The Stroke
Path command lets you paint the border of a path. The Stroke Path command
allows you to create a paint stroke (using the current settings for your
painting tools) that follows any path. This is completely different than the
Stroke layer effect, which doesn't mimic the effect of any of the painting
tools.
Path selected (left), and stroked (right)
Important:
When you stroke a path, the color values appear on the active layer. Make sure
the layer you want is active before beginning. You cannot stroke a path when a
layer clipping mask or text layer is active.
To stroke a path using the current
Stroke Path settings:
- Select the path in the Paths palette.
- Click the Stroke Path button at
the bottom of the Paths palette. Each click of the Stroke Path button
builds up the opacity of the stroke and in some cases makes it look
thicker.
To stroke a path and specify
options:
- Select the path in the Paths palette.
- Select the painting or editing tool you want to use to stroke the path. Set the tool options, and specify a brush from the options bar. You must specify the tool's settings before opening the Stroke Path dialog box. For information on specific tool settings,
- To stroke the path, do one of the following:
·
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click
(Mac OS) the Stroke Path button at the
bottom of the Paths palette.
·
Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag
(Mac OS) the path to the Stroke Path button.
·
Choose Stroke Path from the Paths
palette menu. If the selected path is a path component, this command changes to
Stroke Subpath.
If you did not select a tool in step
2, choose a tool from the Stroke Path dialog box.
Click OK.
Stroking to paint path borders
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