- Carve a second star out of the first. Press the Alt key (Option key
on the Mac) and draw another star from the same starting point
(marked by the yellow in Figure 11-31) to the next guideline
intersection (the dark green in the figure). Because the Alt or
Option key is down, Photoshop subtracts the new shape from
the previous one. The result is a star-shaped white stroke. - Click the arrow tool in the toolbox. Or press the A key to select
the black arrow, which Photoshop calls the path selection tool.
As you saw in Lesson 10, it permits you to select and modify
path outlines. Here, we’ll use it to select the path that defines
our shape layer - Select both inner and outer star paths. Click one of the star
paths to select it. Then press the Shift key and click the other
star. Photoshop selects both paths. - Transform and duplicate the star. Press Ctrl+Alt+T (�-Option-T
on the Mac) to duplicate the selected star paths and enter the
free transform mode. As usual, you have to take on faith that
you’ve duplicated the star because, for the moment, the cloned
paths exactly overlap the originals.
Figure 11-31.398 Lesson 11: Text and Shapes