Moving paths

[jimbir]

Can you move a path from one vector to another? If so, please tell me how to do it.

Thanks. Jim B.

[LeviFiction]

There are several ways to move individual paths from one vector to another....well 2 that I know of anyway.

1) This method lets you select single contours within the path to move between vectors. A contour being the complete path of lines and nodes that make up a single connected shape within the vector object. You can have one vector object with multiple contours.

With the pen tool selected, select the vector object. Select at least one of the nodes in the object to select the path you want to copy. Next use either ctrl + C to copy or ctrl + X to cut the path from the vector object. Next select the vector you want to paste it into. And hit Ctrl + V.

2) If you just want to combine two whole vector objects into one.

The fastest method will be to open the script toolbar. Select the "VectorMergeSelected" script. Then select the two vectors you want to combine. And hit "play" on the script toolbar. This will combine both vector objects into one vector object.

[jimbir]

There are several ways to move individual paths from one vector to another

Thanks. but, I've tried both ways and neither work. I Followed the first method, and nothing happened. I got an error message using the second method saying "the requested object (document layer, or vector object) could not be found". Maybe I'm missing something...
Jim

[LeviFiction]

Let's find out. I've made a video demonstrating both methods.

Here I demonstrate - http://youtu.be/TfjBQewWtJs

Let me know if you see what's different.

[jimbir]

Let's find out. I've made a video demonstrating both methods.

I really want to thank you for the video. There was a lot more in it than I needed to know! In it you are copying or merging items in one path to a different path. I was able to do both of these functions after I understood that this applied to vector objects on paths. This is fine as long as the attributes for both objects are the same. For instance, if you copy a plain line into a path containing a line with arrows on both ends, then the two lines will be either plain or have arrows on both ends. If you change the line style for one line, the other changes to the same thing.
This being said, although handy, its not what I wanted to do. I want to move a path from one vector to another. Now, how would I do that?

Thanks for your continuing help. Jim

[LeviFiction]

I guess you're going to have to explain better. Please understand that PSP uses these terms a little differently than say an actual vector editing program might.

A "path" in PSP is one of two things. It's either a vector path object (so a single object inside of a vector layer, produced with the pen tool) or it's the path inside the vector object.

So when you ask these questions this is what I'm thinking of.

The path of a vector object is: 1) The contours (nodes and lines) of the object. And the Stroke settings and the fill settings.

So if you want to learn how to copy the stroke and fill settings from one vector object to another that's one thing. If you want to copy the contours (what I demonstrated in the video) that's another thing. If you want to move a vector path object form one vector layer to another vector layer that's another thing.

Can you please try to explain what you're wanting to do more clearly? If you have to explain in relation to another program, that works. If you have pictoral or video examples to explain what you want, that will work also.

But "move a path from one vector to another" is a bit ambiguous in PSP.

[jimbir]

OK. On my drawing, in the layers palette, I have "vectors" numbered 1, 2, 3, etc. Under each of these vectors are "paths". Some contain text and others contain objects (lines with and without arrow heads). I would like to be able to a move a "path" from one "vector" to another.

Now this sounds like, (if I may quote from your last reply), "if you want to move a vector path object form one vector layer to another vector layer that's another thing"

The next step would be for me to send you a copy on the drawing to better explain myself.

Jim

[Cassel]

Maybe too simplistic, but did you dry dragging one such "path" from one vector "group" to the other?

[jimbir]

Maybe too simplistic, but did you dry dragging one such "path" from one vector "group" to the other?

Thanks, Cassel
That all it took. Now I feel real stupid.