Advanced' Photo Effects Forums

So, I have my Polygon Tool all set, now I'll create my shape. Simply click and drag.

And there you have it. A seventy-five pointed star. As is standard in Photoshop, when creating the object you can use the SHIFT, ALT, and CTRL keys to control aspects of the object (for example holding SHIFT will keep the aspect ratio perfectly square). Making this object has created a solid color fill layer using my current foreground color (black) and it's using the vector shape as a layer mask for this layer.

Ok, so, you may be wondering, what is so cool about vectors? What's the big deal?

Well for one thing, working with vector shapes you can do some pretty cool stuff. Watch