In this tutorial, i’m going to show you how to use the pen tool in photoshop to create your own custom shapes. I’ll take you through a series of exercises that will guide you through the basic, essential functions of the pen tool. So, let's have a try...
About The Pen Tool
More Options in Pen Tool
- Freeform Pen Tool
- Add Anchor Point Tool
- Delete Anchor Point Tool
- Convert Point Tool
Freeform Pen Tool
Add Anchor Point Tool
Delete Anchor Point Tool
Convert Point Tool
How To Use Pen Tool
If you don’t know how to use the pen tool, just keep reading in the following paragraphs I’ll explain how to use the pen tool to outline any type of 3D object.Photoshop pen tool you have three options: Path, Shape Layer, and Fill Pixels.
Pen Tool
Pen Tool - Paths
Take your pen tool and click on a blank canvas similar to what I have done below. Each time you click you create an anchor point.
Holding down shift while making an anchor point creates it in a straight line with the last anchor point.
Shape Layers
Shape layers option have very importance in Photoshop. We have mostly use this option when we create any fill shape. Designers use the shape layers option for many purpose. But you can create Photoshop shapes with this option. You can see example in preview below:
Paths
In the path option, you can create a any shape. Draw one point and take second point as it takes 3 and 4 points, At least you join the 4 point with initial point. In witch result you get a polygon shape as like in preview.How To Apply Pen Tool Stroke
First craet a new document in any size, fill it background with any nice color because it will give you best result.Second select the pen tool draw a any simple shape. After create a shape choose the add anchor point tool and add the new anchors in shape, make a wavy shape as like in this preview.
Third take your brush tool and choose any hard brush and size should be about 5-10 px. After that take again the pen tool and right click on any anchor point take Stroke Path:
Stroke Path
Summary
- Pen tool helps to draw paths easily by adding anchor points as you like.
- Straight path can be drawn by holding “SHIFT” key.
- Bezier handles after adding anchor points with the help of “Add Anchor” point tool helps in drawing simple shape to curve shape.
- Anchor points can easily be removed by using “Delete Anchor” point tool.
Hope you can learn something new from this tutorial.
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