Create a layer Create a shape Ctrl + drag shape over the layer in the layer menu TADA, now you have layer masked with a shape If you want to add more shapes to this mask just add them while shape mask is selected, but they must be paths instead of shapes. SO when creating a new shape select Path from top left instead of Shape.
The shapes in the original question are no Epitrochoids, because they were created using a different algorithm (I happen to know because I wrote it). While your answer is great, I think another, broader name should be used that also represents similar shapes created with a different algorithm.
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Copy and paste shapes: Select the shape by selecting the “Select Shapes Tool” (the first tool in the toolbox), and then clicking on the desired shape. You will see handles around it and in the center of it. Ctrl + C to copy it. Ctrl + V to paste it. The pasted shape will appear over the original, slightly shifted to the right and to the down.
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3 I'm attempting to recreate an advertisement for a school project and when I draw two shapes near each other the pen tool wants to link my second shape to the first. This happens as soon as I start to get closer to the first shape with the my anchor points.
How do I stop the pen tool from trying to link to other shapes within ...