cletus
Jan-28-2005, 06:50 AM
Here's a home for all those "I may never use it, but that sure is cool!" Photoshop tips & tricks.
For our first entry: Arrows
Arrows can be handy-dandy things. When you're writing tutorials you can use arrows to point to controls you want your readers to use. When you're critiquing or offering suggestions on an image you can use an arrow to point out a specific area or feature that you want to discuss. When your buddy posts a self portrait and there is a great big booger hanging out of their nose, you can use an arrow to point it out!
As with anything in Photoshop, there are a million ways to make arrows. I prefer the method described in Scott Kelby's Photoshop CS Killer Tips:
When you're ready to make your arrows, grab the line tool (it shares tool palette space with the other shape tools):
http://ab0wa.smugmug.com/photos/14926911-M.gif
Once you have the Line tool selected, take a look at the Option bar (if the Option bar is not visible, you can get to it with Window > Options.) To the left of the line Weight option there is a little downward pointing triangle that opens the Geometery Options dropdown:
http://ab0wa.smugmug.com/photos/14926912-M.jpg
http://ab0wa.smugmug.com/photos/14926910-M.jpg
In the Geometery Options dropdown you can specify arrowheads on the start and/or end of the line and specify the size of the arrowhead compared to the weight of the line.
Once you have arrowheads turned on you can click-drag with the line tool to make arrows all over the place!
http://ab0wa.smugmug.com/photos/14928243-M.gif
For our first entry: Arrows
Arrows can be handy-dandy things. When you're writing tutorials you can use arrows to point to controls you want your readers to use. When you're critiquing or offering suggestions on an image you can use an arrow to point out a specific area or feature that you want to discuss. When your buddy posts a self portrait and there is a great big booger hanging out of their nose, you can use an arrow to point it out!
As with anything in Photoshop, there are a million ways to make arrows. I prefer the method described in Scott Kelby's Photoshop CS Killer Tips:
When you're ready to make your arrows, grab the line tool (it shares tool palette space with the other shape tools):
http://ab0wa.smugmug.com/photos/14926911-M.gif
Once you have the Line tool selected, take a look at the Option bar (if the Option bar is not visible, you can get to it with Window > Options.) To the left of the line Weight option there is a little downward pointing triangle that opens the Geometery Options dropdown:
http://ab0wa.smugmug.com/photos/14926912-M.jpg
http://ab0wa.smugmug.com/photos/14926910-M.jpg
In the Geometery Options dropdown you can specify arrowheads on the start and/or end of the line and specify the size of the arrowhead compared to the weight of the line.
Once you have arrowheads turned on you can click-drag with the line tool to make arrows all over the place!
http://ab0wa.smugmug.com/photos/14928243-M.gif