How to Master The Pen Tool: Play The Bezier Game

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If you're into computer graphics editing or designing, you are probably familiar with the Pen Tool.

If not, here's what it is according to webopedia:

In graphics software, the pen tool is frequently used in the creation of smooth-edged selections, but is not a type of selection tool. The Pen Tool creates vector paths that can be converted into selections that in turn can be used to extract or mask groups of pixels.

While it is not an actual selection tool, it is widely used to create smooth-edged and accurate selections by converting the vector paths it created into selections. From there, you can extract or mask group of pixels.

When I was starting to learn Photoshop, I really never paid attention to this tool. I find it hard and complicated to use. For me, the Magic Wand is my weapon of choice when making selections. But that is so noob!

You can't really make accurate and crisp selections using the wand especially in images with low contrasting colors. So I have to learn using the Pen Tool especially when I was hired as photo editor for a shopping website.

There are tons of tutorials out there that you could use to master this tool. Me, I watched youtube videos and practice a lot by extracting images from its background.

But if you don't have time to watch youtube tutorials but you are eager to learn, here is a little game that will let you master the dreaded pen tool.

The Bezier Game

The Bezier Game is an interactive website that lets you create a path by connecting nodes using a simulated pen tool.

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While it's more a tutorial than an actual game, it can get really challenging because each stage has a maximum number of nodes that you can only use to complete the path.

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