but after reading your post a few times sounds like you want to move vector point by whole pixles amounts.
Have you tried setting your keyboard increment to 1 pixel, and using the cursor keys to nudge points.
If you are working on digital work, you may want to turn on snap to pixel grid, which will also kepep all your times to whole pixel amounts.

CS5 moving anchor points

Anybody else enormously frustrating when trying to reposition anchor points in CS5? They never were very easy to select and move, but now in this version, they'll only move in certain directions but not others, or not at all.
There seems to be some mysterious order required, where if I select the bezier points first adn then the central node, sometimes I can get the central node to move, but not always. Or sometimes if I press the shift key while selecting, I can get them to move. But not always.
It looks to me like Adobe has made the points too smart, so that they'll only go where they won't interfere with a nearby node. But I've got a lot of repositioning to do, and I sure wish this thing would trust me enough to let me move the nodes where I want to put them.
Anybody have any suggestions?

Something else I noticed, by the way: if I delete an anchor point, then undo, then Shift+click and try to move the anchor point, about 80% of the
time, I can get it to move.
But this is so frustrating, I'm going back to CS4 to make the shape I want.

CS5: Coloring Anchor Points

Hi there. I'm clearly missing some simple beginner thing. I'm working on a tutorial, and the directions I'm at are these:
Step 16:
Select the bottom shape and use the Mesh Tool (U) to add an anchor point in the left corner, exactly in the middle of the bottom shape as shown.
Paint all the bottom anchor points of this shape with R:0, G:0, B:0. And paint the top anchors points with R:135, G:96, B:66.
Here's the Tutorial if you want the visual reference: http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/illustration/how-to-make-a-magic-book-using-adobe-ill ustrator/
I'm creating a book, and this is at the base, so it was basically two rectangles with a half circle in the middle as a spine. I used the mesh tool to create a line that bisects the shape. I have to assume meshes behave differently, because I couldn't Divide the paths to make separate segments, and changing the fill of the shape ignores the mesh line. So I'm assuming right now a Mesh path isn't counted as a normal path. But it's telling me to paint all the anchor points, and in two different colors... How on earth do I do that?
I click the gradient tool, it doesn't seem to do anything but paste a gradient slider over things, that doesn't affect the fill color.
Grabbing the shape and changing it's color in the Color panel changes the entire shape's fill...
Selecting the group and trying to make it a gradient from the Gradient panel does nothing, it doesn't even register as a thing that can be filled.
So what exactly are those directions asking me to do?
Thanks so much!

Looks like the instructions is missing key information for people that aren't very accustomed to using Illustrator.
To add a fill to a gradient mesh point you need to first select the Direct Selection Tool, which is the A key, and then click on each point of the gradient mesh you want to change. To make this process quicker, click and drag across the points you want to include while holding the shift key. This way you don't have to select each point precisely and can be a little looser with what you're selecting. But keep in mind that any points you surround with the direct selection tool will be selected so depending on the shapes in your file dragging across them may not be the best option.
Then with the points selected you can go into your Color pallet and change the color of just those points. You'll know the points are selected because they'll be filled in with a solid color while non-selected points will be "hollow" which is just a fancy way of saying they'll be filled with white.

How would I copy,paste, and erase in Adobe Photoshop CS5?(Easy points)

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Prevent pivot of anchor points while editing a path

In previous version of Photoshop (before CC), it was the normal behavior of the pen tool that when you drew out a few curved anchor points and would access the edit tool (with the command/control) key to adjust the curve between two points,
the curve would simply increase or decrease its arch, and the control handles would stay at the angle they were drawn. This had great advantage for me to edit on the fly.
Now, however, as everyone knows, the anchor points will pivot, changing their angle when you grab the curve segment and pull on it. This is horrible! And it affects the whole shape! How are you supposed to keep the angles the way you drew them?
Is there some modifier key to hold down to keep the points at the same angle?

I do not know when Adobe changed that behavior so I'll check my installs. On my workstation I have perpetual repackage CS2 version CS2 9.0 installed and Subscription version CS6 13.1.2, CC 14.2.1 and CC 2014.2.2.
CS2 has the old behavior you describe where the 3 subscription versions CS6 CC and CC 2014 have the new behavior.
On my old desktop I have perpetual CS5 12.0.4 and CS6 13.0.1.3. CS5 has the old behavior where perpetual CS6 has the new behavior so the change was made in CS6.
I do not know if either behavior is better then the other for using the ctrl/CMD key on the handle in either behavior lets you change the angle of the handle. You can make the same adjustment in either case. I would not call either Horrible.

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Cs6 , how can i add a anchor point in the curve in the channel Red or Green?

Hi
how can i add an anchor point in the curve in the Channel R / G and B?
in cs5 , with ctrl + click i was able to click on the image and add an anchor point in the curve channel RGB
and with shift +ctrl + click i was able to click on the image and add an anchor poing in the channel Red , 1 in the channel Green and 1 in the channel blue
i know cs6 doesn't have any more ctrl+mouse click , there is the targeted adjustamanent tool
i can do it with ctrl+m and call the curve
but i can't do it with curve adjustament tool
is there a way to add a anchor point in each channel red , green and blue (like the prev photoshop)?
thanks

thanks that's correct! thanks
but it's not 100% correct
to add a multiple points in rgb shift+click doesn't work!
from adobe
Keyboard shortcuts: Curves
You can use these keyboard shortcuts for Curves:
To set a point on the curve for the selected color in each color component channel (but not in the composite channel), Shift+Ctrl-click (Windows) or Shift+Command-click (Mac OS) in the image.
To select multiple points, Shift-click points on the curve. Selected points are filled with black.
To deselect all points on the curve, click in the grid, or press Ctrl‑D (Windows) or Command-D (Mac OS).
To select the next higher point on the curve, press the plus key; to select the next lowest, press the minus key.
To move selected points on the curve, press the arrow keys.
(Curves dialog box) To set a point on the curve for the current channel, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) in the image.
If you’re instead using the Curves adjustment, simply click in the image with the On-image adjustment tool .

