Photoshop Ninja
Expert Photoshop tips and tricks for designers and photographers since 2005
Cutting gaps in Photoshop paths
Illustrator has a scissors tool to cut a gap into a path, but Photoshop doesn’t have this tool unfortunately… But there is a simple way around this!
Simply select the pen tool and carefully create three new points in your path where you want to create your break in the path. I say carefully as it is easy to create a point and drag it a little, altering your carefully drawn path.
Next, simply select the middle point out of the three you have created and hit the Delete key and there you go – how to cut a gap in a path without the scissors tool… Baaahh, who needs scissors when you are a Photoshop Ninja!
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Written by Jonny Allbut - freelance graphic designer
Last modified: 19 September, 2006 (13:51) | First published: 19 September, 2006
Filed under Techniques - Other 8 Comments »
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Comment by Ashe
June 5, 2009 @ 4:42 am
Ahh… stress saver
Cheers.
Comment by Stefan
September 12, 2009 @ 9:43 am
Thanx for this – I was missing the scissors – but not anymore.
Comment by Cowboywong
November 24, 2009 @ 7:06 pm
Thank you so much! great tip.
Comment by les
March 21, 2010 @ 10:15 pm
arigato ninja san!
Comment by Glenn
June 4, 2010 @ 9:37 am
Mate!, i was trying to suss this out for ages. Was trying to intersect circles ( for wheels ) with vehicle shape. Did’nt want to hand draw them as chances are they wouldnt be smooth enough. Thanks alot.
Comment by Photoshop Ninja
June 6, 2010 @ 5:05 pm
No problem Glen – glad to help… It’s not very obvious how to do this in Photoshop!
Comment by helpless
November 18, 2010 @ 5:09 am
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!
Comment by Sinan
December 2, 2010 @ 6:51 pm
Hi, nice tip. I was using this before was a good trick. But it seems not to be working in CS5, i’m driving crazy here for such an easy thing. Thanks anyway