Photoshop Shapes Tutorials
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Need to learn all about shapes and custom shapes in Photoshop? In this section of Photoshop Essentials, you'll find our complete collection of shape-related tutorials! Learn everything from the basics of working with shapes and Shape layers to learning how to draw more complex shapes with the Custom Shape Tool, and even how to create your own custom shapes and how to save them as shape sets! You'll learn the difference between vector, path and pixel shapes, how to combine multiple shapes in interesting ways, and much more! New Photoshop Shapes tutorials are added regularly, so be sure to check back often for the latest updates!
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Photoshop Shapes And Shape Layers Essentials
Learn the essentials of working with vector shapes and Shape layers in Photoshop, from drawing simple rectangles and ellipses to stars, starbursts, direction arrows, and more!
Photoshop Shapes - The Custom Shape Tool
Learn how Photoshop's Custom Shape Tool lets us add hearts, flowers, animals, snowflakes, music notes, copyright symbols and other useful shapes to our designs with no drawing skill required!
Photoshop Shapes - Vectors, Paths and Pixels
Learn the differences between the Shape Layers, Paths and Fill Pixels drawing modes for the Shape tools in Photoshop, and why one of them in particular is almost always a better choice than the others!
Photoshop Shapes - Add, Subtract, Intersect and Exclude
By default, Photoshop places each new vector shape we draw on its own independent Shape layer, but in this tutorial, we learn how the Add, Subtract, Intersect and Exclude options let us combine shapes in more interesting ways!
Creating Custom Shapes In Photoshop
Creating our own custom shapes in Photoshop can be lots of fun. In this first of a two-part tutorial, we learn how to create a basic shape, how to add details to the shape, how to save it and use it as a custom shape, plus a whole lot more!
Creating Custom Shapes, Part 2 - Shape Sets
In this second of a two-part tutorial on creating custom shapes in Photoshop, we learn how to collect and organize all the shapes we've created into easy-to-manage Custom Shape Sets! We also look at some best practices for how to avoid losing our shape sets if something goes wrong!
Use Custom Shapes As Text Frames In Photoshop
In this Photoshop Basics tutorial, learn how to create more interesting text layouts in your designs using custom shapes as text frames, and watch as your text fills the area inside the shape!
Combining Text With Custom Shapes In Photoshop
In this Photoshop Basics tutorial, learn how to create fun designs and interesting logos by combining text with custom shapes! You'll learn how to convert text to a shape, how to add other shapes to text and how to use shapes to cut holes out of letters!
Repeating Patterns From Custom Shapes In Photoshop
In this third tutorial in our series on repeating patterns, learn how to create fun and interesting patterns from Photoshop's custom shapes!
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