STROKING HALF A PATHHALF A PATH????

This is a mind-blowing advanced tip (not because it's hardit's simplebut if you use the Pen tool, warningyour mind is about to spontaneously combust). Here's the scoop: If you're an advanced user, you already know that you can draw a path and then apply a stroke along that path (using the paint tool of your choice) by choosing Stroke Path from the Paths palette's pop-down menu. But dig this: If you draw your path, but only want to stroke a portion of that path, all you have to do is make a selection (using the Lasso tool) of the part of the path you want stroked. Then when you choose Stroke Path, it will only stroke the area of your path that is contained within your selection. Boom! That was the sound of our heads exploding.