Adobe Photoshop 6.0 User Guide

Storage of custom shapes Once you’ve created shapes that you want to use over again or share with
colleagues, you can save them as custom shapes. Photoshop stores custom shapes in a shape library that’s
available from the options bar when you select the custom shape tool. Alternatively, you can use the Preset
Manager to save custom shapes in separate shape libraries. Shape libraries are portable, so workgroups can
easily design, share, and add to them.
Defining and working with a custom shape
Resolution-independent type With Photoshop 6.0, you can easily combine crisp, resolution-independent
type with pixel-based images and then output sharp type edges with your image to produce high-quality
results.
Vector-based masks One powerful new vector feature involves using editable shapes to clip out or mask
image areas. Known as layer clipping paths, these shapes can be modified just like any other vector shapes
using the direct selection, add anchor point, and delete anchor point tools. To produce a mix of hard and
soft masking edges, simply combine layer clipping paths and layer masks on the same layer.
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