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Select rounded rectangle tool. Drag the tool on canvas from left to right to create a thin rounded rectangle. Make sure you press shift while creating this so that it comes straight. |
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Select Path selection tool and select path. Press Ctrl+C and press Ctrl+V to copy paste the path. Now using down arrow key to move the path downwards. Repeat the steps once again to create one more rounded rectangle below. |
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| Select rectangle tool. |
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| Enable "subtract from shape area" at the top bar. |
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| Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool as shown below. |
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| Press Ctrl+T. Right Click and select Warp. |
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| Select Squeeze from the preset warp shape at the top bar and adjust the settings as shown. |
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Again Press Ctrl+T. Right Click and select Warp and select squeeze again. |
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Drag Path selection tool above all shapes to select all the paths and click Combine from the top bar. |
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| Using the path selection tool select the first rounded rectangle and press Ctrl+X. Create a new layer and press Ctrl+V. It will be pasted as a new path in path window. |
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| From layer menu select Vector Mask>Current Path. The path will be converted to a shape in a new layer. all this exercise because we want these shapes on separate layer so that we can color it differently. |
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| Change the color to a lighter shade of blue. |
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| Repeat the steps mentioned above for the third rounded rectangle and also color it with the lighter shade of blue. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown. |
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| Select custom shape tool (U). From the preset shapes at the top bar select triangle shape. |
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| Press Ctrl+T. Right Click and select Rotate 90° CCW. |
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| Move this layer below all the layers in layer order in layer palette. |
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| Create one more triangle for the lead tip. Fill it with black color and place it as shown |
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| Select all the layers. Press Ctrl+T Right Click and rotate. Select all the layers and Press Ctrl+E to merge the layers together. |
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| Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown. |
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