Introduction to basic 'Pen Tool (P)' with Options Bar feature 'Paths' active.

Learn the ins and outs of Photoshop's powerful vector editing capabilities in this comprehensive tutorial.

Use the Pen Tool using the Paths option combined with the Brush presets to create some promising stroked shapes.

Still using the Lasso Tool to select everything that isn't a rectangle, square or circle? It's time to take your selections to a whole new level! Learn how to outline objects with paths using the Pen Tool, and then how to easily convert those paths into professional quality selections!

Simple Stroked Paths combined with basic Blendin or Filter Effects.

Abstracts are great - they don't have to resemble anything specific, nor do anything constructive other than sit and look cool. In this tutorial we describe how to make simple swirls using only the default Photoshop tools.

Learn a facinating effects to use on backgrounds!

Abstracts are great - they don't have to resemble anything specific, nor do anything constructive, other than sit and look cool. In this tutorial we describe how to make simple swirls using only the default PS tools.

If you are designing 3D abstracts, then chances are that this effect is just what you need to add a little bit of extra pizzazz to your work. Best of all, its simple to create and extremely versatile.

If you are designing 3D abstracts then chances are that this effect is just what you need to add a little bit of extra pizzazz to your work. Best of all it's simple to create and extremely versatile.

Learn how to make these magical swirls.

Create some tiny glowing green swirls.

In this tutorial you are going to learn how to create the rich flaming swirls you see below through following easy steps using Motion Blur and Shear Distort Filter as well as some Crosshatch brushing.

Use paths to create smooth and editable selections.

In this tutorial you will learn how to mask and extract a cell phone using the path tool.

Use paths to create smooth and editable selections.

In this video tutorial you'll learn how to create spirographs using actions and paths.

Have a soft blended edge on your images.

Photoshop's Pen and Shape tools are incredibly powerful tools, especially when creating complex compound paths by intersecting paths. To see how this works, let's create a gear in Photoshop.

Here is a simple way to get comfortable using the pen tool.