How to combine more Paths into One Layer Path? can you help me out?

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September 20, 2012
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I have traced below image (bike). Using PEN tool stroke path.
Path is around 100 layers or +.
So, how to combine this all Stroke paths to one layer Path?
can you help me out?

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JJMack

Community Expert

An othe way is to combine them as you create them. Create the first shape. Use the pull doen menu to check combine shape. Here is a screen capture where I 'm adding lines with arrow heads to the current shape layer.

JJMack

analytical_Solace0D4CAuthor

Participant

Dear Sir,

you are talking abt shape. I know it can be merge on 1 layer. if you seen my image there is Stroke path (not a shape).

sudarshan.t

Inspiring

In your image, the stroke color is highlighted. But look at your Pen Mode - It's in 'Shape', not 'Path'. Shapes with stroke outline can exist and can be merged with the solution that was already posted earlier.

conroy

Participating Frequently

You have a choice:

Layer > Merge Shapes to merge into one Shape layer

or

Layer > Merge Visible to merge into one pixel layer

See keyboard shortcuts in menu. These items are at bottom of Layer menu. Combining Option/Alt key with these commands will result in the layers being retained in addition to the new merged layer being added to the document.

sudarshan.t

Inspiring

Layer > Merge Shapes
Layer > Merge Visible

Use 'Merge Shapes' if you want your shapes to still be editable. Merge Visible flattens the layers, rendering them non-editable.

JJMack

Community Expert

no matter how many shapes you stick into a vector mask, they are all contained in a single Path Palette Layer-Channel

and every time you Make a Work Path from a Selection it throws you back out of everything into a new Paths Layer, with no way to combine them.. this works exactly the opposite of the Channels Palette, where combining multiple selections into one object is the most important function

in the Paths Palette, its exactly the opposite, combining multiple paths to create a new path is prohibited. outlawed, and forbidden

this is pretty frustrating.. and it seems outright intentional by adobe to make things much more difficult, limit functionality, prevent people from doing certain things, or to promote their other products, like illustrator..

anyone know if illustrator can do what PS has been intentionally designed not to be able to do, against all common sense.. i mean. u can even select multiple paths in the paths palette at the same time.

neither can you in any way combine or even view multiple paths

WTF? do we need 15 more editions of adobe to get this to function semi-normally, or is this one of those infamous & uber-lame adobe shanghais that undercuts and undermines creativity for a perceived bolsetering of some mythical societal brain-law enforcing

thanks for the brain shackles, adobe, i hope your kudos by the 3 psychotic deviants that percieve this as beneficial or necessary is worth it for you there..

chinarabbit wrote:

no matter how many shapes you stick into a vector mask, they are all contained in a single Path Palette Layer-Channel

and every time you Make a Work Path from a Selection it throws you back out of everything into a new Paths Layer, with no way to combine them.. this works exactly the opposite of the Channels Palette, where combining multiple selections into one object is the most important function

in the Paths Palette, its exactly the opposite, combining multiple paths to create a new path is prohibited. outlawed, and forbidden.

Toung in cheek Scarcrow when the Wizod of OZ bestows a working brain into your straw filled head perhaps you will figure out a way.

no matter how many shapes you stick into a vector mask, they are all contained in a single Path Palette Layer-Channel.

Yes if used for a shape layer the mutipal paths in the shape layer vector mask can be merged into a single path if they overlap without cutouts. The Shape merged vector mask can be saved as an additional Path in the path palette.

and every time you Make a Work Path from a Selection it throws you back out of everything into a new Paths Layer, with no way to combine them.. this works exactly the opposite of the Channels Palette, where combining multiple selections into one object is the most important function.

Blow away the cobwebs in your brain and think. Remember making vector paths from selections is not as good as making vector using vector tools. You can make Path in the Path Palettes selections and save the selections in the channels palette as alpha channels. It is very easy to combine alpha channels into a single selection, and that single selection can be made into a Work Path.

in the Paths Palette, its exactly the opposite, combining multiple paths to create a new path is prohibited. outlawed, and forbidden

If there is still some dust in there vacume it out. So you want to combine path in CS6. It not that hard. Create a shape layer for each of the paths you want to combine. When you have the all created target them. Then merge the shapes into one and go to the Path palette and save the combined path in the shape layers vector layer mask for example: