How to Make a Callout in Photoshop
Photoshop is a graphics creation and editing application that provides you with a variety of shapes such as the Rectangle, Ellipse and Polygon, as well as custom shapes like the Talk and Thought objects. The Talk shapes provide you with callouts to display words spoken by characters while the Thought shapes include dotted connections to indicate character thoughts. Use one of the several shapes provided to create a callout in Photoshop.
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Instructions
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Open your graphic file using Photoshop.
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Select “Window,” then “Options” to display the Options bar if it is not open.
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Click the Shapes icon from the Tools panel. One of several tools may be displayed such as the Line or Rectangle tool. Hold down and choose the “Custom Shape Tool.”
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Click the “Shape” field of the Options bar. Select the small arrow at the right and choose “All.” This will update the shapes window with all the available preset shapes.
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Scroll until the Callout shapes are visible. Double-click the shape you want to include.
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Click on the stage and drag to draw the shape to the size you want.
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