Stroke path and rubber stamp in CS

[Stéphane_Cyr@adobeforums.com]

Hi, I made a bezier curve using the pen tool. It only has 3 anchor points to it. When I stroke the path (using pencil or brush) it only stokes where the anchor points are, so I only get 3 dots instead of having a full curvy line following my path. I tried the exact same thing using PS 7 and everything works fine, like it should. Also, when pixel cloning (rubber stamp tool) holding the shift key does not allow me to clone a row of pixel at once, while it works using the healing tool. Again, these problems don't occur with PS 7. I've been a professional Photoshop user since version 2.5 came out and, though CS is great in many ways, I've never experienced odd behavior like I do right now from any previous Photoshop update. Was there any "quality control" made when Adobe decided to release CS?

[Ann_Shelbourne@adobeforums.com]

Are you certain that your path was FULLY selected (black arrow or cmd. option click on it) before you stroked it? And your brush tip/spacing was at 25% or less? And that "Spacing" is checked?

[Doug_Katz@adobeforums.com]

It's when Spacing is not checked. In fact, 100 years ago, Deke McLlelland wrote about this as a useless trick... if you want dabs of paint to locate themselves on the points of a path and nowhere else, deselect Spacing before you stroke the path. Who would ever have need of this trick is unclear, but it's nice to know about in the event someone sees it unexpectedly.

[Stéphane_Cyr@adobeforums.com]

Checking the spacing box fixed it. THANKS!