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tutorial will show you how to make a preset shape using the
pen tool and adjusting nodes to obtain the right shape you
need. |
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| Open a
600x600canvas, transparent. Pen tool/ freehand, use any
color for the foreground and fill. Draw the petals as shown
on the screen shot.
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| Edit the nodes to obtain the
desire shape. Note, this should be only one layer. See the
layer palette screen shot. |
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| To create another vector layer,
you'll have to right click on the "New Path" and click on
"select" to deselect it. Notice that the "select" on the
drop down menu is checked. When you click on it, this should
unchecked it and will allow you to create another object and
a new path for this object. |
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| Or,
click on layers, create a new vector layer. Then merge the
new vector layer down so, you'll only have 1 vector layer
when saving it as a preset shape later. |
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| Let's
add the center part of the flower. Change the fill color to
any color you desire. Pen tool/ freehand. Freehand draw the
ellipse and edit the nodes.
Notice that on the layer palette, a new path was created.
See screen shot.
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| Now,
right-click on the new added path and click on the checked
"select" option. Let's draw a stem for the flowers. |
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| Pen tool/ freehand, tracking 8/
color #388f03, no fill/ size 8. Freehand draw the
stems. Edit the nodes. Move the New Path to the bottom. To
move it, left click and hold the mouse and drag the new path
down to the bottom. |
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| Deselect the "New Path" and
create a new path. This path will be the leaves. Change the
fill color to #b0c30a and size to 1. Freehand draw the
leaves. Edit the nodes and move this new path down to the
bottom. See the screen shot |
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| Tip: you might want to name the
path as you create a new image. For example you are creating
leaves, name the path "leaves". This way, it will be easier
to find that path whenever you want to change the colors or
fill. |
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To put shades on the flower, deselect the path you just
created and create a new path for your shades. Pen tool/
freehand size 1/ tracking 1/ color #fd8f0d. Free hand draw
the image, edit the nodes if needed. Move this path below
the center of the flower and name it "flower shades". |
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| Deselect the flower shades path.
Change the foreground color to #00000 and fill color to
#a0c50b. Pen tool size 1/ freehand. Draw lines on the
leaves. Move this layer above the leaves and name it
"leaves-shades". |
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| Hmmm.. Let's add another shade
to the flower. Change the foreground and fill color to
#ff0000. Freehand draw lines on the flower. Move this new
path below the flower shades. |
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should have 7 paths, 1 vector layer. |
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| Now, right click on any of the
paths, and choose "select all" from the drop down menu.
Notice the selections on the canvas? That means the vector
layer has been selected. |
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| Right, click again on any of the
selected path and on the drop down menu choose "Group". |
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Name
this group. I named mine "Elenas-flower". Now click on file,
Export, Shape. A new window should pop out and enter the
file name. File name should be the same as the group name.
Click OK. Now, let's see if it save it on your preset shape.
Press the preset shape icon.
Locate the file you just saved. Check the "Retain style,
anti-alias and create
as a vector". Open a new canvas and place that shape on the
canvas. If you
want to edit any of the paths, just click on that path and
then click the pen
tool. You should be able to edit nodes, change sizes and
colors, then resave
it.
You can also merge this layer visible and save it as a
picture tube.
If you want to convert each layer to raster layer for you to
be able to apply
cutout or airbrush the image, you'll have to cut and paste
each layer to a new
canvas.
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