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98 Painting and Drawing

6. Click OK. The outline appears around any layer object.

You may notice the

icon appear next to the layer with your outline applied.

Remember that you'll be able to apply a combination of 2D layer effects along

with your outline, by checking other options in the Layer Effects dialog. See

Overview:Applying special effects on p. 113 for more details.

To switch off the layer effect:

• With the layer selected, click the Layer Effects button and

uncheck Outline in the Layer Effects dialog.

Using paths

Paths are basically outlines. As such, every filled shape you draw has a path—

namely the outline that defines it. In fact, each shape layer has its own path

thumbnail next to the layer name, representing the shape(s) that reside on that

layer. But more significantly, the concept of a path extends to independent

paths: unfilled outlines that don't reside on any particular layer, but which are

created separately and can be applied in various ways to any layer.

What are paths good for? Consider the precision and editability of vector-based

drawing and apply it to the concept of a selection. Now think of all the ways that

selections can be used (and reused). In PhotoPlus, selections and paths are

interchangeable.

In much the same way as layers

in the Layers tab, independent

paths are listed in the Paths tab,

depicted with their own name

and the path outline shown in

the path's thumbnail.

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