Pen Tool Please!!!

[Carole]

I reeeeaaally need the pen tool! I need the clean (rastorised) lines you get from the pen tool in the full PS. I need it , I need it , I need it!! I'll do anything to get it. :lol:
Help me. The stock photography monters won't accept anything that's been isolated with any of the tools in Elements 3.0.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeease :cry:

[Carole]

Did this get done on the V4 ???? It sounds like it might have done??? Someone put me outta my misery!!! :lol: :lol:

[Wendy]

Carole ..

Sorry but the answer is no :(


Wendy

[editor]

I guess we should never say never, but the Pen tool is one of the big reasons that people buy CS, so I would be surprised to see it in a version of Elements.

[bwolford]

What exactly is the PEN tool?

[Carole]

It's one of those "I wish I'd know then what I know now" things then! :cry:
I wish I'd known before I'd bought Elements, I would have saved my money for the "proper" version. I just can't compete with "the big boys" with Elements, no matter what my photography skills are. Designers demande clipping paths & isolated subjects & I just can't do that with Elements, no matter what version :(

[Wendy]

Brice ...

There are two types of selections Raster and Vector.

Raster selects pixels ... like the lasso does
and Vector is mathematical, it gives a much cleaner shape and is fully scaleable without losing its definition ... the custom shape tool is Vector based.

The Pen tool is a pen that you can use to make Vector selections ... here is a link to a tutorial on using it:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/blrbps_4abfly.htm

Wendy

[bwolford]

Thanks Wendy. Were you a user of PS at one time? You seem to have such a keen grasp of the full program.

Brice

[Wendy]

Hi Brice ...

I do a little restoration work for a photographer so I get to use the full version that way :)

Wendy

[Wavy]

Hi there those of you wishing you had the pen tool, here's a solution which you might find worthwhile.

You can download the portable version of GIMP. It has a pen tool so you can use it and save your file as a PSD and open it in Elements to continue past that point.

Hope this helps.

Wavy

Bonnie Scotland

[Robyn]

Thanks for that tut link Wendy. This looks to be one of the better pen tool tuts that I've seen (IMO).

[Wendy]

Hi Robyn ...

Bert Monroy's latest Video is on using the Pen tool ...

Wendy

[Robyn]

Thanks for that Wendy, I've found this video REALLY HELPFUL. For me, there is nothing like seeing it actually demonstrated, it sinks in much more easily!

[mgillis]

I would love to see the addition of layer masks similar to the PSCS3 program. Has that been mentioned?

[jjvera00]

There are plently of work arounds to get a layer mask inside Photoshop Elements. One way though used by many is installing Grant's Tools. Here is a link to it

http://www.cavesofice.org/~grant/Challenge/Tools/index.html