"Photoshop" - it is this program that has no equal in working on photographs. The list of its capabilities and functions is just off scale. However, even when mastering all the tricked-out operations, a problem may arise with the simplest of them - how to draw an arrow in Photoshop CS6. This will be discussed in the article. We will consider all the most popular ways to do this, and offer detailed step-by-step instructions.
Method using the Line tool
In total, three ways will be considered how to draw an arrow in Photoshop. We start, naturally, with one that does not imply doing manipulations outside the program itself:
- Locate the Line tool in the left pane and select it.
- After you do this, an additional panel will appear at the top. In it, you can choose from which end of the line the arrow will be, and you can also set the necessary proportions, such as width, length and curvature.
- After all the necessary values are set by you, you can start drawing the arrow.
- If you indicated that the arrow will be at the end of the line, then hover over the image from the side where the arrow will start from and, holding the left mouse button, move it to the place where it will point.
This is what the first way looks like in Photoshop to draw an arrow. As you can see, this is very simple. Thus, you can quickly point out important objects to the photo in order to attract the attention of the person who will view the image.
The method using the Free Shape tool
Above was the first way to draw an arrow in Photoshop. Perhaps, to someone it causes trouble and is not very suitable. That is why the toolkit of the program allows you to accomplish the desired in several ways:
- Initially, we need to select the Free Shape tool. To do this, move the mouse cursor to the left panel, the Line tool, and press the left mouse button. Holding it, move the cursor to "Tool" - "Free Shape" "and then release it.
- The tool we need is selected. Now a window appeared in the panel on top, in which you can select the proposed shape from the list. Since we need to draw an arrow, we select it. It is noteworthy that there are several different arrows available, so focus on your taste.
- Now move the cursor to the area of the picture where the arrow should begin, and move the mouse to the desired object. Along the way, moving it, you can change the width of the arrow.
That's it. Now you know two ways how to draw an arrow in Photoshop, using only the tools of the program itself. Well, now move on to the third option.
Method number 3: paste PNG
How to draw an arrow in Photoshop, we already know, now we will discuss how to insert it. You ask - why? As you may have noticed, arrows drawn with tools are uniform and dry in terms of design. And this method offers you to change this by inserting a PNG file into the picture:
- Go online and find the arrow image you need. To do this, you can visit the "Yandex-pictures" and enter the word "arrow" in the search bar.
- From the list, select the one that you liked, but be careful and look at the image format, it is important that it is in PNG.
- Download the picture to your computer.
- Find the picture and drag it to Photoshop, putting it on top of the main one.
- Now use the tools in the sidebar to resize, rotate, and position the arrow as you like.
Now you have learned all three ways how to draw an arrow in Photoshop. We hope you find them useful.