: How to not subtract overlapping shapes in Photoshop When I create a shape that overlaps with itself, the part that overlaps is subtracted. How can I prevent this ? EDIT: Here are pics with

@Vandalay110

I had the same problem but managed to solve it by: exporting the path into Illustrator. Select the shape and "Divide" it using Pathfinder. Then select the paths again, but this time using the Direct Selection Tool and selecting the outline and 'negative' areas (not selecting any other 'loop' centres) and "Unite" - this will give you your proper shape outline. Then, if necessary, select everything and make a compound path.

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@Turnbaugh909

I'm gonna say that that's just the way Photoshop is designed to behave, and there's really no getting around it other than to create a non-overlapping path. The add to path area menu will only affect the way additional paths are added to the existing one.

So you're gonna need to divide your path by adding anchors where the outline intersects, delete the overlapping areas, and then rejoining the pieces.

Or you can just divide it into 2 separate paths and let the add to path option do the rest.

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@Berumen635

Make sure you have this "Add to path area (+)" option enabled...



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