
One of the great things about the Pen Tool is that it's not something that's exclusive to Photoshop. But getting to that point requires a little practice and effort, and while reading every book there is on how to ride a bike may teach you the fundamentals of how the pedals, gears and brakes work, it's not until you're on the bike struggling to keep your balance that the real learning begins. Once you've learned, it will seem completely natural and you'll wonder how anyone could possibly not know how to use something so simple. Learning how to use the Pen Tool is a lot like learning how to ride a bike. Now, when I say "easy", I don't mean you're going to read this tutorial and be instantly transformed into a Pen Master. We're going to learn just how easy it really is to make selections with the Pen Tool. In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial, we're going to put an end to the suffering.


Ultimately, their work in Photoshop suffers for it, since they're stuck relying on the Lasso Tool for just about everything they can't select with the Rectangular or Elliptical Marquee Tools. Most people put off learning how to use the Pen Tool for as long as possible, while others never get around to learning it, believing it's just too confusing, too complicated, and just plain unnatural. When it comes to making selections in Photoshop, there's really two types of people - those who know how to use the Pen Tool, and those who struggle.
