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Default 12-08-2003, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Zen
How do you use the pen , Magnum?
Zoom in to 200-300%, then trace around the edge of whatever you want to cut with the pen tool, laying down anchor points as you go. Then, when you have the outline traced with a path, go to the paths palette (next to layers and channels), and Ctrl+click the path. This will transform it into a selection, and you can layer mask/erase/whatever. You can do basically the same thing with the polygonal lasso. The advantage of the pen is that you can adjust your selection much more easily.
  
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