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Neko from canada, using Photoshop CS ver.8 with WIN XP, writes in with:

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ive been trying to use "Stroke Path", but it only does the anchors for my path and not the whole path/line...

what am i doing wrong?

(ive followed tutorials, searched in help...couldn't really understand what i did wrong..)
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Comments

[andrew]

hi guys, new here but im trying to use the direct selection tool and it wont show up stroke path when i right click on the object please someone help me

[DV]

hi all.....plz can any1 help me with the stroke path command...actually when i go to the paths pallette the option of stroke path isnt active....i'v tried everything but its just not working...i make a path with the pen tool..convert it to a selection...then select a brush and make a new layer...but in the path pallette the option for stroke path isnt active(its grey) ! can any1 plz tell me wat can the problem be...

[John Mayer]

Never mind; I see that you can't actually paint on the Path layer. Now, how do I hide the path without duplicating the path and then deleting one. I'm sure there's a less cumbersome way. Yes, wait... command H hides that path along with the selection and the guide lines. Glad to be of service.

Well, you never know; SOMEone else might be equally clueless.

[John Mayer]

For some reason, the "Stroke Path" command in my Paths palette is greyed out. What am I overlooking?

[Luke Kovacz]

hey when i stroke a path it just stroked my anchor points. dont know what the hell is going on any suggestions?

[Problem solved]

Thank you PS 911 that worked for me ie pressing F5 for the brushes palette settings, ticking the spacings box and ensuring it was down to 1%

[aya]

omg thank you soo much!!!

[Yoshi]

And make sure you are on a layer that is paintable...

[fizzyted]

hey dunno if anyone will see this but i had the same problem and i just figured out the problem. if you go into the brush options palette that looks kinda like this http://www.agavegroup.com/images/articles/photoshopCurvedLine/brushOptions2.gif you will probably notice that instead of a preview of a long connected line you will just get 2 single circles. to change that click on "brush tip shape" and check the check box for spacing and then pick a value, like 1%. this will made the brush draw a solid line. now if you stroke a path it will be a single smooth line.

[PS 911]

JJ, you are firing on all eight cylinders today for sure!

The only thing we would add is to make sure you have
a color selected (that is different from the background color) so it will show up, and make sure the opacity for the brush (or other tool) is set opaque enough to show up.

Thanks for your comments in other posts too, J.J. -- we really appreciate your help.