Adobe Photoshop has a special place among users. This is a professional editor that has a huge number of functions. When used correctly, you can retouch photos, create graphic illustrations, 3D objects, and more. For beginners, it will be difficult to immediately understand the simplest things, for example, how to draw a triangle in Photoshop. Or a beginner may find it hard to work with layers. On the Internet you can find a huge number of courses on Photoshop. They talk about the intricacies of work, they are educational in nature.
How to draw a triangle in Photoshop
There are several ways to draw triangles. To do this, pay attention to the toolbar - everything you need is here. First you need to understand how to use the tools in Photoshop. Each item on the panel has its own special function. There are brushes, lines, magnifiers, magic wands and much more. The user should pay attention to the fact that in one cell various parameters can be contained. For example, in the cell with an eraser, you can find the Background Eraser and Magic Eraser tools by right-clicking on the tool. A graphic triangle can be drawn with the following tools, which will be considered in the article:
Using the Line Tool
How to draw a triangle in Photoshop using lines? Very simple. We select the tool of the same name, from the top in the settings menu you can adjust the parameters that the user needs. For example, fill color, outline color, line thickness, stroke thickness and other points.
- For an arbitrary triangle. After selecting the parameters, we draw the first line. From the end of the first we draw the second. We connect the end of the second and the beginning of the first line. In the layers menu, select the three resulting shapes (Shift + left mouse button) and right-click to select "Combine Shapes". Some might have noticed that in the process of creating a triangle, a small window popped up near the cursor with degrees of angle and line length. Thanks to this small panel, the user can adjust the resulting triangle.
- For a rectangular isosceles triangle. It is necessary to draw a line using the pressed Shift key. The second line is drawn from the end of the first, adjusting the angle of 45/90 degrees while holding Shift until the auxiliary ones indicate the desired stopping place. Connect these two lines of the third.
Using the Polygon Tool
The simplest command is to draw a triangle in Photoshop. As mentioned earlier, the toolbar in one cell contains many different tools. In the cell where the Line tool was located, there is a Polygon. When you select it, the edit panel appears on top (as it was with the "Line"). There you can set the necessary parameters. Be sure to enter a value of 3 in the "Parties" field.
By default, an equilateral triangle will be built, where all sides are 60 degrees. The resulting figure can be pulled and pressed to get the desired shape. To do this, go to the following path "Edit"> "Transform the path"> "Scaling", or use the hot key Shift + T.