How To Master The Pen Tool In Photoshop

This video tutorial by portrait photographer Nathaniel Dodson (from the website tutvid) takes a look at the pen tool in Photoshop and how to best use it to make precise selections..

This extensive guide takes you through the use of the pen tool (and its different options and versions). Dodson explain the concept of paths and how to use them. There is some need for playing with the pen tool in order to understand exactly how it works and how to manipulate the lines it creates – this is especially true for creating round lines.

In the past we have seen a shorter video on using the pen tool by Aaron Nace entitled “How to Use the Pen Tool in Photoshop“.

You can find many more Photoshop video tutorials on LensVid’s Photoshop section.

Iddo Genuth

Iddo Genuth is the founder and chief editor of LensVid.com. He has been a technology reporter working for international publications since the late 1990's and covering photography since 2009. Iddo is also a co-founder of a production company specializing in commercial food and product visual content.