How to Draw Custom Shapes in Photoshop

Learn how to draw custom shapes in Photoshop using the Custom Shape Tool and the Shapes panel. Plus how to load hundreds of missing shapes, how to combine and merge shapes, and how to save your own custom shape presets!

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► Video chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Creating a new Photoshop document
01:05 - Expanding the canvas with the Crop Tool
01:37 - Selecting the Custom Shape Tool
02:05 - Choosing a shape from the Custom Shape Picker
02:41 - The Tool Mode
02:47 - Choosing a fill color
03:36 - The stroke options
05:00 - Drawing a shape with the Custom Shape Tool
05:44 - Resizing and rotating the shape
06:33 - How to edit the shape's fill and stroke
07:08 - Entering a specific width and height
07:38 - The Flip Horizontal and Flip Vertical options
07:47 - Entering a specific rotation value
07:58 - The Path Selection Tool
08:30 - Aligning the shape in the center of the canvas
09:17 - How to delete the shape
09:35 - The Shapes panel intro
10:04 - Where to find the Shapes panel
10:26 - The Shapes panel overview
11:08 - Loading the missing custom shapes
12:09 - Drawing custom shapes from the Shapes panel
13:56 - Editing the fill and stroke
15:16 - Using the Swatches, Gradients and Patterns panels
16:33 - Adding more shapes from the Shapes panel
18:23 - Viewing the fill and stroke defaults
18:56 - Copy and paste a shape's attributes
19:37 - Clicking on shapes to select them
20:05 - How to select multiple shapes
20:23 - Editing all selected shapes at once
22:10 - Deleting multiple shapes at once
22:23 - How to combine shapes on the same layer
24:17 - Selecting combined shapes individually
24:47 - How to subtract one shape from another
26:22 - How to merge shapes into a single shape
27:31 - How to edit a merged shape
28:49 - Saving a new custom shape preset

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