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Adding a vector-based layer

Adding a vector-based layer - Photoshop Tutorial

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Adding a vector-based layer

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- [Narrator] All right now so far, both of our layers are pixel-based layers, which makes sense, because we think of Photoshop as being a pixel-based image editor. However, it also supports vectors in the form of text layers, path outlines, and vector-based shape layers, the last of which we will be seeing in this movie. And shape layers, by the way, are so awesome that I'll be devoting an entire chapter to them in a future course. But for now, what I want you to do is go up to the window menu and choose the "Paths" command, which is going to switch you over to the "Paths" channel, and then I just want you to go ahead and click on that item right there: "all shark paths," which contains a whole bunch of path outlines, as we're seeing right here, that make up both the shark, as well as these little beads of sweat coming out of the guy's head. All right, now I'm going to switch back to the "Layers" panel by…

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