Adobe Photoshop CS2 On Demand [Electronic resources]

Saving Custom Shape Sets

Creating customized sets of shapes is an excellent way to get organized. The next time you need a specific shape all you have to do is select the shape from your organized sets. Organization can save you time, but it also lends a sense of consistency to design. Using customized shapes over again, helps to tie the elements of a design together, and Photoshop gives you the perfect way to maintain that consistency with customized shape sets.

Save Custom Shape Sets

Select the

Custom Shape tool on the toolbox.

Click the

Shape list arrow to see a list of the current shapes.

Create new shapes, and then add them to the current list.

IMPORTANT

As you create new shapes, if there are some you don't like, delete them. Right-click the shape, and then click Delete Shape.

To add pre-existing shapes, click the

Options button, and then click

Load Shapes , or choose from the available pre-defined shape lists.

Click the

Options button, and then click

Save Shapes .

Enter a descriptive name for the new set in the

Save As (Mac) or the

File Name (Win) box.

Click the

Where (Mac) or

Save In (Win) list arrow, and then select a location to save the new set.

IMPORTANT

If you save the new set in the Custom Shapes folder, located in the Adobe Photoshop CS2 application folder, the new set will appear as a pre-defined set when you click the Shapes Options button.

Click

Save .

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