Overview
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Watch this course to learn the ins and outs of creating professional designs and artwork using crisp, scalable vector shapes in Photoshop.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
- The Shape tools
- Live Shape properties
- Rectangles, rounded rectangles, and ellipses
- The Line tool
- Polygons and stars
- Fill and stroke
- Custom shapes
- Pen paths
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Goodbye
