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Creating Custom Shapes
by Matt Kloskowski
ExtremePhotoshop.com
Last week we learned how to use the path and shape tools in a way that mimics
Illustrators Pathfinder operations. If you're not familiar with these tools, they allow you
to draw multiple paths and combine them, subtract them from each other, intersect
them, and a few other tricks as well. In the end, you're left with just one path.
Photoshop has something very similar. Although not quite as powerful, it is still worth
learning for those times when you need to perform these tasks in Photoshop. This time,
we're going to create several separate shapes, Combine them together and save it off as
a custom shape. This shape would be very difficult to create in any other way (aside
from using Illustrator) so it is a perfect technique to learn in Photoshop.
Step 1: Create a new 500 x 500 canvas. Be sure your rulers are showing (Ctrl/Cmd +
R). Also turn on Snap View > Snap). Now drag two guides out and position them at the
halfway points both vertically and horizontally.
Step 2: Select the Polygon shape tool. Be sure the Shape Layer option is selected in the
option bar. Also, set the number of sides to 6 in the options bar. Now draw a small
rectangle and position it at the top of the canvas with a the vertical guide going straight
through the center.
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Step 3: Not hit Ctrl/Cmd + T to bring up the Free Transform bounding box. Drag the
center point of the bounding box down to the center of the canvas where the two guides
intersect. However, do not accept the transformation yet.
Step 4: Now position your cursor slightly outside the bounding box and notice the
rotating arrow cursor that appears. Rotate your polygon around to the right while holding
the shift key to constrain the rotation. Alternative, you can type 30 into the options bar
for the angle setting. Hit enter to accept the settings.
Step 5: Now the cool part. We're going to let Photoshop do the rest of the work for us.
Press Shift + Ctrl/Cmd + Alt/Option + T 11 times and notice how Photoshop creates a
duplicate of the polygon while rotating it 30 degrees each time. Pretty cool huh?
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Step 6: Now, select the ellipse shape tool. First be sure the "Add To Shape Area" button
is selected in the top options bar. Then, Position your cursor in the center of the canvas.
Hold down the Alt/Option + Shift keys and drag a circle out from the center.
Step 7: Now select the Subtract from Shape Area button in the same place as the
button in step 6 and drag another circle out from the center to produce a cutout shape
within the gear.
Step 8: Lastly, convert this to a custom shape by choosing Edit > Define Custom Shape.
Now your shape is there to use whenever you want it in your Custom Shapes palette.
You can even apply layer styles to it as well. Below is a nice chrome style as well as
another idea for creating custom shapes. You're not limited to just a gear. You could just
as easily use this technique to create a flower shape too.
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As always, feel free to email me with any questions at ExtremePhotoshop@yahoo.com or
stop by my website for more tutorials ( www.Extremephotoshop.com ). Until next time.
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