How to Draw a Curved Arrow in Photoshop TUTORIAL

  • #2

looks manus drawn, or at MOST, an attempt at using the pen tool... merely do that, then it looks like they simply blurred the end... i'm sure you tin can come up with something MUCH meliorate than that... that one doesn't look very professional....

  • #3

How to create a curved arrow in photoshop tutorial

Right, that's a matter of using Paths (pen tool).

However, there are a couple ways to go about it.

If you want a elementary outlined head...
1) Draw a curved path, deselect it, so draw an angled path for the arrow caput. Select both Paths and Stroke them using a brush that'south the width/size you desire your lines to be.

If you want a solid triangular shaped head...
2) Use the Line tool and set the Options to use the "Vector Shape Layer" setting (1st icon button on the far left of the bar).
In the Line tool settings also, open up the Geometry Options menu and set your line to accept an arrow caput at the end of it.
Now draw a direct line, that starts and ends where you desire your arrow to kickoff and finish.
Zoom in close on the center of the line.
With the Pen tool selected, hold down the ALT primal and click on one side of the line. Then click again on the reverse side of the line. This adds two new nodes to your path.
Hold the Ctrl primal downwardly and drag out a option around these 2 new nodes. Then while even so belongings the Ctrl key, click-&-drag either of the nodes in the management you want your pointer line to bend.
Click outside the shape to deselect it.
At present agree the Ctrl cardinal over again and drag out a choice around the 3 corner points on the solid arrow caput (tip and both side corner).
Press Ctrl+T. Click-&-drag on the exterior of the Baloney square to rotate your caput so it's amend aligned to your arrow line. Press the Enter key to apply, and so deselect the path nodes.

You now have two types of fully editable curved arrow lines.

Hope that helps.

:B

  • #5

[saywhat] Are you kidding me... did y'all zoom correct in on that illustration? Tin can you lot BELIEVE the Particular in that thing?! OMG! The shear pixel size of that file must be astronomical! Wheeeeew!

Unbelievable work. Very very nice. Thank you for the eye-opening link Elysian. \:]

  • #six

WOW! Talk about astounding work! The detail in all of his piece of work has me stunned! Thanks for the link. Everyone should look... truly inspirational.

[stuned] [stuned] [stuned]

Hatch

  • #8

First post here. A large thank you for the arrows. Just what I was looking for :)

  • #9

Do you accept a higher res psd of those arrows, thank you Andy

I too am looking for a higher res version of these arrows. Or vector versions of them please.

  • #10

Wow, reviving a thread from 2004. And for a college res version only trace over it with the pen tool :)

  • #11

Re: How to create a curved arrow in photoshop tutorial

I take an application where I need arrows such as you take supplied hither...I have downloaded the PSD file, just I cannot change the color...the image comes in grey. What am I doing wrong?

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How to Draw a Curved Arrow in Photoshop TUTORIAL

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