7 free custom shape sets

You may sometime want to quickly create a shape object in Photoshop, but lack the necessary skills needed to create a wonderful shape. Luckily, in the Photoshop community there are hundreds of websites which have custom made shapes. So, what exactly are custom shapes? Well, basically there are shapes that have been designed, created and saved without you needing to lift a finger.

Below I will provide a collection of 7 free Photoshop custom shape sets. I’ve tried to select the custom shapes with diverse categories.

People silhouette





ILoveWeapons




Sea Creatures




Assorted Logo





Surfing Theme




Splat Shapes





Kiddy stuff

120 Free hand drawn vectors

I previously wrote a post on hand drawn icons. This time I have found a collection of 120 + hand drawn vector graphics created by think design. Some of the hand drawn items include arrows, RSS logos, social bookmarking icons, and tonnes of other goodies.



The author of these vectors is a big fan of ‘hand drawn stuff’, so decided to put together a selection of the hand drawn graphics. The graphics are setup so that they can be easily modified.

I have noticed the hand drawn graphics are becoming very popular. A lot of people seem to be placing these hand drawn vectors in there blogs.

Why not download these graphics and have some fun.

Quick tip 7 – Object positioning

This is part 7 of the Photoshop quick tip series and in this tip you will learn how to perform absolute object positioning. This is where an object is placed in an exact position on the canvas. The position can be align top edge, align vertical centre, align bottom edges, align left edge, align right edge and finally align horizontal centre.

There are occasions when you want to place your PS objects exactly on the left, middle or right side of the canvas. You can of course, manually place the objects on the canvas, but this can cause the positioning to be inaccurate, and can also take a long time to find the exact position.

To quickly perform absolute object positioning, you firstly need to open up your PS document then select (Ctrl + A) on the keyboard which will selects everything in the canvas.



Now you need to choose the Move tool (V) and then locate the top of the menu bar where you will see the options for aligning the object.



After you have selected the Move tool, you simply click on the align button you wish. I have chosen the ‘align to top edge’ button.



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Quick tip 6 - Reset zoom in Photoshop

This is part six of the Photoshop quick tip series where you will learn how to reset the zoom. Resetting the zoom is when you return a zoomed image to it original size.

We have all used the Zoom tool (Z) in the toolbox, or with shortcut keys to zoom into an image. The shortcut key for zooming in is (Ctrl +) and for zooming out is (Ctrl + -).

When you zoom into an image, you sometimes want to return to the original size. Of course, you can zoom back out using the convention methods such as navigator panel or the history panel. But a quick and easy method of zooming out is to use the three keys on the keyboard which are (Ctrl + Alt + 0). This shortcut key will return your zoomed image back to its original size.

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