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Pen Tool not working since last PS CC update

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May 27, 2020
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I'm working on a Mac with Catalina Ver 10.15.4. Since last Photoshop CC 2020 update the Pen Tool is acting most peculiar. I can't add a node onto a Path, When I click onto the Path the node misses the line and starts a new Path. If I create a Path inside a Path and and select the Path PS inverts the Path and won't select the inside Paths. I've tried all the settings and still it won't work properly.

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david e.j97253312

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I'm having the exact same issue. Some days I have to select "combine shapes" in the drop down menu and it works. I go back the next day, still having "combine shapes" selected, and then it doesn't work again. I don't know what happened to it in this update, which is really frustrating because it's the main tool I use for masking. Anyone have any solutions as to why paths created inside of other paths are no longer able to be selected? I've tried every option in the drop down menu and nothing works. It either selects my inside paths or just my outside. It will not combine them at all.

c.pfaffenbichler

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Please provide a jpg with one of the »faulty« paths.

Or at the very least a meaningful screenshot.

So far I have not noticed any unexpected Path-behaviour on 21.1.3.

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kathf89766288

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I'm using Photoshop 22.3.0 on an iMac 27" 2020 model, and it is a NIGHTMARE!!!! The pen / path tool is near impossible to use. Buggy as hell. Everything the author eschempf has mentioned is true and happening in my workflow. I'm in hell. Not to mention the buggy screen-redraw (I've 40 Gb memory) in Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator PLUS they keep defaulting to their emulated color profiles - no matter how many times I apply the proper profile in Bridge or in InDesign. If I restart the app, it reverts back and all the colors go mental. I'm in hell thanks to the new iMac and latest Adobe CC updates.

c.pfaffenbichler

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»If I create a Path inside a Path and and select the Path PS inverts the Path and won't select the inside Paths.«

The it stands to reason to assume that you set the wrong Path Operation.

Could you please post a screenshot with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Paths, Options Bar, …) visible and with the subPathItems selected?

»I can't add a node onto a Path, When I click onto the Path the node misses the line and starts a new Path.«

Again: Screenshots might help illustrate what you try to describe.

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eschempfAuthor

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Thanks C_ for your response

I didn't have the "Auto Add/Delete" that solved the adding a node problem, but I still am having trouble getting the inner path to select and getting the Path when selected to not inverse?

c.pfaffenbichler

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Select the subPathItems and set them to the correct Path Operation.

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