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New Screencast: Cutting Clipping Paths

By: Chris Coyier on June 12th, 2008 — Posted in: Quick Tip / Trick

We’re back in Photoshop this week because I wanted to talk a little bit about a very specific skill that I think is important for all designers. That is the Pen Tool and using it to hand-draw clipping paths. There are a variety of ways to make selections in Photoshop, but drawing a real vector path is the most tried-and-true and highest quality way to do so. Mastering this tool will make you a better designer and help unleash your creative potential.


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    Yessss. Another good video! :)


    Comment by Patrick — June 12, 2008 @ 11:26 am

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    Hey really like the screen casts, one thing that would be really cool however would be if you had some show notes, such as a link to the flickr picture you used, ect.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamed/1552383685/


    Comment by Tom — June 12, 2008 @ 12:38 pm

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    Chris, you asked about seeing keyboard shortcuts on screencasts?

    Check out: http://stephendeken.net/wiki/software/keycastr/


    Comment by Karl — June 12, 2008 @ 12:39 pm

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    @Tom: I suppose the page that the video is on kinda-sorta counts as the show notes page. I’ll try to be better at that and include links on that page for things I mention in the video. Good idea!

    @Karl: Nice! I know I had seen something like that before I just couldn’t find it before I shot the video. That will be useful next time I do something like that.


    Comment by Chris Coyier — June 12, 2008 @ 5:07 pm

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    Chris, is it possible to add a link back to the post of the video in the video page?

    Thanks.


    Comment by Chad — June 14, 2008 @ 5:23 am

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    @Chad: Sure, I’ve included links now beneath each video to the article & discussion page.


    Comment by Chris Coyier — June 15, 2008 @ 6:22 pm


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