Index

1. Fill Path With Colour in Photoshop

2. Fill Path Settings

3. Stroke Paths With Color

Fill Path With Colour in Photoshop
 In Photoshop a path created using pen tool does not
become an image element till you performed stroke or
fill it up.

 The Fill Path command fills a path by pixels using a

specified color, a fill layer or a state of the image.
 Fill Path Settings
 Fill a path with the current fill path settings:

 Select the path in the paths panel

 Click the Fill Path button of the paths panel

Fill a Path and Specify Option:
1. Select the path in the Paths panel.

2. Fill the Path:

 ALT-click (Windows) the Fill Path button at the
bottom of the Paths panel.

 ALT-drag (Windows) the path to the Fill Path button.

 Choose to fill path from the paths panel menu. If the
selected path is a path component, then this command
changes to fill sub-path.

3. Choose the contents for the fill.

4. Specify opacity for the fill. Use a low percentage to

make the fill more transparent.
A setting of 100% makes the fill opaque.
5. To fill choose a blending mode.

 The Mode list includes a Clear mode that helps you to

erase the transparency.

 You must be working in a layer section other than the

background to apply this option.
6. Choose Preserve Transparency to limit the fill to layer
the areas that hold pixels.

7. Select a Rendering option:

Feather Radius
 Defines how far inside and outside the border
selection the feather edge extends. Enter a value in
pixels.
Anti-aliased
 Creates a finer transition in the pixels in the selection
and the around pixels by partially filling the edge
pixels of the selection.
Stroke Paths With Color
 The Stroke path command paints the path of the
border.

 The Stroke path allows you to create a paint stroke that

follows any path.

 Stroke a path using the current Stroke Path

optionsSelect the path in the Paths panel.
 Click the Stroke Path button which is at the bottom of
the Paths panel.
Every click of the Stroke Path button builds up the
opacity of the stroke and, depending upon the brush
options, makes it look much thicker.
1. Select the path from the Paths panel.

2. Select the editing tool you want to stroke the path. Set
the tool options, from the options bar and define a
brush.

3. To stroke the path, do one of the following:

 ALT-click (Windows) the Stroke Path button at the
bottom of the Paths panel.

 ALT-drag (Windows) the path to the Stroke Path

button.

 Choose Stroke Path from the Paths panel menu. If the

selected path is a path component, then this command
changes to Stroke Sub-path.
4. In the Stroke Path dialog box, choose a tool if you did
not select 1 in step 2. To simulate the hand-painted
strokes, select Simulate Pressure option. Or deselect
this option to create the more linear, even strokes.

5. Click OK.
Thank You