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Simple Shapes in Photoshop Tutorial

Andy's Photoshop Tip #2 provides instructions for creating simple shapes like rectangles, squares, ovals, circles, triangles, and wild shapes using various tools in Photoshop. The document explains how to fill and stroke these shapes, as well as how to maintain aspect ratios and manipulate shapes using keyboard shortcuts. This guide serves as a basic resource for users looking to enhance their Photoshop skills in shape creation.

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Simple Shapes in Photoshop Tutorial

Andy's Photoshop Tip #2 provides instructions for creating simple shapes like rectangles, squares, ovals, circles, triangles, and wild shapes using various tools in Photoshop. The document explains how to fill and stroke these shapes, as well as how to maintain aspect ratios and manipulate shapes using keyboard shortcuts. This guide serves as a basic resource for users looking to enhance their Photoshop skills in shape creation.

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Andy's Photoshop Tip #2 - Creating Simple Objects

Rectangle - Click on the marquee tool. Now just click on a corner of the
rectangle that you want to make and drag it to the desired size. Now that
you have the rectangle, you can fill it or stroke it. To fill the rectangle
with a color, just hit (SHIFT+ F5). To stroke the rectangle, go to EDIT ..
STROKE. now select the amount (I chose 3 in all of these examples) and
whether you want it to be outside, inside, or centered. I choose inside to
make a crisp line.

Square - Click on the marquee tool and hold the SHIFT button down.
Click the first point of the square & drag out. By holding shift down, it
locks the aspect ratio and the height is equal to the length. Fill it or stroke
it as explained in the rectangle.

Oval - Double click on the marquee


tool. This brings up the marquee
options dialog box: Click on the
"shape" pull-down menu and select
"Elliptical" where the "Rectangular"
now appears. Now draw your oval.

Circle - Do the same this as mentioned


above, but hold your SHIFT key down while you draw. This locks the
shape to a circle instead of an oval. If you want to draw from the center
of the circle, hold the ALT key down as well.

Triangle - I created this shape by using the font called "ZapfDingbats"


and typing the S & T keys. If you want the triangles to point in a different
direction, just use the IMAGE .. ROTATE command.

Wild Shape - This shape was made with the lasso tool. Just hold down
your ALT key and click on your starting point. Now move your mouse to
the second point & click again (still holding down the ALT key). When
you are finished with the shape, let go of your mouse button and the
shape will be formed. Now fill the shape or stroke it.

There are many other ways to do these simple shapes, but this should
help you out a bit.

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