- Load all the custom shapes included with
Photoshop. Photoshop ships with a large
custom shape library, but only a few are
loaded by default. To load every single
one of them (close to 300 in all):- Click the arrow to the right of the
word Shape in the options bar. - Click the arrow in the pop-up pal-
ette to display a long menu of options,
and then choose All. - As shown in Figure 11-40, Photoshop
asks whether you want to append the
shapes from the All library or replace
the current shapes. As its name im-
plies, the All library includes all of
Photoshop’s custom shapes, so click
the OK button to avoid duplicates.
- Click the arrow to the right of the
- Select the Crown 2 shape. To better see
the shapes, choose Large Thumbnail from
the pop-up palette’s menu. Photoshop’s
shape collection includes five crowns.
Scroll down, and double-click the sec-
ond one ( ), which I’ve outlined in red
in Figure 11-41. - Draw the crown shape. Draw the crown
above the letter T, as demonstrated in
Figure 11-42 on the next page. As you do,
press and hold the Shift key to constrain
the crown to its original aspect ratio, so
it appears neither stretched nor squished.
(Again, be sure to press Shift after you
begin dragging, not before.) Don’t forget
that you can press the spacebar to posi-
tion the crown on-the-fly. - Name the new layer. Double-click the
newest layer’s name in the Layers panel
and enter “Crown” instead.
Figure 11-40.Figure 11-41.Drawing and Editing Shapes 405