| Graphic design firm needs not fret over the issues of | | | | - Choose the number of sides say 45, shapes say a |
| creating a peppy pentagon or a simple heptagon, for | | | | star and indent by sides by a percentage say 50% |
| now Photoshop has brought the entire range of | | | | and also the color of the picture in the template. |
| shapes at their command, under the watch word | | | | - Select the shape layer. |
| polygon tool. | | | | - Click and drag the figure, this gives the new figure |
| The polygon tool is a part of the vector tools in the | | | | the creative graphic designer is looking forward to. |
| Photoshop library that lets graphics designer draw | | | | The above tutorial uses the custom shape tool which |
| unlimited images and without any loss of quality. | | | | is a readymade store house of available shapes like |
| The images can be as complex as an 8-edged star or | | | | the star, arrows, footprints etc. |
| a jagged cross-section of a hack-saw with many | | | | Getting more out of polygon tools |
| sides but the method using polygon tool is a lot | | | | This is by no means the end of it, more amazingly |
| simpler. | | | | - You can get more such custom shapes installed |
| How to draw, using polygon tool | | | | from the website of a graphic design company. |
| Next we make a foray into the method of drawing | | | | - You can also design a shape of your own choice |
| any arbitrary figure like a star as follows-<ul> | | | | using the instructions of the photoshop manuals |
| - Click the new layer icon at the layer palette. | | | | though this will take a little time and practice. |
| - Choose the shape tool and there the polygon tool | | | | - you can add frequently used new figures to the |
| from the drawing tools. | | | | Photoshop’s shape library |
| - After selecting the polygon tool click the arrow | | | | Thus the polygon tool is a cutting edge over any |
| from the option bar. This opens the polygons options | | | | other contemporary tool known for its |
| to custom graphic design by varying its parameters | | | | comprehensiveness and versatility. |
| called the custom shape tool. | | | | |