Creating a Path in Photoshop

When you create a path, it automatically appears in the Paths palette as a work path.

Remember that a work path is temporary and unsaved, and you can have only one work path in the Paths palette at a time.

If the work path is selected when you begin another path, your actions are added to the current work path. But if the existing work path is hidden and you begin drawing another path, that new work path replaces the existing one.

Creating a new path
You can save yourself a lot of grief if you make sure that your path is saved before you start. If you select New Path from the Paths palette pop-up menu before you create the path, Photoshop automatically saves the work path, and it becomes a saved path or named path. You can also just click the Create New Path icon (the dog-eared page icon) at the bottom of the Paths palette.