User's Manual

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
2. Select the Rectangle tool.
Select the Rectangle tool from the toolbox and then click the Shape Layers icon in the options bar. Now, the Rectangle
tool creates a vector shape on a new layer. (Adjacent options let you create a path or a rasterized shape on the current
layer.)
3. Create a rectangle shape.
In the Layers palette, select the bottom layer in your image. Click and drag to create a rectangle covering the right
half of the image. The rectangle uses the foreground color by default. To change the color, double-click the layer
thumbnail to display the Color Picker and select a new color.
4. Add gradients to a shape.
Now add two more rectangle shapes, this time with gradient effects. Using the Rectangle Shape tool, drag a new
rectangle to cover the top left quarter of the image. Click the foreground color swatch and select a new color for this
rectangle. Choose Layer > Change Layer Content > Gradient. Leave Gradient at the default setting, and set Style to
Linear, angle to –50, and scale to 100%. Repeat these steps to create a second rectangle, this time with an angle of 20.