Paths in Photoshop

Hey Guys,

I had someone approach me today explaining that they had been using the pen tool in Photoshop to create selections but after they deselected the path would go away and they couldn't find it again. I figure this is something that a lot of people might find difficult so i thought i would give a few pointers.

First of all, paths are great because they never really go away. You can make a selection using the pen tool by 1st) creating the out line of the shape --  2nd) right click on the inner part of the object and select "make selection" option. this will give a nice outline of the object. If you deselect, you can go back and select the path again by looking in the bottom right box of Photoshop and hitting the "Paths" tap, this will bring up a look that is similar to the "Layers" panel. You then can right click on the rectangular layer icon to the left of the panel and that will select only the indivual path, so you can go back and work wholly within that shape again.

Hope this helps!