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ValdezMuseum
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Stroke path is not working [2013]

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Hello everyone,

 

I am using Photoshop CS6. I am not in quickmask, I am using the essentials pallet I am creating a path not a shape, and I have a new blank layer selected. When I right click on my path, stroke path is available but it just won't do anything. I have been able to get it to work by going to my paths pallet and selecting stroke path from there but that is a lot more time consuming, and well call me crazy but I would like this super expensive program to work properly. Please help me figure out what I'm doing wrong. Thank you!

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    Hi! I had the same problem but I think I've solved it or at least found another work around.

    First go to your Direct Select Tool and change it to Path Select tool (It's the white arrow just below the text on the tool bar, black arrow when it is chosen as the path select tool) You can hit shift A until you get to it. Now, use the Path Select Tool to individually select all your paths, holding shift as you do so. Then at the top you will see an option to COMBINE. Make sure you have the last button for the path behaviors selected (Exclude overlapping shapes, it will look like two shaded boxes joined at the corner. Make sure only that button is selected and keep an eye on your path selection tool as the arrow sees to jump back to white.) That's it, you ,might have to do it a couple of times to get all your paths but it worked for me.

    And yes, I would call this a bug.

    also I'm new here so if this information is already common knowledge then pardon my interruption. I hope this helps some out there.

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    jeremiah0D45
    Participant
    August 5, 2022

    I'm having a problem applying STROKE to a selection. I'm on Creative Cloud 23.4.2 and when I select an area and then go to STROKE it, I get nothing. Assistance required. I've tried rebooting and still nothing.

    Semaphoric
    Community Expert
    SemaphoricCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 5, 2022

    Try un-checking the "Preserve Transparency" box.

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    Dogwap
    Participant
    March 7, 2023

    Same problem on CS 6. After selecting to stroke a path, nothing, where normally a window comes up to let you choose a stroke tool (brush or pencil). Tried every solution mentioned above. Finally shut down the program and restarted in. Worked perfectely.  

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    TheDrivenForce
    Participant
    March 21, 2022

    It can be the layer that you are working on is not rasterized.

     

    Step 1: Draw a path using the pen curvature tool.

    Step 2: Choose the brush tool and click on the work plane.

     Photoshop will automatically rasterize the layer

    Step 3: Choose the pen curvature tool again and right-click on the path that you have created. You will find the stroke path option lit up.

     

     

    *It can be due to other reasons too*

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    Ivan.K.Vladimirov
    Participant
    April 4, 2018

    Similar problem to me today. I was unable to stroke or fill a Work Path, everywhere it was disabled.

    To fix this I create an ellipse path and I was able to fill and stroke this, than I just copy/pasted my path into the ellipse path layer and deleted the ellipse shape.

    firstnamel67947335
    firstnamel67947335
    Participant
    April 1, 2018

    Make sure that the foreground color is not white or the color that you are using for the background. Press the double arrows at the bottom left corner and try to use stroke path again.

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    Cant_stop_reading
    Participant
    January 2, 2018

    Had the exact same problem. Though additionally the make selection option and the fill path option also didnt work. I simply restarted the program.... its a bug....

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    Sigrie001
    Participating Frequently
    September 12, 2017

    I had the same problem, but in CS5. I just fixed it by adding a blank layer and merging it with the layer I was trying to create a stroke in. When I merged them together, the fill/stroke option became available.

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      robm62267809
      Participant
      January 3, 2022

      This fixed it.  And REALLY,  [removed by moderator] ?  I restarted the program, REPEATEDLY, checked all perameters,  struggled to see if there were perameters I did not KNOW about before I came here.  None of the above suggestions helped till I got here.  Thank you.  Deffinately a bug.  Merge with a blank layer?  Come ON!!!!

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      Anonymous
      Correct answer
      March 6, 2016

      Hi! I had the same problem but I think I've solved it or at least found another work around.

      First go to your Direct Select Tool and change it to Path Select tool (It's the white arrow just below the text on the tool bar, black arrow when it is chosen as the path select tool) You can hit shift A until you get to it. Now, use the Path Select Tool to individually select all your paths, holding shift as you do so. Then at the top you will see an option to COMBINE. Make sure you have the last button for the path behaviors selected (Exclude overlapping shapes, it will look like two shaded boxes joined at the corner. Make sure only that button is selected and keep an eye on your path selection tool as the arrow sees to jump back to white.) That's it, you ,might have to do it a couple of times to get all your paths but it worked for me.

      And yes, I would call this a bug.

      also I'm new here so if this information is already common knowledge then pardon my interruption. I hope this helps some out there.

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      jamaakurtlar
      Participant
      February 12, 2015

      click layer path and  left click and click create stroke path it s working

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      Zeeper3131
      Participant
      August 20, 2013

      The layer you're working on is probably "locked", indicated by a padlock icon on the right side part of the layer. To remove the "lock", drag the padlock icon to the trash bin at the bottom right of your window.

      Noel Carboni
      Noel Carboni
      Legend
      March 29, 2013

      Do you have the Brush Tool selected before you try to stroke the path?

      -Noel

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        ValdezMuseumAuthor
        Participant
        March 29, 2013

        I previously selected the brush tool and set it to the brush I need an then I selected the pen tool and right clicked on my path and selected stroke path but it doesn't do anything. This has worked previously for me so I'm not sure why it isn't now.

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        cardexpressions
        Participant
        July 24, 2013

        I am also having trouble inside the Photoshop files. I read this article. I found out that my brush just simply stop painting. No tool was working when tried on all layers. I had another small Photoshop file on, and the tools were working in it. I reopened the Photoshop file, and it worked fine. If this is a flaw, I consider it inconvenient because the price of Photoshop. That would be something I expect from free software.


        I restarted the file and it worked...It must be a glitch

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