If you’re looking to add a bit of pizzazz to your graphics, curves are a great way to go. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to create curves in Photoshop using basic tools and techniques. First, let’s start by creating a new document in Photoshop. We’ll use a square as our starting point, but feel free to experiment with different shapes if you like. Next, we need to select the Rectangle Tool (M) and draw a rectangle on the top left corner of our document. Make sure that the Fill option is set to “None” so that we can see our curve drawing options. Now, let’s select the Ellipse Tool (L) and draw an ellipse on top of our rectangle. Again, make sure that the Fill option is set to “None” so that we can see our curve drawing options. Now, let’s select the Curves Tool (U) and click on the bottom right corner of our ellipse. This will open up our Curves Options dialog box: In this dialog box, we first need to choose which type of curve we want to create: Bezier or Spline. We also need to specify how many control points will be used for our curve: 2 by default. Finally, we need to specify how steep the curve should be: 0% by default will result in a gentle curve while 100% will create an extremely steep curve: ..
