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Jack23670380xf4y
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March 20, 2022
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Help - Pen Tool Pathing Issue

  • March 20, 2022
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Hi All,

 

Have this issue in Photoshop for a while now where the pen tool add additional lines when creating paths in Photoshop, and also not changing when deleting/converting into a selection - can anyone show me how to change this back to the original pen tool pathing? I have included a video to better illustrate what I mean.

 

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    Correct answer Biju32378021o5jp

    I've managed to fix it-once I reset workspace now it is working perfect .
    After the photoshop update V25.0 I faced this issue. 

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    Biju32378021o5jp
    Biju32378021o5jpCorrect answer
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    September 19, 2023

    I've managed to fix it-once I reset workspace now it is working perfect .
    After the photoshop update V25.0 I faced this issue. 

      mglush
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      mglushCommunity Expert
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      March 20, 2022

      Thanks for the feedback! Have you tried resetting the Pen tool? 

      Make sure the Pen tool is selected and then in the Options bar choose the tool option. From the little gear on the right of the drop down menu, select Reset tool. Here is a screen shot. Let me know if that fixes the issue?

      Thanks, Michelle

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        Jack23670380xf4yAuthor
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        March 21, 2022

        I've managed to fix it - I noticed on my work machine that my path options were greyed out so I searched on the forums and reset my preferences, and now it is back to normal! For my own clarity, why does the path options grey itself out; is there any particular reason for this?

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          Mike23504075gdhy
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          March 23, 2022

          Same issue with mine. How did you fix it?

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          Jack23670380xf4yAuthor
          Participant
          March 20, 2022

          Hi Michelle, I checked and it was not on Curvature Pen tool.

          mglush
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          mglushCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          March 20, 2022

          Hi! What verson of Photoshop are you using?

          It looks like you are using the Curvature Pen tool (The second one from the top, and from what you noted abouve, I think you are looking for the Pen tool (Top one).

          Let us know if that fixes the issue,

          Michelle

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