How to Make a Speech Bubble?

[djboston]

I am trying to figure out the best way of creating something like this. I know it's easy, but I can't figure it out. I have watched videos and videos, and everyone does something different and most are using them on cartoons. Maybe someone could give me some pointers on doing this. I have attached an example of what I am looking to accomplish. This isn't exactly what I am looking for, but I need to learn hoe to make the bubbles like those.

 

[hawkeye]

Custom shapes-Talk Bubbles.

 

[IamSam]

Hello djboston.

In your example, are you wanting to know how to make the speech bubble itself or how to interlink them?

 

[djboston]

I would like to learn to make the Speech Bubbles themselves.However in PS under Custom Shapes there is only a hand full of speech bubblesbut the conversation arrow only goes in one direction and that’s to the left(At least in my version anyway.)

 

[Hoogle]

All though it is easy to create your own speech bubble there are options like downloading premade custom shapes like these
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshopdownloads/ss/shapes1_9.htm

 

[ALB68]

I would like to learn to make the Speech Bubbles themselves.However in PS under Custom Shapes there is only a hand full of speech bubblesbut the conversation arrow only goes in one direction and that’s to the left(At least in my version anyway.)

You can always Edit/Transform/Flip Horizontal. These would be very easy to draw also.

 

[IamSam]

Well, after you have created the speech bubble with the Custom Shape tool, you can reverse the image using free transform and flipping horizontal.....



You can also use the Rounded rectangular tool, set to path, to create a rounded rectangular path that you can then use the Pen Tool to add in the tail in any size, length, or direction you desire.


Then you can set up your brush tool to any width (circumference), density, hardness, color, etc., to stoke that path.



Or you can reset the shape tools (Pen) to Shape, and stroke the path from the tools options bar......



These are a few techniques, there are others.

 

[IamSam]

You can change the color of the stroke in the options. And add a drop shadow with a layer style.
Since this is a shape with a path, it's completely editable.

 

[djboston]

Perfect. Well there is another thing that I have learnt on this site. Awesome Thanks so much. I am using the CC version and I didn't think that there was a way of loading shapes and I just figured that out also. But what you just taught me I can apply to other things and that makes life a whole hell of a lot easier.
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[IamSam]

Great.

The one thing about the custom shape bubbles is that most are solid. I noticed that your examples were not.

Here's another great trick, once you have made one you like, you can define it as a custom shape! Go to edit, then define as custom shape.



Now with the Custom Shape Tool, you can use it over and over again in any color or size you like!