7.   Adjust the points and line using the white arrow, (direct selection tool) to straighten the line, and move it close to the object that you want the path around. The closer you pull it back toward the point, the shorter and straighter the line becomes between those two points.

8 . To delete points that you con't want, use the pen with a minus on it. (Find it by holding down the mouse over the pen tool, (or white arrow), and choose it from the popout menu. It's called the direct selection point tool).

 9.  The pen tool with a minus (direct selection point tool)
deletes extra points.

Click on the point to delete the point,
then switch back to the regular pen tool.
  
 When we want to move the picture around,  
from the toolbar click on the hand so that you can move the picture around (or press the "H" key on the keyboard). Move the picture around with the hand, then click on the pen again to resume creating the path around the person or object that you wish to select.


If we want to change the direction that the path is going, we switch to the "change direction" tool (convert point tool).
10.
If you switch tools, the first part of the path that you've created becomes disconnected.
To reconnect the points, hold down the alt key and click on the last box that you made with the pen tool. Then release the alt key and continue on around the image with the pen.

   11.  When you get back to the beginning point, , connect with the beginning point to complete the path (you'll see a tiny circle where you started when your mouse moves over it. Just click on the circle). That completes, or closes, the path.

 12.  Next we must save the path.
To do that, go to Window, Show Paths (on the top menu bar).
The path menu should appear (if it isn't already open)

Photo with path around people

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