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Perform the following steps to draw custom shapes:
Step 1: Create a new Photoshop document and select the Custom Shape Tool from the Tools panel.
Step 2: Click on the Shape picker in the Options bar. You will
see lots of icons of custom shapes.
Step 3: Choose any icon and drag a marquee on the canvas.
You can also change the colour from the Options bar. Drawing custom shapes
Tech Fact
Pressing the Shift key while you drag maintains the width-to-height ratio. With the Shift key,
the Rectangle Tool creates squares, the Ellipse Tool creates circles, the Polygon Tool creates
proportional polygons and the Line Tool creates horizontal or vertical lines (or diagonal lines).
NAVIGATION TOOLS
Photoshop allows you modify view of an image using the navigation tools. Let's learn about them.
Hand Tool
Hand Tool allows you to scroll the image on the canvas. Holding down the Spacebar key also helps
to achieve the same result. By double-clicking the Hand Tool icon in the Tools panel, the image will fit
to the screen. It is useful when you are zoomed in the image and working with Lasso Tool for perfect
selection.
Rotate View Tool
Rotate View Tool has a keyboard shortcut R. It rotates the whole canvas with the image and not just
the image. A compass appears in the centre. As soon as you click on the Rotate View Tool, the mouse
pointer changes into rotate view icon. You can click and drag to rotate the canvas clockwise or anti-
clockwise. A Red Marker at the top of the compass points to the top of the image.
Zoom Tool
Zoom Tool allows you to zoom into certain areas to get a closer view of the image. Choose View →
Zoom In or View → Zoom Out from the Application Bar. To use the keyboard shortcut, hold Ctrl and
press + to zoom in, and hold Ctrl and press - to Zoom out.
Let’s CatCh uP
Write the names of any three Navigation and Shape tools.
1. ________________ 2. ________________ 3. _________________
4. ________________ 5. ________________ 6. _________________
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