Photoshop shapes

**gvblake22** · January 23rd, 2007

Ok, I cannot seem to figure out how to make simple shapes in photoshop!!

I can make squares, rectangles, circles, etc, but they always have a solid color fill. I want to make one of those shapes with a hollow fill and a colored border of a custom width. I'm sure there is probably an easy way, but I cannot find it. Can one of you Photoshop geniuses point me in the right direction?

Panda Man · January 23rd, 2007

You mean like this?

Vecpix : Photoshop, Illustrator, flash and other vector and raster graphic designing tutorials

**gvblake22** · January 23rd, 2007

Just a plain circle, square, rectangle, polygon, whatever that is just a border with hollow fill...

DeanOlicious · January 23rd, 2007

What version are you using there?

You probably wanting to use paths if your doin what I think your wanting to do.
The simple way is to select the Paths button in the top panel, it's the middle button to the left of the shapes buttons, it looks like a pen tip inside a box. Now use the shape button that you wanted to use, and once you got the outline of the shape, right click and select Stroke. This will stroke the outline with whatever thickness and brush you choose. It's pretty much the same in all versions, but if it seems different let me know what version your using.

Oh I forgot, if you want the shape to be perfectly square or circle then hold Shift while drawing it.

Mithosphere · January 23rd, 2007

oh there should be a button near the top toolbar called style, click the arrow next to it and choose the 0% fill opacity bottom left

**gvblake22** · January 24th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeanOlicious

What version are you using there?

Oh yeah, sorry, it's Photoshop CS2...

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeanOlicious

You probably wanting to use paths if your doin what I think your wanting to do.
The simple way is to select the Paths button in the top panel, it's the middle button to the left of the shapes buttons, it looks like a pen tip inside a box. Now use the shape button that you wanted to use, and once you got the outline of the shape, right click and select Stroke. This will stroke the outline with whatever thickness and brush you choose. It's pretty much the same in all versions, but if it seems different let me know what version your using.

Aahhhhh, that sounds about right on. I'll give it a try later and let you know how it goes. Thanks!

**PrOLifIC_onE** · January 24th, 2007

Photoshop is great but it's funny how some of the simpler things like making a shape can be so difficult to find. I remember having the same issue (but I use CS, not CS2). In the toolbar there are so many functions behind one another, that you can get lost sometimes...

DeanOlicious · January 24th, 2007

Haha, I know what you mean prolific, sometimes I'll whip out ms paint just to do simple stuff then copy/paste. One other tip, there's a grid function you can select under view, then click show i think.

**gvblake22** · January 24th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeanOlicious

You probably wanting to use paths if your doin what I think your wanting to do.
The simple way is to select the Paths button in the top panel, it's the middle button to the left of the shapes buttons, it looks like a pen tip inside a box. Now use the shape button that you wanted to use, and once you got the outline of the shape, right click and select Stroke. This will stroke the outline with whatever thickness and brush you choose. It's pretty much the same in all versions, but if it seems different let me know what version your using.

Yep, that prettymuch does what I was hoping for. It took a bit to get it figured out, but I think I've got it down now. Thanks Dean!!! :wavey:

January 23rd, 2007	#1
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,356 Blog Entries: 1	Photoshop shapes Ok, I cannot seem to figure out how to make simple shapes in photoshop!! I can make squares, rectangles, circles, etc, but they always have a solid color fill. I want to make one of those shapes with a hollow fill and a colored border of a custom width. I'm sure there is probably an easy way, but I cannot find it. Can one of you Photoshop geniuses point me in the right direction?

January 23rd, 2007	#2
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,907	Re: Photoshop shapes You mean like this? Vecpix : Photoshop, Illustrator, flash and other vector and raster graphic designing tutorials Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

January 23rd, 2007	#3
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,356 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Photoshop shapes Just a plain circle, square, rectangle, polygon, whatever that is just a border with hollow fill...

January 23rd, 2007	#4
DeanOlicious There can only be One... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Troy, AL Posts: 276	What version are you using there? You probably wanting to use paths if your doin what I think your wanting to do. The simple way is to select the Paths button in the top panel, it's the middle button to the left of the shapes buttons, it looks like a pen tip inside a box. Now use the shape button that you wanted to use, and once you got the outline of the shape, right click and select Stroke. This will stroke the outline with whatever thickness and brush you choose. It's pretty much the same in all versions, but if it seems different let me know what version your using. Oh I forgot, if you want the shape to be perfectly square or circle then hold Shift while drawing it. Last edited by gvblake22; January 24th, 2007 at 04:09. Reason: consecutive posts merged

January 23rd, 2007	#5
Mithosphere Yeah, so are your pants! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cherry Capital of the World Posts: 564	Re: Photoshop shapes oh there should be a button near the top toolbar called style, click the arrow next to it and choose the 0% fill opacity bottom left Pentium D 915\|EVGA 7050 mATX\|OCZ XTC 2GB\|XFX 7900GS XT\|Hyper Type-R 580W\|Qmicra 2 Case Last edited by Mithosphere; January 23rd, 2007 at 20:11.

January 24th, 2007	#7
PrOLifIC_onE 5 Minute Mod Man Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 673 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Photoshop shapes Photoshop is great but it's funny how some of the simpler things like making a shape can be so difficult to find. I remember having the same issue (but I use CS, not CS2). In the toolbar there are so many functions behind one another, that you can get lost sometimes...

January 24th, 2007	#8
DeanOlicious There can only be One... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Troy, AL Posts: 276	Re: Photoshop shapes Haha, I know what you mean prolific, sometimes I'll whip out ms paint just to do simple stuff then copy/paste. One other tip, there's a grid function you can select under view, then click show i think.

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