你是否觉得“钢笔工具”难以驾驭？
If you ever found it difficult to work with the Pen tool,
Photoshop CC 2018的“弯度钢笔工具”
Photoshop CC 2018 now has a solution for you,
能帮你解决问题
and it’s called the Curvature tool.
可以把“弯度钢笔工具”看作
You can think of this
“钢笔工具” 2.0版
as the Pen tool 2.0 or
或更直观精确 用户友好的“钢笔工具”
a more intuitive refined and user-friendly version of the Pen tool.
它在工具栏中
You can find it here in the tool bar.
“钢笔工具”在哪
So where the Pen tool is,
“弯度钢笔工具”就和它在一起
it’s joined together with it.
这就是“弯度钢笔工具”
There’s Curvature Pen tool.
其实 我早就给“弯度钢笔工具”
And I actually went ahead and already gave it or
设置了自定义键盘快捷键
assigned a custom keyboard shortcut for it,
因为我现在经常使用它
because I started using it very often.
“钢笔工具”保留了快捷键P
So I kept P for the pen tool,
“弯度钢笔工具”用快捷键Y
but I use Y for the Curvature Pen tool
Y本来是“历史记录艺术画笔工具”
and that’s a shortcut that was by default
的默认快捷键
associated with the History and Art History brush tools.
老实说 我几乎不用“历史记录艺术画笔工具”
To be honest, I hardly ever use these.
如果你也想和我一样
So if you want to do the same and
给“弯度钢笔工具”设快捷键
you want to assign this shortcut,
在“键盘快捷键”对话框的
you can do that in the keyboard shortcuts
“工具”选项中 往下拉
and there under tools, you will be able to find
就能找到“弯度钢笔工具”
the new curvature tool if you just scroll down.
现在看看它能做什么
Now let’s see what it can actually do.
如果我想选取这扇门
So if I want to make a selection of this door,
可以用经典的“钢笔工具”
I could use the classic Pen tool
沿着门的轮廓 点击一下 开始画
and go around and draw by clicking
通过点击和拖拉 控制曲线
and then click and dragging to define my curves.
大家都知道怎么做
We all know how this works,
但如果你不是使用“钢笔工具”的老手
but if you are not a pro at using the Pen tool
要做这样一个选区 可能有点棘手
it might be slightly tricky to go and create a selection of this.
就让我展示一下
Now let me show you
“弯度钢笔工具”如何轻松完成任务的
why it can be easier to use the curvature tool.
我要做的是
So what I’m going to do
拉近放大点
is to zoom a little bit closer
好让你看清楚我的操作
just so you can see what I’m doing.
先按下Alt键
And I start off by holding down the Alt key.
这很重要
Now that’s quite important,
因为按下Alt键
because by holding down the Alt key, I can make sure
就能保证画出直线
that I just drew straight lines
注意看我的操作
and notice what I’m doing is
我只是顺着选区的拐角点
I’m only going and clicking on
进行点击
the corner points of this selection.
好了
So there we go.
我们很快就确定了拐角点
we have very quickly identified the corner points.
接下来 你将看到“弯度钢笔工具”的神奇魔力
And now comes the amazing bit, the real magic of the Curvature tool.
现在 如果我想添加曲线
Now if I want to add curves,
只要点击并拖动这些锚点
all I have to do is to click and drag these points around.
完美效果没立刻呈现
Now it might not look perfect straight away,
是因为这个锚点
because this point now here
意外地变成了平滑锚点
turned into a smooth point by accident
也许是刚才在这点上 我没按住Alt键
or maybe I just didn’t hold down the Alt at that point.
但是不用担心
But no worries,
只要在这点上双击
I can just double-click on it
两边的曲线或路径
and then immediately fixes both sides of the curve
瞬间就修复了
or both sides of the path.
现在来到这个点
So let’s see now this point here.
只要点击并拖动到位
I can just click and drag it into place
我可以依次将这些锚点拖动到位
and I can keep and drag these into place.
这里 有一段S形曲线
Now here we have an s-curve,
我只需在这点击一下
so all I have to do is to click once
再在这点击一下
and then click again,
注意看 我沿着路径移动锚点
and notice how I can move this Anchor Point along the path
直到找到合适或最佳的位置
easily to really find where it needs to go
整个过程何等轻松
or where it fits the best.
再来一遍
So once again,
用两个锚点 我就能做好
here using two points I could do it
需要的话 我可以随时回去
and I can always go back and fix
定位额外的锚点
additional points if I need to.
不断重复 点击 拖动 点击 拖动
Once again, click and drag, click and drag.
哪里有问题
And wherever there is an issue,
就在那点上双击
just double-click on that point
让它回到正确的状态
to make sure it goes back to the way it should be.
现在 拉远距离 看看全景
Now let’s have a look at this from a distance.
完美
It looks perfect.
顺便提一点
By the way, I just wanted to also mention that
使用“钢笔工具”或“弯度钢笔工具”时
that is also a new feature and it works both
可以修改路径的显示效果
with the Pen tool and the Curvature tool
这也是新增的功能
that we can change the view of our paths.
当我们绘制路径
So when we are not drawing shapes
而非形状时
while we are drawing in path mode,
能更好地显示路径
we can now see it much better.
这多亏了“粗细”和“颜色”选项
Thanks to the thickness and color options.
该功能值得一试
So these worth checking and worth looking at
尝试不同的颜色
the different color options depending on
找一个最舒服或最合适的颜色
what’s most comfortable or convenient.
路径画好后
And then when we are ready with a path,
可以直接转换为蒙版
we can just turn this straight into a mask.
这样就创建了一个矢量蒙版
And that will create a vector mask like that.
所以 对路径工具缺乏信心的人
So working with the Curvature tool
或是还未真正掌握“钢笔工具”的人
can make it so much easier
使用“弯度钢笔工具”
for anyone who is not really confident in working with paths in general
会轻松许多
and who hasn’t really mastered the Pen tool already.
好消息是
The good news is
如果坚持使用“弯度钢笔工具”
if you keep using the Curvature tool,
当你决定使用“钢笔工具”时
it will actually teach you
“弯度钢笔工具”已教会你
how to place your anchor points and direction lines
如何设置锚点和方向线
when you actually decide to move on using the Pen tool.
所以 这是自学矢量形状和路径
So it’s a great way to introduce yourself
的好方法
to work with vector shapes and paths.
在Photoshop CC 2018中一定要试试“弯度钢笔工具”哦
So make sure you give it a try in Photoshop CC 2018!