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Custom Shapes in Adobe Photoshop
33 students

Custom Shapes in Adobe Photoshop

This class shows you how to make custom shapes in Photoshop. Create a shape in Photoshop and save it for future use. Cre
Created byMelissa Piccone
Last updated 9/2011
English

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Course content

1 section • 5 lectures • 31m total length

  • Custom Shapes Part 55:32

    Saving you shapes as your own personal preset file to share to keep forever. 

  • Custom Shapes Part 49:07

    Create a custom shape for Photoshop using Illustrator.

  • Custom Shapes Part 24:39

    Stroke a path with a stitching brush.

  • Custom Shapes Part 33:07

    Save the shape in the custom shapes library for future use.

  • Creating Custom Shapes Part 19:26

    Create a custom shape in Photoshop from a text element.

Description

This class shows you how to make custom shapes in Photoshop. Create a shape in Photoshop and save it for future use. Create a shape in Illustrator and bring it into Photoshop as a shape. The shapes are used as clipping masks. We create a path and run a brush on it. You will make your own library of shapes to keep and use for any project. 

Tools Covered:

  • Type Tool
  • Shape Tools
  • Brushes
  • Crop Tool

Techniques Covered:

  • Working with Layer Styles
  • Making Selections
  • Making and Using Paths
  • Layers
  • Creating a Clipping Path
  • Using Custom Brushes
  • Save as png
  • Create a Library of Custom Shapes

This course contains over 30 minutes in instruction. This course was created in Photoshop CS5 but is appropriate for any version of Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. It is targeted to digital scrapbooking, but graphic designers, web designers and photographers will find it very useful as well. This course is for Beginner to advanced users. 

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