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Intersecting shapes - cut out

Please HELP!! I'm sure there is an easy way to do this but I've been here and on google for the last 3 hours!

I am a NOOB but I can't imagine this should be hard!?

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Correct answer Barb Binder

Ha! I have my screen shots ready to go, but was waiting for the shape confirmation. Similar to yours, Dave, plus one final step:

This would be much easier in Illustrator (and you could add the shape to your PSD file) but in Photoshop:

Select the Elliptical shape tool. On the options bar, choose Shape and set the fill color. Draw an ellipse.
Select the Path Selection tool, hold Alt/Opt and drag down to duplicate the ellipse.
In the Properties panel, click Subtract Front Shape.
These are still editable objects, so you can adjust either as necessary but to remove the bottom part you will have to rasterize. Layer > Rasterize > Shape.
Then you can just draw a rectangular marquee over the part you want to remove and press Delete.

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4. moved my Y cords to where I wanted them

You do have to return to the Eilipse tool if you were just moving your ellipses around with the Path Selection tool to see this option.

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Barb BinderCorrect answer

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Ha! I have my screen shots ready to go, but was waiting for the shape confirmation. Similar to yours, Dave, plus one final step:

This would be much easier in Illustrator (and you could add the shape to your PSD file) but in Photoshop:

Select the Elliptical shape tool. On the options bar, choose Shape and set the fill color. Draw an ellipse.
Select the Path Selection tool, hold Alt/Opt and drag down to duplicate the ellipse.
In the Properties panel, click Subtract Front Shape.
These are still editable objects, so you can adjust either as necessary but to remove the bottom part you will have to rasterize. Layer > Rasterize > Shape.
Then you can just draw a rectangular marquee over the part you want to remove and press Delete.

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Haha

Interesting that you used shapes and I used paths then made a single shape

For the OP the key path operation in both answers was "subtract front shape"

Actually no need to rasterize to remove the bottom - just use another "subtract shape" with a rectangle

Dave

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Right? But I couldn't make it work. I'll go try it with paths...

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Do you mean like this ?:

If so :

1.Set the ellipse shape tool to path, path operations to combine and draw the first ellipse

2. Draw the second ellipse and alter the path operations to subtract front shape

3. Click on Make Shape and set colour in properties

If that is not quite what you are after - please explain a bit further

Dave

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davescm - i'm missing a critical step somewhere (on a PC)...

created a new layer (had a bunch already)
clicked ellipse tool, chose path and combine - click in layer and made it 698 x 913
clicked again, path and subtract - this one is 639 x 913
moved my Y cords to where I wanted them

now what?