- Introduction
- Understanding Foreground and Background Colors
- Using the Brush and Brush Presets Panels
- Modifying the Brush Presets Panel
- Selecting Brush Tip Sets
- Adjusting Brush Tips
- Adjusting Bristle Brush Tips
- Creating Customized Brush Tips
- Saving Customized Brush Tips
- Working with the Brush and Airbrush Tools
- Working with the Mixed Brush Tool
- Working with the Pencil Tool
- Working with Auto Erase
- Working with the Line Tool
- Using the Standard Shape Tool
- Working with the Custom Shape Tool
- Creating a Custom Shape
- Saving Custom Shape Sets
- Using the Paint Bucket Tool
- Working with the Eraser Tools
- Working with the Magic Eraser Tool
- Creating and Applying Gradients
- Creating and Saving Customized Gradients
- Using the Color Replacement Tool
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Working with the Custom Shape Tool
Having the ability to draw a perfect polygon or rounded-corner rectangle is nice; however, Photoshop went way beyond standard shapes when it introduced the Custom Shape tool. Photoshop now comes packaged with dozens of predesigned shapes, or you can even create your own. User-defined shapes can be made from literally any vector object. For example, a company logo can be converted to a custom shape. Custom shapes have many time-saving applications. As previously mentioned, a company logo, if used frequently, is only a mouse click away. Any vector form, outline, or shape used on a recurring basis, can be converted to a custom shape and saved for future use. Select the Custom Shape tool or, if you have any shape drawing tool selected, click the Custom Shape button from the Options bar, and then configure the shape using choices from the Options bar.
Work with the Custom Shape Tool
Select the Custom Shape tool on the toolbox.
Click the Fill Pixels button to create raster shapes, using the active foreground color.
Click the Geometry options list arrow, and then select from the available options: Unconstrained, Defined Proportions, Defined Size, Fixed Size,
or From Center.
Click the Shape list arrow, and then select a shape from the available options.
Click the Mode list arrow, and then select a blending mode.
Enter an Opacity percentage value (1% to 100%).
Select the Anti-alias check box to create a visually smoother line.
Drag in the document window to create the customized shape.
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