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September 6, 2012

P: Stroke automatically closes on layer with multiple open subpaths

  • September 6, 2012
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Hi, guys. You're the company that makes Illustrator so I was quite shocked you got this wrong in Photoshop CS6 strokes.

If I don't close a path, I don't want a stroke drawn between the two open ends, yet it draws one. Fill: sure, I can turn that off.

But stroke: no.

Please consider fixing this. It's really hard to create basic vector elements when the stroke can't handle something so basic.

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    Inspiring
    September 8, 2012
    Hi, there's a misunderstanding about the problem I'm describing.

    Here's a reproduce case and expected/actual:

    1) Use the pen tool in Shape mode and click at three points (let's call them A, B, C) thus creating an open path of two segments.

    2) Add a stroke.

    Expected: See a stroke connecting A-B-C and no stroke connecting C-A (I didn't close the shape), just like Illustrator.

    Actual: I see a stroke connecting A-B-C-A
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      Inspiring
      September 7, 2012
      But other users do want to stroke open paths. Some even get really furious that the line tool has a thickness and a fill instead of just a stroke.

      And Illustrator does the same thing (allowing, and defaulting to) a stroke on an open curve segment.

      If you do not want the stroke, turn the stroke off.
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