Connection shapes for Photoshop and Elements

 

 

You can use the entire graphic but in some places it might be better to cut or clip the artwork - some of the items are very complex and have a lot of points and cropping them removes a lot of extra points that may or may not be visible

What can I do with the connection shapes for Adobe PS and PS Elements ?

They can be used in commercial work as well as personal work, you can use them to create items that can be used in turn to create new shapes that can be sold and so on (CU4CU). They can be used to create logos, book covers and interiors, illustrations, scrapbooking, CD covers, advertising, packaging, posters, caps, textiles, ceramics, skateboards, leaflets, web sites, templates, videos and much more.

 

 

They can be combined with type in many different ways

 

 

You can fill the connections (cropped) with color such as grayscale gradients

 

 

A basic connection shape for Adobe PS and PS Elements in purple

 

The connection Photoshop shapes can be used once or multiple times in different colors and different sizes

 

The connection Photoshop shapes can be used as a shape layer and have styles applied such as drop shadow styles - the edges of the connection fractal image have been slightly blurred using the Photoshop blur tool

 

Special effects such as camera raw filters and tilt blurs can be applied

 

The connection shapes for Adobe PS and PS Elements can be applied once or multiple times and in different colors such as the purple graphic and pink

 

Type can be combined with the artwork in numerous ways

 

They can be filled with random colors to create a pseudo stained glass effect

Export to graphic applications

You don't have to keep the shapes only for Adobe Photoshop, you can use them in other applications such as PaintShop Pro, GIMP and many more. If you use them as a shape layer then you can also copy and paste into Illustrator or use the export command to export the path as an AI document to open them in vector apps (not all but certainly most). You can also just apply them as a pixel / raster image and then save as a PNG or TIFF image and open that file in PSP and other applications. As the custom shape is a vector, you can make the file size of your raster export any size - say 5000 x 5000 and then import that. You can also use the shape decorative graphic to create strokes and tiles in Adobe PS and others and export. You can also use the shapes more than once to perhaps build a far more complex graphic and then export that to another application. You can save them as a PSB file as well via smart objects if you are using the latest versions of creative cloud. Or use visual effects and then export or apply transformations and warps, the sky is definitely not the limit.

 

 

You can combine the connection Photoshop shapes with other paths such as an ellipse

 

They can be applied as a layer can have a fill and stroke - black fill and red stroke above

 

They are all vectors and can be distorted in all kinds of ways using tranaforms / scale / rotate etc

Video tutorials

You can find all our videos about the custom shapes via the graphicxtras channel on youtube.

 

Transform shapes for Photoshop video (youtube)

You can select a decorative graphic in Adobe PS (CC 2014 for the video but the same for earlier) and use the various transform tools to create a totally new and unique custom shape and that can then be saved as a new shape for future use