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Centering a star inside a circle

Centering a star inside a circle - Photoshop Tutorial

From the course: Photoshop CC 2017 One-on-One: Advanced

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Centering a star inside a circle

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- [Instructor] In this movie we'll draw this white star that's exactly centered inside of this blue circle. And while it might seem like a simple trick if nothing else this is an example of how you sometimes had to get very clever with Photoshop. Alright so I'll go ahead and switch over to my composition in progress here. And I'll switch over to the custom shape tool, because after all, I've already captured that perfect American five pointed star as a custom shape. And so after selecting the tool, I'll go up to the shape icon right there and I'll scroll down my list until I come across the star which in my case was already selected but in your case might not be. And then go ahead and click on it to select it and press the Enter key or the Return key on the Mac in order to accept that change. Now what you should be able to do is drag out from that center from the intersection of those two guidelines and as you drag, go ahead and press the Alt key or the Option key on the Mac and that…

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