Polygon Tool

The Polygon Tool creates polygonal shapes and paths (shape outlines).

  • In the Toolbox, select the Polygon Tool.
  • In the Options bar, choose a drawing mode: to create vector shape layers click "Shape layers" button; to draw paths (shape outlines) click "Paths" button; to create rasterized shapes in current layer click "Fill pixels" button.
  • Set number of sides in Sides field.
  • Click on next to button on the Options bar to set geometry options.
  • Choose shape color*.
  • Drag on the image.
  • When creating multiple shapes, use selector on the Options bar:
    • Create new shape layer - to create every new shape in a separate layer
    • Add to shape area - to create mutiple shapes in the same vector shape layer.
    • Subtract from shape area - to subtract shapes from the current shape layer.
    • Intersect with shape area - to intersect new shapes with existing one(s) in the same layer.
    • Exclude overlapping shape areas - to create new shapes in the current shape layer subtracting overlapping areas.
  • To apply some special effects to created shape layers, choose a style in Style picker (Options bar).
  • When creating paths, you can select add, subtract, intersect and exclude overlapping modes.
  • Working in Fill pixels mode you can also In the Options bar, choose opacity and blending mode.

*To change color while creating shape layers, first turn off the "linked" gadget in the Options bar.

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