![]() ![]() I have been porting my PSD's out to my old PC, which still has PSP loaded on it and doing my Kaleidoscope work there and re-exporting them back to the Mac. if I can muster up the patience, I will give it a try. Thanks for taking the time to outline this, much appreciated. Delete all the new segment layers, go back to the master segment, draw on it with fancy coloured brushes. Select your segment layer, and Click on new Action > Give it a name, and shortcut (optional)įree Transform > select the centre top handle from the 3x3 grid left end of the options bar, and enter an angle (45° for eight segments) > Enter to commit Now you need to record your action so open the Actions panel. (This is the layer you draw your coloured shapes etc. Now you have a guide to make your first segmentĭraw that segment with the Pen tool, load it as a selection, and fill with white in a new layer Make the Polygon with no fill and a 1 pixel stroke (from the options bar. Start the Polygon from the centre, hold down the Alt (Opt) key, and rotate to keep the botton edge square to the image with help of the Guides. Select the Polygon tool from the Shapes tools, and decide how many sides (it needs to be an even number to allow for mirroring) New square image - say 1500 x 1500 pixels Now your kaleidoscope shape is a shape you can use any time in Photoshop by selecting it from the Custom Shape collection.Not too hard to do with an action using Free Transform step & repeat. To save the shape so you can use it again in future – with it still selected, choose Edit > Define Custom Shape. This makes a single shape from all the combined shapes. From the Tool Options bar select the Add to Shape Area icon and click the Combine button. If you like the final shape you can make it a single shape – instead of multiples – by selecting the Path Selection tool and drag over all the shape so you have it selected. If the final shape goes off the edge of the image you can automatically resize the canvas to include the shape by selecting Edit > Reveal All. The key combination Control + Alt + Shift + T (Command + Option + Shift + T on the Mac) repeats the most recent rotation with a new copy of the shape. Press it a few times until you have duplicated the shape sufficient times to rotate around 360 degrees. With the shape layer selected press Control + Alt + Shift + T (Command + Option + Shift + T on the Mac). Now for the fun stuff – it is time to use the new keystroke combination. ![]() So far you have created a shape and rotated it. On the Tool Options bar set the Angle to something which is a factor of 360 – 10, 15, 30, 45, 60 and so on. You do this using the small indicator on the toolbar – you can choose any of the squares to get an interesting effect – each one will give a different result. It doesn’t really matter what color your shape is right now.Ĭlick the Move tool then choose Edit > Free Transform Path (or press Control + T), click to select the point around which the shape will rotate. On the Tool Options bar, click the Shape Layer icon – it’s the first of the three at the far left of the bar.ĭrag the shape onto the image. So, here’s how to make shapes from shapes and how to put my new keystroke to use:Ĭlick the Custom Shape tool and select a shape to use – you can use anything – I’ve used an ornament. Shapes are the best kept secret in Photoshop because, unlike brushes, they can be scaled up or down to any size and they don’t lose their smoothness. Think kaleidoscopes but not always made from images – sometimes I make the kaleidoscope shapes from other shapes. I love making regular shapes from irregular ones. This week I discovered a totally cool new keystroke combination which I just have to share. Draw a Cartoon Bird in Illustrator - Harness the Power of the Shape Builder Tool.Go Steampunk! Learn to draw gears and cogs in Illustrator. ![]()
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