How to Use the Pen Tool

 Using the pen tool will give your fashion designs a cleaner look and makes it possible to draw a straight line

	1. Open up your base croquis, have a sketch of what you want your design will look like beside you  2. Click the pen tool
	3. Start clicking the outline of the shirt, this is like connecting the dots, don't worry about the color, you can change it later
	4. Look at your layers pallet, a new layer called Shape 1 has been created. To rename this, double click shape 1 and type in a new name for the layer.
	5. You might notice that your croquis is getting covered up by the color, to see the croquis underneath and give you a good   guide, put the opacity down till about 75-35%, the number doesn't really matter as long as you still see the base and a little color
	6. This is the finished shirt with opacity down, if you are satisfied with the shirt, put the opacity down
	7. To Change the color double click on the color square beside shape 1, for this project it is blue, a color picker will appear, change it to the color you wish and then click ok
	8. You'll now see that your shirt has been changed to the color you want
	9. Now if you are not satisfied and try to erase a part of the shirt, you'll find that you can't. This is because it is a shape, to erase part of your shirt, go to Layer ---> Rasterize -----> Shape. Then try to erase and you'll find that you can.    10. To create skirts, pants, shoes ect, repeat the steps above.