Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 372)

365 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Drawing
Last updated 1/10/2010
Paths Draws a work path on the current layer that you can then use to make a selection, create a vector mask, or fill
and stroke with color to create raster graphics (much as you would using a painting tool). A work path is temporary
unless you save it. Paths appear in the Paths panel.
Fill Pixels Paints directly on a layer—much as a painting tool does. When you work in this mode, you’re creating raster
images—not vector graphics. You work with the shapes you paint just as you do with any raster image. Only the shape
tools work in this mode.
Drawing options
A. Shape Layers B. Paths C. Fill Pixels
More Help topics
“ About tools ” on page 18
“ Using the options bar ” on page 26
Drawing shapes
Create a shape on a shape layer
1 Select a shape tool or a Pen tool. Make sure that the Shape Layers button is selected in the options bar.
2 To choose the color of the shape, click the color swatch in the options bar, and then choose a color from the Color
Picker.
3 (Optional) Set tool options in the options bar. Click the inverted arrow next to the shape buttons to view additional
options for each tool. (See “
Shape tool options ” on page 368.)
4 (Optional) To apply a style to the shape, select a preset style from the Style pop-up menu in the options bar. (See
“
Apply preset styles ” on page 303.)
5 Drag in your image to draw a shape:
• To constrain a rectangle or rounded rectangle to a square, to constrain an ellipse to a circle, or to constrain the line
angle to a multiple of 45 degrees, hold down Shift.
• To draw from the center out, position the pointer where you want the center of the shape to be, press Alt (Windows)
or Option (Mac
OS), and then drag diagonally to any corner or edge until the shape is the desired size.
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