Easy Steps to Make Clipping Paths in Photoshop

Clipping Path (CP) is a popular background removal tool. For example: when you join graphic elements from Photoshop CS 5 in a page outline program such as In Design, you may want to compound the inside graphic objects over a different colored background. But, when you bring the final graphic into your design layout, the backdrop behind the actual objects spoils the effect of your complete background quality. CP is an easy solution to make the backdrop disappear.

Here I'm giving you a few easy steps on how to make clipping paths:

1. First of all launch Adobe Photoshop CS 5 then choose Open from the menu and navigate to the file location which you want to add a CP.

2. Now go to full-screen mode and enclose the document window with a neutral gray. Press the Z key on your keyboard and click on the file window to zoom in your object to 200 percent, so that you can see the edges of objects clearly.

3. At the third step open the paths panel, now choose a new path from the menu bar and select the pen tool or, you may press the P key on your keyboard.

4. Now choose an appropriate starting point, to start drawing your CP.

5. To draw a curve, just click and heave your cursor. You may use as few control points also.

6. Keep drawing around the object until you finish up to the starting point.

7. Place the cursor over the first point tip you drew. The cursor shape will change into a circle, signifying that your path will be complete when you click.

8. Now, go to the Direct Selection tool and examine your path for uneven points that is not following the shape of your graphic the way you'd like.

9. Click on the point with the direct selection tool and adjust its control handles to reshape the path at that error spots.

10. When your path is done, select Clipping Path from the menu and choose a path name.

11. Now save your final document in Tiff format.

You may practice this at home but, for professional image editing, it requires a lot more skills. Manual clipping path is very time consuming since it is purely done with the help of a pen tool and doesn't use any Photoshop magic wand tool. Currently, many offshore outsourcing companies are providing high-quality Clipping Path Services at an affordable cost.