Change anchor point on Photoshop Live 3D image?

It is possible to change the anchor point on a Photoshop Live 3D model?
I've imported a (.obj) 3D model into Photoshop (CS5.5) Live 3D layer (in order to be able to export as a PS Live .PSD and import into After Effects) howver I need to change the anchor point to one of the 4 corners, rather than dead centre which is the default. I thought it would easy just to import the .PSD file into After Effects and move the anchor point in there, but this seems impossible. So, can the anchor point be moved inside of Photoshop before I export it?
Mike.

What do you mean by »Photoshop Live 3D«?
If you need to change the 3D-object’s mesh I’m afraid that will have to be done outside of Photoshop.
But if you could post a mock-up or screenshot with the pertinent Panels visible the issue might get clearer.

Photoshop CS4: Using pen tool to add corner anchors instead of curve anchors

Hello folks, I have searched all the resources I could think of using different phrasings, but have yet to figure out how to do this or if it can be done. I am working on a project that requires adding many corner anchors to paths. By default, using the pen tool in Photoshop CS4 adds curve anchors. Thus requiring me to add the anchor and then convert it to a corner. Is there some easy way to make PS create corners instead of curves with the pen tool? Even using the shift-cntl-alt-click combos didn't help? Would save me time and sanity!
Thanks all,
- DK

I think if you just click and don't move the mouse before you let off the mouse button you get corner anchors, no? But that's when you're creating the path. I guess you want to add corner anchors with the Add Anchor Point Tool?
-Noel

Simplify adds overlapping anchor points CS5

I've been using Object > Path > Simplify to clean up artwork but have found that it can create two overlapping anchor points. This adds an extra kink to the path as each anchor point has two control handles. This seems to happen regardless of the Curve Precision or Angle Threshold settings.
Anyone else getting this?
(Illustrator CS5 15.0.2, Mac OS 10.6.2)
Screenshots below:
1. Simple circle drawn with the ellipse tool.
2. Object > Path > Simplify... applied (Curve Precision 96%, Angle Threshold 0)
3. The two overlapping anchor points pulled apart for illustration

Unite is very helpful (thanks Steve) and sometimes cleans up the path completely. There are still times when Simplify adds a whole bunch of points to what seems to be a clean curve. Unite then helps to clean up the mess, but there are often extra points which create kinks or loops in the path. They are easy to miss as you have to zoom right in to spot them.
Also, thanks Wade for the suggestion about cutting the path and rejoining. It’s interesting that CS4 splits the path at the problem point shown above when using Simplify so you are left with an open path. It's as if CS5 rejoins the path but doesn't get the control handles right.
Thanks for the script link, Jesseham. I must look into using scripts more to simplify routine tasks.
I've combined Simplify with Unite into an Action to speed things up. But I’m still using Simplify with caution as often it does just the opposite.

Moving anchor point with arrow keys crashes Photoshop CC

Hey guys,
I've recently run into this bug many times while working with shapes. Don't really know what initiates it but it's super annoying as it crashes the PS CC completely without possiblity of recovering the unsaved files.
The bug appears while working with shapes after file is saved and reopened. Because I use to design pixel-perfect UIs, I work with arrow keys a lot to be sure every pixel is in the right place. So after selecting one or more anchor points of shape and hitting any arrow key (to move it by pixel), photoshop immediately crashes with this super-long description of bug: http://justpaste.it/ccshapecrash
Dunno why but this occurs very often when handling 1px-thin rectangles.
Is it only me or has anybody else experienced this as well? Any idea what exactly is causing it or what might be wrong with my config?
Never seen that kind of error in Photoshop before. It completely destroys my everyday workflow

I have exactly the same problem and I don't have any solution. I was tried to update the latest video drivers - nothing! Tried to update Photoshop which updates fixes bugs - nothing! The problem continues.
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Illustrator CS5 Rotate Tool Anchor Point Bug

Summary:
I can reproduce this bug consistently, every single time. I am unable to set a new anchor point for the rotate tool in Illustrator CS5.
Steps to reproduce the bug:
1. Create a new shape, doesn't matter what
2. Press R or just select the rotate tool
3. Alt-Click to pick up the anchor point and drag to a new posiiton
4. Let the mouse go- at this point the anchor stays locked to the cursor even if I click and am only able to unlock it from the cursor if I click on a new tool, but without getting to choose a new anchor point.
Also I tried this with a Intuos 2 tablet and pen with the same results. I have an NVidia Quadro FX 3500 card installed with the latest driver as well.
I'm not sure if this issue is related, but also in After Effects CS5 if I press 0 to start doing a preview and then click away say on Firefox, then click back to After Effects, I am unable to click around inside After Effects to get the render to stop. It makes me wait until the whole comp is pushed into a ram preview before it unlocks itself.
Any ideas?

I too experience this problem and was hoping to find a solution. I've tried reverting to early Wacom Driver versions with no success. I find that if you "break the connection" between the pen and the tablet then the rotate point will drop and the rotate dialog will appear. I've found that this only works reliably when lifting the pen straight up off of the tablet til it loses signal. Not ideal for precision work. You'll notice that the rotate point drops when you move over to the menus, so I'm guessing it has something to do with the "drawing area."
My system specs for comparison.
Intuos 3
Windows 7 x64
Wacom driver v. 615-3a
Illustrator CS5 15.0.1
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ Driver Version 258.96
Core i7 920 Processor
12Gb DDR3 Ram

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