Accurate Layer Selections Using Photoshop’s Selection Tools: Use Photoshop and Illustrator to Refine Your Artwork

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J. HarderAccurate Layer Selections Using Photoshop’s Selection Toolshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7493-4_15

15. Working with the Pen Tools

Jennifer Harder¹  

(1)

Delta, BC, Canada

 

In this chapter, you learn how to work with the Shape and Pen tools in areas in which Image Trace did not do such a good job.

As you saw in the previous chapter, Image Trace works very well for photo-realistic images when you want to capture details of a sketch or photo or transform it into grayscale or color vector artwork. It also works very well when you have a pen or felt tip pen drawings with solid boundaries and little variation in color, such as one or three-color projects. ...