Modifying Shapes Using Anchor Points in Photoshop CC

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March 18, 2020
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I have some shapes in my PSD project that were orignially ellipses, and I ended up cutting the bottoms off (image below). What I want to do is be able to access the anchor points to pull in the lower parts of the circular shapes (like with the curvature or pen tool in Illustrator). I cannot figure out how to do it. I did it on accident before I cut the shapes. Tried a workpath but it's not what I'm looking for. Can't find a way to convert the shape to a path the way I need, either. Any ideas?

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Correct answer misstevious

Did more looking and retraced my steps, turns out I fiddled with the layers in a way that they no longer were shape layers. D'oh. Ended up redrawing. Sorry and thank you, everyone!

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missteviousAuthorCorrect answer

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Did more looking and retraced my steps, turns out I fiddled with the layers in a way that they no longer were shape layers. D'oh. Ended up redrawing. Sorry and thank you, everyone!

jane-e

Community Expert

Thanks for sharing, and I'm glad it's working again! 😊

Semaphoric

Community Expert

Is your shape layer selected?

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missteviousAuthor

Participant

It is (hypothetically). I select the proper layer, then hit the path selection tool icon and nothing. This is how my setup is currently in PS:

jane-e

Community Expert

Are you using the Direct Selection tool or another tool? It shares space with the Path Selection tool (black arrow), and the keyboard shortcut for both is "A".

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missteviousAuthor

Participant

Tried that, but nothing is happening. All I am able to do is draw a blue box that looks like it will select something.

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