Cutting out part of an outlined shape in Photoshop

Question

Without rasterising a vector shape, is there a better way to cut out part of an outlined shape in Photoshop? I currently do this:

1. Create shape
2. Double click on layer to edit layer style
3. Select the stroke tab
4. Apply outline to shape
5. Right-click on layer and rasterise
6. Use the eraser tool to cut out part of the shape

When selecting the "Subtract front shape" option, the outline shifts to the outline of the shape I'm cutting out of the original shape.

Answer 1

There's a duplicate question of this somewhere here. Darn if I can find it though so....

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Create a separate layer for your stroke and add a mask to that layer.

• Duplicate the original artwork layer.
• Set the Fill opacity to 0% on the Layers Panel
• Remove all the Layer styles from it except the stroke.
• In the Blending Options for the Layer Styles ensure Layer Mask Hides Effects is checked
  
  
• Add a Layer Mask to this stroke-only layer
• Paint on the layer mask to hide portions of the stroke.

You can then Group these two layers to keep them together, or combine them into a Smart Object.

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This method works for most Layer styles if you want to hide portions. It will also work in reverse - if you wanted the stroke solid and part of the base image hidden:

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If the stroke is applied via the stroke option for vector layers, this still works. However, in that case set the Vector Fill to none and leave the Fill Opacity for the stroke layer at 100%.

Answer 2

You can also use masking to avoid the cutting of the vector art and preserve it.

try doing masking and then removing the unwanted part of the shape

take the support of these links

https://phlearn.com/tutorial/use-vector-masks-photoshop/ https://helpx.adobe.com/in/photoshop/using/masking-layers-vector-masks.html

To avoid fady pixels around the shape you can always increase the size of the image

hope this helps you

Answer 3

If in that case, you can use the polygonal lasso tool to cut the perfect edges.