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Follow the below steps to use 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 color
Prime (Ver. 2.2)-VIII from the Options bar. Options Bar of Custom Shapes
ratio. With the Shift key, the Rectangle Tool creates squares, the
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Ellipse Tool creates circles, the Polygon Tool creates proportional
Fact! Pressing the Shift key while you drag maintains the width-to-height
polygons and the Line Tool creates horizontal or vertical lines (or
126 diagonal lines).
Navigation Tools
Photoshop allows you to 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 (shortcut R) allows you to rotate the entire canvas along with the image,
providing greater flexibility when working at different angles. 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 Ctrl and – to zoom out.

