Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
7
Click New Style on the right side of the Layer Style dialog box. Leaving the settings as they are, type
My Text Style
into the text field. Click OK.
8
Click OK in the Layer Style dialog box. You will use your saved style later in this lesson.
Using a custom shape
In this part of the lesson, you'll learn about some of the other shapes that are available in Photoshop.
1
Click and hold the Rectangle tool to see other available vector shape options.
Notice that in addition to the Rectangle tool, you can select a Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon,
Line and Custom Shape. You can set the properties of these objects (such as fill, stroke and corner ra-
dius) at any time using the Options bar or the Properties panel.
Other available shape options.
In this next part of the exercise, you'll focus on the Custom Shape tool.
2
From the Rectangle tool menu, select Custom Shape. The Options bar changes to show the Custom
Shape options.
3
Click the Shape drop-down picker to see that there are a variety of custom shapes that you can choose.
The shape that you are going to use is not here, but stored in a library that you will add to this list.
4
Make sure that you have the Shape drop-down menu open, and then click the gear icon on the right
side. From that menu, choose Nature. When the dialog box appears asking whether you want to Re-
place shapes, click OK. You see new shapes added to your list.
Appending shapes keeps your current list of shapes and adds new custom shapes.
5
Select any of the snowflakes from the list of nature shapes. In this example, Snowflake 3 is used.
6
Click and drag a snowflake shape anywhere in the image. If you want to reposition it, press and hold
the Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) key to temporarily switch to the Move tool. You can also
choose the Move tool from the Tools panel. Exact placement of this snowflake is not important.
