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ddarian
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April 11, 2021
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Pen tool rubber band disappears

  • April 11, 2021
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After the latest PS CC upgrade, the rubber band disappears for paths within paths, such as a donut hole. Workaround is to start a new path for the inside shape and then paste it into the original path. Can this be fixed or is it a bug in the newest update? Please help. Thanks.

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Trevor.Dennis
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Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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April 16, 2021

My pen tool was working OK with 22.3 but was broken with 22.3.1

Turning off Use Open CL in Preferences > Performance ? GPU > Advanced fixed it for now, but a whole lot of people are going to pleased when all the GPU related issues are finally fixed!

    @mj
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    @mjCommunity Expert
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    April 12, 2021

    Hi @ddarian ,

     

    Keep the path active per @c.pfaffenbichler 's suggestion and you should be good.

     

    Please keep us postd on your progress.

     

    Best

    mj

     

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      ddarianAuthor
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      April 15, 2021
      I greatly appreciate your suggestions but, alas, the problem persists.
      I'll use the example of a donut to indicate outer path (donut) and inner
      path (hole).
      If I draw the donut as a working path, adding the hole is fine, that is,
      the rubber band appears.
      If I save the donut (path1) and then try to add the inner path, no
      rubber band appears. This just started happening recently and that's why
      I suspect an Adobe update.
      The workaround is to draw the inner path as a working path and then
      paste it into the saved path (path1). Never had to do that before. I
      often need to alter paths that are saved in documents.
      Please try on your end and advise. Perhaps for me it's just a setting.
      Thanks in advance!
      Dave

      David Darian
      708-650-5566
      www.darianphotoart.com
      c.pfaffenbichler
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      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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      April 16, 2021

      »If I save the donut (path1) and then try to add the inner path, no
      rubber band appears.«

      Did you not understand what I wrote? 

      Maintain a Work Path. A Work Path with one Point is enough … 

      Then working on the named Paths functions as expected. 

      c.pfaffenbichler
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      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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      April 12, 2021

      Maintain a Work Path, then working on named Paths should work as expected. 

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