Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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You have probably been told to master the Pen Tool in Photoshop a thousand times and you might already be pretty good at using it. However, it never hurts to brush up on this crucial skill so allow me to share with you the secrets of true Pen Tool mastery.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:21 Why do you still need the Pen Tool?
1:40 Settings
3:50 Shortcuts
10:35 Turn path into selection Cmd+Enter / Vector Mask
13:59 Curvature Tool
17:05 Symmetry
18:19 Path operations
20:11 Shading
21:28 Draw lines