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To switch off the layer effect:<br />
Painting and Drawing 103<br />
• With the layer selected, click the Layer Effects button (or choose<br />
Effects>Effects... from the Layers menu) and uncheck Outline in the Layer<br />
Effects dialog.<br />
Using paths<br />
Paths are basically outlines. As such, every filled shape you draw has a path—<br />
namely the outline that defines it. In fact, each shape layer has its own path<br />
thumbnail next to the layer name, representing the shape(s) that reside on that<br />
layer. But more significantly, the concept of a path extends to independent paths:<br />
unfilled outlines that don't reside on any particular layer, but which are created<br />
separately and can be applied in various ways to any layer.<br />
What are paths good for? Consider the precision and editability of vector-based<br />
drawing and apply it to the concept of a selection. Now think of all the ways that<br />
selections can be used (and reused). In <strong>PhotoPlus</strong>, selections and paths are<br />
interchangeable.<br />
There are two methods for creating a path. You can create:<br />
In much the same way as layers in<br />
the Layers tab, independent paths<br />
are listed in the Paths tab, depicted<br />
with their own name and the path<br />
outline shown in the path's<br />
thumbnail.<br />
• a path outline directly from drawn QuickShapes (see Path 2's Quick Star<br />
above) or outlines.<br />
• a selection on your image from which the path outline can be created<br />
(see Path 3).
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