Adobe 13101332 - Photoshop - Mac User Manual page 204

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Fixed Size Renders a rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, or custom shape as a fixed
shape based on the values you enter in the Width and Height text boxes.
From Center (Photoshop) Renders a rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, or custom
shape from the center.
Indent Sides By (Photoshop) Renders a polygon as a star. Enter a percentage in the text
box to specify the portion of the star's radius taken up by the points. A 50% setting creates
points that are half the total radius of the star; a larger value creates sharper, thinner
points; a smaller value creates fuller points.
Proportional (Photoshop) Renders a rectangle, rounded rectangle, or ellipse as a
proportional shape based on the values you enter in the Width and Height text boxes.
Radius (Photoshop) For rounded rectangles, specifies the corner radius. For polygons,
specifies the distance from the center of a polygon to the outer points.
Sides (Photoshop) Specifies the number of sides in a polygon.
Smooth Corners or Smooth Indents (Photoshop) Renders a polygon with smooth
corners or indents.
Snap to Pixels (Photoshop) Snaps edges of a rectangle or rounded rectangle to the
pixel boundaries.
Square (Photoshop) Constrains a rectangle or rounded rectangle to a square.
Unconstrained (Photoshop) Lets you set the width and height of a rectangle, rounded
rectangle, ellipse, or custom shape by dragging.
Weight Determines the width of a line in pixels.
Using preset shapes (Photoshop)
When you're using the custom shape tool, you can choose from a variety of preset shapes.
You can also save shapes that you create as preset shapes.
To select a preset shape:
1 Select the custom shape tool
2 Select a shape from the Shape pop-up palette. (See
page 31.)
To save a shape or path as a custom shape:
1 In the Paths palette, select a path—either a vector mask for a shape layer, a work path,
or a saved path.
2 Choose Edit > Define Custom Shape, and enter a name for the new custom shape in the
Shape Name dialog box. The new shape appears in the Shape pop-up palette.
3 To save the new custom shape as part of a new library, select Save Shapes from the
pop-up palette menu.
You can also use the Preset Manager to manage libraries of custom shapes. For more infor-
mation, see "Managing libraries with the Preset Manager (Photoshop)" on page
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