Using the Polygon tool of Photoshop

Graphic design firm needs not fret over the issues of creating a peppy pentagon or a simple heptagon, for now Photoshop has brought the entire range of shapes at their command, under the watch word polygon tool.

The polygon tool is a part of the vector tools in the Photoshop library that lets graphics designer draw unlimited images and without any loss of quality.

The images can be as complex as an 8-edged star or a jagged cross-section of a hack-saw with many sides but the method using polygon tool is a lot simpler.

How to draw, using polygon tool

Next we make a foray into the method of drawing any arbitrary figure like a star as follows-<ul>

• Click the new layer icon at the layer palette.
• Choose the shape tool and there the polygon tool from the drawing tools.
• After selecting the polygon tool click the arrow from the option bar. This opens the polygons options to custom graphic design by varying its parameters called the custom shape tool.
• Choose the number of sides say 45, shapes say a star and indent by sides by a percentage say 50% and also the color of the picture in the template.
• Select the shape layer.
• Click and drag the figure, this gives the new figure the creative graphic designer is looking forward to.

The above tutorial uses the custom shape tool which is a readymade store house of available shapes like the star, arrows, footprints etc.

Getting more out of polygon tools

This is by no means the end of it, more amazingly

• You can get more such custom shapes installed from the website of a graphic design company.
• You can also design a shape of your own choice using the instructions of the photoshop manuals though this will take a little time and practice.
• you can add frequently used new figures to the Photoshop’s shape library

Thus the polygon tool is a cutting edge over any other contemporary tool known for its comprehensiveness and versatility.

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