Sunday, March 28, 2021
March
is almost over. It is hard to believe
this year is moving along so quickly, and I am nearing the end of showing you a
full year of calendar images. This week
I am featuring my kaleidoscope from November of 2013.
The
original image from this was a photo of a carpet design. There is an endless array of carpet designs
out there, and I found at the time that they make for some beautiful kaleidoscopes. The crop shape I used for this one came from
a custom shapes file that I purchased online.
If you do a little searching, there are lots of sites that have custom
shapes, patterns, brushes, and gradients that you can purchase or sometimes find
for free and use within Photoshop. This
particular shape was included in a shapes file that contained an assortment of
circles. I used a feathered edge when I
cropped my duplicate layer and then edited the colors.
The
files that contain custom shapes are called .csh files. In order to see them in the menu, they need
to be copied into the folder where all of the Photoshop Elements shapes are
housed. It can be found under
Presets>Custom Shapes where Photoshop Elements has been installed on your
computer. You do not manage them through
the Preset Manager like you do brushes and patterns. They have to be moved into the actual
Photoshop folder where custom shapes are.
It is a good idea to keep track of these files and remember that you put
them there, because if you ever need to reinstall Photoshop you will have to
move them there again.
Image Copyright © 2013 Judith Ahlborn
So pretty!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jenna!
DeleteThat is good information regarding the .csh files. It is interesting that some customizations you have to place in the right folder, while others are dealt with through the brush and pattern managers.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is different for these, so it is good to know where to put them and remember that you have them there.
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