The Rectangle Tool creates rectangular shapes and paths (shape outlines):
- In the Toolbox, select the Rectangle
Tool. - Choose on the Options bar drawing mode:
to create vector shape layers click Shape layers
button
; to draw paths (shape outlines) click Paths 
button;
to create rasterized shapes in current layer click Fill pixels 
. - Click on
next
to 
button
on the Options bar to set geometry options. - Choose shape color*.
- Drag on the image.
- When creating multiple shapes, use
selector
on the Options bar:
- Create new shape layer
-
to create every new shape in a separate layer - Add to shape area
-
to create mutiple shapes in the same vector shape layer. - Subtract from shape area
-
to subtract shapes from the current shape layer. - Intersect with shape area
-
to intersect new shapes with existing one(s) in the same layer. - Exclude overlapping shape areas
-
to create new shapes in the current shape layer subtracting overlapping
areas.
- Create new shape layer
- To apply some special effects to created shape layers, choose a style in Style picker (on the Options bar).
- When creating paths, you can select add, subtract, intersect and exclude
overlapping modes.
- Working in Fill pixels mode you can also choose on the Options bar opacity and blending mode.
* To change color while creating shape layers, switch off 
gadget
on the Options bar first.
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