Photoshop for Designers: Working with Shapes

Watch this course to learn the ins and outs of creating professional designs and artwork using crisp, scalable vector shapes in Photoshop.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Creating Basic Shapes

• The Shape tools
• Live Shape properties
• Rectangles, rounded rectangles, and ellipses
• The Line tool
• Polygons and stars
• Fill and stroke
• Custom shapes
• Pen paths

2. Editing Shapes

• Convert shapes to paths and vice versa
• Invert paths and shapes
• Copy, select, move, and transform shapes
• Path Operations
• Edit a custom shape
• Align and distribute shapes

3. Designing with Shape Layers: Part 1

• Blend modes and shape layers
• Layer effects and shape layers
• Filters and shape layers
• Smart Objects and shape layers
• Convert type to a shape layer
• Type and shape layers

4. Designing with Shape Layers: Part 2

• Create web buttons with shape layers
• Create guides from shape layers
• Create a web with shape layers
• Shape layers as clipping masks and vector masks
• Create a collage with shape layers
• Use shapes to clip multiple layers

5. Working with Custom Shapes

• Create a shape with Adobe Capture
• Create a custom shape using Illustrator's Image Trace
• Other ways to create Photoshop custom shapes
• Manage shapes with the Preset Manager

Conclusion

• Goodbye