Welcome eager young artists!

Ms. Edelman Friday, April 21, 2023

DO NOW: take out your notebook and a pen. Review your notes from yesterday.

What is the SHAPE tool?

Allows you to draw a variety of VECTOR-based shapes.

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What is a VECTOR graphic?

Graphics made up of points, lines, and curves that are based on mathematical equations.

Flat-colored, hard-edged, always sharp at any size: resolution independent.

What is a RASTER graphic?

Graphics represented by an array of different colored pixels.

Resolution-dependent: art must be created for the intended use, screen or print.

What are the shape options?

Allows you to control a variety of shapes and set the color.

What are the shape options?

Rectangle

RoundedRectangle

Ellipse

Polygon

Line

CustomShape

What are the custom shapes?

The options arrows offers many other categories of useful shapes and symbols.

How do vector shapes work? The shapes create

a special layers icon with a VECTOR MASK.

Double click the raster icon to change the fill color.

Shape masks can be found under the PATHS palette.

How do I modify a shape?

Use the PATH SELECTION tool to move the shape.

Use the DIRECT SELECTION tool to move a single point of a shape.

EXERCISE: Create a New Document with the following

specifications:Size: 8” x 8”Resolution: 72 ppiColor Mode: RGB

Save As: yourname_shapes.psd

Create a collage using each of the 5 shapes plus at least 3 custom shapes.