I can't figure out how to break a path's subpaths into separate, individual paths in Photoshop CC. Everything I find online suggests there is an Object menu (?) but I'm either too stupid to locate it, or it's not in Photoshop CC. I can't locate the information in Adobe's online documentation either. Is this not possible in CC?
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Photoshop doesn't have an equivalent to the Scissor tool in Illustrator or InDesign. To cut a path, add an anchor point on each side of the point where you want to cut, then delete the original anchor point.
The Path Selection Tool (black arrow) and Direct Selection Tool (white arrow) allow you to select individual paths in a vector layer, which you can then cut and paste onto a different layer.
answered Nov 30, 2014 at 20:04
What I did was use the Direct Selection Tool (A) to select the points I wanted to break the path on, and then delete them.
I like the predictability of it: I know exactly which points will be deleted and where exactly the path will get broken up.
Just select a point with white arrow and press delete.
Ctrl+JorCmd+J. That will make a copy of the shape into its own layer."Subpaths", although it could be argued that they're actually not. When you make multiplePathsinto one path layer in thePaths panel, every separate path is considered to be a subpath. If you make 2 paths, both of them areSubpaths. It doesn't make much sense, but that's how it is.` --- This is not the case, if you are adding paths to aShape layer. Then it's all just oneShape layerwith multiple paths.