How to make arrows in Photoshop CS...

So I know this might not be true for Photoshop CS2 or CS3 for that matter. But for Photoshop CS which is the one I have on my work computer. I was always dumbfounded that there wasn't an easy way to make an arrow. Illustrator and InDesign have the options to make them through the Line Tool. So I found the option to make an arrow while looking to make a star shape. And I'll give a little tutorial as to where it is...


Basically, if you go to the Shape tool, most default to the Rectangle Tool in your toolbar.

Go down to custom shape. At the top of the page you'll see the options for that.

You should see a "Shape:" text with a box and a drop down option to the right of that.

If you click the drop down part you have a whole host of shapes there to choose from including the Arrow shape as well as other useful shapes like a heart, checkmark, target, lightbulb, copyright mark, registered mark and trademark.


So that's the easy way to find that and make use of shapes that before I found them, had to be created by hand in Photoshop and really were a pain and time waster.

Thank you for your time!
Matt Gavenda
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www.mattgavenda.com

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