Introduction | Creating and Opening an Image | Editing an Image | Understanding and Switching Between Layers
Cropping and Resizing Images | Moving and Selecting/Deleting Parts of Images | Adding Text
Altering Your Images | Rotating and Drawing Shapes | Eyedropper and Zoom Tools | History
Brightness & Contrast | Layer Styles | Filters | Saving

Rotating an Image:
You can rotate and flip your image in any direction you wish. In the "Rotate Canvas" list under the "Image" menu, there's a wide variety of options to choose from.

If you select "Arbitrary" for a rotation, a new window will appear asking you for the direction (clockwise or counter-clockwise) and the degree of the rotation.

Drawing Shapes:
While Photoshop's main power is in manipulation of images, it's also possible to draw your own (as seen with the pencil and pen tools). The Rectangle tool (and all of its sub-tools) allows you to draw shapes on a canvas. To draw a simple rectangle, pick a Foreground color (which will be the fill color for the shape), select the Rectangle tool, and click and drag on the canvas until it's the size you wish.

Note that drawing a shape will create a new layer.

You can draw a wide variety of shapes with the Rectangle tool and its sub-tools, including the Custom Shape Tool, which gives you even more options. Select the Custom Shapes Tool (by right-clicking the Rectangle tool), and look through your options in the drop-down box from the sub-main menu.

Your choices include word bubbles, arrows, and even shapes that don't fill themselves in with a color.

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