Pen tool defaulting to "combine shapes"

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August 7, 2022
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Hello, I was wonder what would cause the Pen Tool to default to the "Combine Shapes" option in the Path operation? Whenever I use my Pen Tool, I need to have it set at "Exclude Overlapping Shapes" but something is causing it to always set back at "Combine Shapes". I am operating on a Windows machine.

Windows

Correct answer Ghoul Fool

I've had problems with this myself - but my chosen default is Combined Shapes. With a lot of mucking about and trial and error I found how to reset it:

To reset the path tool.
Select Custom Shape tool.

From the drop down option of Shape, Path & Pixels chose Path.

From the dropdown option select Exclude Overlapping Shapes.
Choose path tool to create your shape - when complete it should be set to Exclude Overlapping Shapes.

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Ghoul FoolCorrect answer

Inspiring

I've had problems with this myself - but my chosen default is Combined Shapes. With a lot of mucking about and trial and error I found how to reset it:

To reset the path tool.
Select Custom Shape tool.

From the drop down option of Shape, Path & Pixels chose Path.

From the dropdown option select Exclude Overlapping Shapes.
Choose path tool to create your shape - when complete it should be set to Exclude Overlapping Shapes.

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Jack30401920konx

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I'm having the same issue ( for like 30 Years) I'm a Pro Ad Agency Retoucher since the mid nineties, and this has happened consistently for me since PS 2.5 that needed 7 disks to install.

I ONLY use exclude overlapping shapes, and a few times a month it pops onto " combine shapes". telling me to select it before hand isn't a fix.

It's really frustrating to be 40 minutes into a complex path, only to discover all the interior components of thg path are not converting to selctions.