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Hi, im new to photoshop, and ive been trying to learn about it but i have a problem. Evertime i try to make a shape it creates a whole new layer for the shape. So everytime i creat a line using the line shape it makes a new layer called shape #X, how do create a shape on an existing layer?

you go to merge layers

Is it copyright infringement if I make an image saying it was my own if I used the shapes in photoshop to create the image?

The shapes in Photoshop, as in the default brushes and the shapes loaded up with the pen tool, right? The answer is no, because they’re just basic circles, squares and whatnot. It’s just like drawing a square on paper – you’re not infringing the copyright holder of the square, because there is no copyright holder.

The content that comes with Photoshop is free for you to use in your works. If you’re going to download brushes from external sources, though, make sure you check the license/crediting terms and conditions – while some authors allow you to reuse their content without credit, many others require you to cite them in the description of the work.

I have created a shape on photoshop and when i try to fill it with colour it fills the whole canvas not just the shape. Need help!

With custom shapes in photoshop, how they behave depends on the options set for the custom shape tool. Depending on which version of Photoshop you use, as you click on each different tool, the Tool Options Bar (across the top of the screen above the toolbox) changes to show different ways that tool can be used.

For more information about the tool options bar, here is a link you can look at.

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/ig/The-Photoshop-CS2-Workspace/Options-Bar.htm

For the custom shape tool, look at the second, third and fourth icons on the bar. They are grouped together and look like a square with little squares on each corner, a pen nib with a square over it, and a plain square. If the pen nib with a square over it is selected on your option bar, when you try and fill the shape with colour, the whole canvas fills with colour.

If you click on the fourth icon (plain square), this is for pixel fill of the shape and when you draw the shape it immediately fills with colour you have selected in the Colour Selector Box. If you want to change the colour after you have drawn the shape, use the paint bucket and it should only fill the shape.

I have tried the 30 day trial for photoshop cs3 &nd cs4 before. they are unistalled off my computer but now i am using gimp but i was wondering if "is there a way i can get the same custom shapes on photoshop and make them into brushes on gimp" if so where &nd how????
plz help

you can import abr brushes into gimp > brushes folder, some may work some may not, Gimp has its own method of making gbr brushes and patterns and animated brush shapes,

abr viewer

http://abrviewer.sourceforge.net/

deviantar photoshop bushes

http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=gimp+bushes#order=9&q=photoshop+bushes

deviantart gimp bushes

http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=gimp+bushes

http://emptyeasel.com/2008/10/03/gimp-brushes-tutorial-how-to-modify-and-create-brushes-in-gimp/

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Custom_Brushes/

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Is it possible to autofill certain shapes in photoshop automatically? If so how?

I have a 5000 page PDF with squares and rectangles of information that I would like fill with color. Can this be done in a few clicks?

Thanks in advance!

No, I’ve never heard of Photoshop being able to recognize shapes like you’re looking for. There may be other methods depending on the PDF though. For example…you could select a color range and then fill with another color, or select a fixed position to fill IF all of the boxes are in a similar format.

I want to make some custom shapes on photoshop. I know that you have to use the pen tool.. but is there any other method of making them?

Also, if i want a shape for example a circle, and I want a hole inside it to make it like a donut or something, how do I do that? I can’t seem to subtract from the already made shape from the anchors.

Thanks in advance!

To create a doughnut shape,
♦ choose the ellipse shape tool with the fill icon selected
♦ Pull your filled outer circle
♦ With the Alt key (Windows) depressed, pull the inside circle
♦ The second shape is subtracted from the first and you’re left with a doughnut shape
♦ You can select the inner circle with the path selection tool and move it around if you want
♦ Edit > Define Custom Shape to save it.

This video will show you how to combine multiple shapes into one reusable shape

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I have recently got to grips with photoshop and most recently illustrator however I am lacking shapes and general brushes etc so cannot seem to find any on the net… any ideas? thanks alot

Brusheezy.com and Vectoreezy.com. They are great sites, and they link to some of the wonderful artists who provide lots of cool free brushes, vectors, textures, and so on.

By the way, I also suggest you Google “making your own brushes in Photoshop” or “creating brushes in Photoshop” because you can make your own brushes from all sorts of things.

Hope that helps.

A series of quick tip videos for use with Photoshop CS.

In this video:

1. Finding Windows
2. Changing the background colour
3. Resizing using smart objects
4. Proportionate shapes
5. Rulers and guides.

Many more tutorials are available from my site at http://www.devotion-graphics.com

PS. Please excuse the commentary. I’m using a bad mic and have a bit of a flu.

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