Photoshop ® : Face Custom Shapes

Face Custom Shapes for Adobe Photoshop and Elements

Gallery of female faces for Photoshop etc

thumbnail gallery of face custom shapes for Photoshop and elements for pack 169 - many different face designs, different emotions, outlines, sketch shapes and more

Image gallery of people shapes

thumbnail gallery of face shapes pack 152 - wonderful vector designs for any size of work in Photoshop and elements

Thumbnail gallery of face shape

thumbnail gallery of male and female custom shapes in pack 93 - for Photoshop and Elements

Thumbnail Gallery of the faces shapes

thumbnail gallery of shapes pack 54 - face custom shapes for Photoshop and Elements

 

Additional images of face custom shapes for Photoshop and Elements

faces shapes photoshop

examples of the face shapes from pack 169 - 16 different face shape designs (vectors for any size of work) - in black but can be used in any color.

 

faces female designs

examples of the face shapes from pack 152 - many different face shape designs for use in Photoshop and other applications

 

male faces photoshop

examples from shapes pack 93 - 16 different face custom shapes

 

female faces photoshop

examples from shapes pack 54 - 16 face custom shapes designs - many different female shapes for your projects.

 

Opening face custom shapes in Photoshop

The face shapes are for use in Photoshop and Elements, open the CSH faces shapes file via the file open command or the preset manager or the custom shapes palette right side menu 'load / replace' commands. The file open command is probably the quickest way to load the face shapes into Photoshop

 

load face shapes

example of the face shapes from the pack 169 loaded into Photoshop CS6 / CS5.

 

Repousse and 3D face shapes in Photoshop Extended CS6 CS5

You can use the face designs with the Photoshop Extended 3D commands to create stunning 3D effects (in particular the new CS5 Repousse tool - you can also turn the design into a cube etc) You can then export the designs as OBJ (as well as other formats) etc and use the face forms (though no longer vectors) in many different 3D software such as Poser or DAZ 3D or 3D Studio Max.

 

Use multiple face custom shapes in Photoshop

The shapes can be applied once in a design but they can be applied multiple times - perhaps you want to create a crowd or perhaps multiple panels of a comic with subtle shifts of the same head (or variants of the same face etc)

 

comic scene faces

example above shows the repeat use of shapes in the pack 152 to create a quick comic book panel)

 

Loading face shapes EPS files

The face sets also come with the designs in EPS. The eps files are vector format files and they can be opened in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Illustrator, PSP, Indesign and many other applications. In most cases load the shapes via the file open command or use the file place / import commands (to load them as layers) - each application is different and will open the face shapes in a slightly different way

 

face eps shapes import

example shows a face design imported into Photoshop (could equally be Photoshop elements).

 

In Photoshop CS6 / CS5, the imported face shape becomes a smart object and can be used with smart filters and layer effects in countless ways. The original shape design (as a smart object) can be re-edited and all the smart filters etc are automatically re-applied to the design.

 

Face shapes - combining and distress and blends in Photoshop

The face designs can be

1) applied in any color

2) Overlapped with different blend modes

3) plug-in effects applied, as a layer

4) Used as a mask for other images

5) Combined with text, warped and distorted

6) Used as a selection

7) As a path

8) As a fill

9) Blurred

10) applied with a different opacity

11) applied as a frame

12) applied repeatedly

13) used as a distressed or grunged image

14) The paths modified to create a new shape

15) used as a brush source

16) used as a pattern source

17) used as a displacement and distortion source etc.

 

As has been made clear from the list above, the Photoshop shapes are a really key element when it comes to Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.

 

Face shapes as source for patterns in Photoshop

The face patterns can also be used in the same way as a source for patterns in Photoshop Elements.

 

Select the custom shape tool and then select the color as well as the type of shape to apply (shape layer etc) and then the face shape from the shape palette. In this example, using a face shape from pack 54

 

Apply the shape and then flatten via the layer flatten command and then edit define pattern command. Apply the pattern via the layer new fill layer pattern command where you can set the scale for the pattern design

 

The face shapes can be combined, modified, re-colored etc to create very complex as well as basic designs for patterns - a near infinite range of different and unique pattern face shape designs can be created. Added: January 6th 2012

 

faces 52 shapes

example - shapes from pack 52 applied in different colors across a background of red. The custom shapes are not just black (as displayed in the palette) they can be any color set in the foreground color / Photoshop toolbox

 

face gradients

Example Face shape from pack 152 used twice with different fills of gradients (gradient colors from graphicxtras gradients pack 3). The gradients fill a selection created via the path shape (second option on the Photoshop options for custom shapes). Convert to selections via the path palette.

 

faces photoshop

example from the shapes pack 54 - use the face shapes in countless ways such as on a record cover. Use the selection tools in Photoshop to add a couple of white highlights for the eyes.

 

Free faces custom shapes sampler / demo

 

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Date modified: May 13th, 2012

 

Creating plugins and presets since 1995. Privacy - no details sent to third parties. After buying the wonderful graphicxtras face shapes, you receive the download link to the face shapes zip file - once expanded, you will find the faces CSH shapes files along with documentation and a gallery of all the face shapes along with bonus material. Unique items, commercial use, royalty-free.