Right-click the file name, and if you have an app to unzip the file, it should appear on the list of options.Since this is not the kind of file Photoshop can handle, you need to unzip or extract the file.Usually the file with the shapes has a file extension of. Navigate to the folder where you saved the file.I clicked on the download arrow (red circle in the image above), told Windows I wanted to save the file, chose a folder I would remember, and clicked save or OK. I looked at the website’s notes, and they said I could download the shapes for any reason, personal or commercial, and I didn’t even have to credit the artist. I clicked on the first link, and it brought me to a page with a link to a set with both Christmas and Hanukkah shapes. You can search the Internet for “Custom Photoshop Shapes Christmas.” Lo and behold there are hundreds of shapes out there. Let’s say you want to make something Christmas-y and you’ve looked through all of Photoshop’s custom shapes and don’t see what you want. Fortunately there are a lot of clever, artistic, and generous people out there who make shapes that you can use in Photoshop. There are a lot of things we like about Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, but their selection of custom shapes is not one. This is Deb with another Tech Tuesday blog post just in time for the holidays.
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