The new vector functionality also facilitates a variety of shaping tools. In addition to, of course, shaping objects, you can also add and subtract shapes together. And adding and subtracting shapes is live and very quick. Everything that was in Photoshop's layer effects before is still there, along with new effects. And they can all be stored as a layer style and applied with a single click.
Text is maintained as crisp, vector types.
This allows Photoshop users to let others see and review their files even if those parties don't have Photoshop on their systems. Photoshop's annotation tools also makes it easy to review and critique such files. Also in the creative realm, Photoshop's new Liquefy command lets you distort and manipulate images with a variety of different tools. You can use the command for some bizarre effects or for subtle manipulation. For Web designers, the combination of new vector drawing tools with rollover styles allows for the quick creation of Web buttons and other Web graphics, Connor says.