Comments on: Installing & Using Photoshop Custom Shapes

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:53:07 +0000

Sure!

1. Make sure you have the layer with the banner shape on it selected.
2. Click somewhere outside the banner using your magic wand selection tool.
3. Now you want to invert your selection so it’s selecting the shape inside the banner (and the banner itself), so choose Select > Inverse.
4. Make a new layer BENEATH the layer with the banner on it.
5. To make sure your new color doesn’t show around the borders of the banner, you want to contract that selection just a bit. So choose Select > Modify > Contract, then put in 1 or 2 pixels (depending on how big your image is)
6. Use the paint bucket tool (or the gradient tool) and the color of your choosing to click somewhere inside that banner.
7. Voila, you now have a solid or gradient background behind it. If you want to add a pattern, you can do that, too – just add it as a layer style to that new layer you created.

By: jan

jan — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:09:27 +0000

hi, i noticed that the banner itself cannot be filled with color. it’s actually transparent. is there any way that i can fill it with color or gradient, etc???

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:32:01 +0000

Thank you for your extraordinary tutorials and downloads. This is so helpful.

By: anand

anand — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:47:41 +0000

wow! super tutorial. thank you sir.thank you.

By: Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art — Mon, 10 May 2010 10:22:48 +0000

nice blog please keep it up

By: shoaib hussain

shoaib hussain — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:39:36 +0000

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By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:54:03 +0000

@dingding: It doesn’t matter whether it’s a Mac or a PC, it still installs the same. However, this tutorial is for Photoshop. I don’t think you can use Photoshop’s shapes in GIMP, yet. Maybe you can, I don’t know. I’m not a GIMP user at all. You could check out some GIMP forums and see. Best of luck!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:03:22 +0000

I’m just coming back to graphics after a few yrs of
burn out & lack of inspiration/time, plus, I’m starting
to learn CS3 right now …it’s not as easy as I hoped lol.
But thanks for your site and resources (stuff other than
just brushes) so I can start to load some quality images
and your tuts to help me learn to use them…. awesome work
and it’s greatly appreciated!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:16:43 +0000

Your website and tutorial is absolutely wonderful.
Thanks for all the helpful tools.

By: mizzkr1

mizzkr1 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:59:03 +0000

can you use this step with gimp as well ?

By: Chris Hebert

Chris Hebert — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:41:02 +0000

Your brushes are incredible and a life savor for me. Love your tutorials too. Very easy to understand and follow.

Big thanks for all your time devoted to your site and work!!!

Thanks!

Chris

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:48:53 +0000

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By: lex

lex — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:11:11 +0000

gotta love people who do these things!
:)
thanks!

By: poobear

poobear — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:58:52 +0000

This is great, thank you so much for sharing

Malissa

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:59:14 +0000

Hey, wow. This tutorial rocks socks. Thanks for the walkthrough. I was going to suggest linking to this on your main page, but I see you’ve already done that. Another great Photoshop resource for me to refer back to! Thanks, Stephanie.