Get Practical Photoshop magazine! (opens in new tab) You can then edit and integrate them in the same way as the standard shapes. It works in exactly the same way as before but make sure that ‘Shape’ and not ‘Path’ is selected from the ‘Tool mode’ drop-down. If Adobe’s libraries are a little limited for you then create your own graphics using the Pen tool. Simply make sure that you have the required option selected before you begin drawing the new shape. Path Operations can be a powerful ally in creating shapes and gives you the ability to add, subtract, intersect or exclude new shapes from the shape layers below. Use the Custom Shape Picker to load different libraries. Some are quite hit and miss but there are some simple, stylised graphics that, when used in the right way, can yield striking results.
Use the Custom Shape tool to place and edit preset graphics from Adobe’s libraries. Interesting halftone effects can be achieved by resizing and duplicating shapes with a dotted line stroke. In Stroke options, you can apply a dashed or dotted line stroke as well as choosing whether to align the stroke to the inside, outside or centre of your shape bounds. You can specify a size for the stroke and this will remain constant even if you resize the vector shape. Strokes act as a border or frame that surround your vector shapes and can be coloured and styled with gradients in the same way as the Fill options.
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