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<h1>Shape manipulation</h1>
<p>To work with a shape, first, we should select the shape in the Layers panel. We can either click on the thumbnail of a vector mask, or a thumbnail of a Shape layer.
We will see the outlines of paths after that.</p>
<h2><img class="inline" src="//www.photopea.com/img/tools/pselect.png" />Path select</h2>
<p>Path select allows us to manupulate paths within a shape. Click on the path to select it, or hold Shift to select multiple paths.</p>
<p>When one or more paths are selected, we can:<p>
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<li>move them with a mouse or cursor keys</li>
<li>delete them by pressing Delete</li>
<li>Cut / Copy / Paste paths using Edit - Cut / Copy / Paste (or Ctrl + X / C / V), even between different layers or different PSDs</li>
<li>apply Free Transform (Edit - Free Transform)</li>
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<p>We can also change the <b>boolean operation</b> (Subtract, Intersect ...) of each path in the top menu, or reorder paths with the Up and Down button.
The drop-down menu also contains the <b>Merge</b> option, which will merge all paths into a single path.
In case of the Shape layer, the top menu allows us to change the fill and the stroke of the shape.<p>
<img src="//i.imgur.com/wmY7lJS.png" style="width:60%" />
<h2><img class="inline" src="//www.photopea.com/img/tools/dselect.png" />Direct select</h2>
<p>Direct select allows us to manupulate knots within a shape. Click on the outline of the path to see the knots.
Then click on a knot, or hold Shift to select multiple knots. We can even select separate knots from different paths.</p>
<p>When one or more knots are selected, we can:<p>
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<li>move them with a mouse or cursor keys</li>
<li>delete them by pressing Delete</li>
<li>move the anchor or handles of a knot</li>
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<p>Double-clicking the handle will collapse it. When a handle is collapsed, double-clicking the anchor will give it back.
Otherwise, double-clicking the anchor will convert the Linked (Smooth) knot to Unlinked (Corner) knot and vice versa.</p>
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