How can I Add a Speech Bubble in Pictures?

[KilLWeBbeR]

When I surf the Internet, I find a back-to-school promotion of Moyea , it requires me to add speech bubbles to the picture.

But I'm white-hand on PS, so how can I add speech bubble to a picture? Could you please help me?

[Guest]

Hi there,

You can use custom shapes tool and draw any type of speak bubble using it.

[KilLWeBbeR]

Thks!

[claricechan]

Hi KilLWeBber,

There are many ways you can add speech bubbles. One way is to draw your own using the shape tools; another way is importing an image of a standard empty bubble and adding your own text.

Here is a detailed tutorial demonstrating one way you can create bubbles: Photoshop Speech Bubble Tutorial - Youtube.

Hope it helps!

Clarice

[Alec Molloy · Accepted solution]

Hi KilLWeBbeR,

You don't have to draw anything at all if you use the Custom Shape tool in Photoshop:

With the tool selected, choose the speech bubble option from the "Shape" selection in the top part of the Application frame:

Then just drag out a speech bubble and you are done!

[KilLWeBbeR]

Thank you for your detailed tutorial. Really appreciate it!

That's exactly the speech bubbles I need.

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Thank you again!

[Alec Molloy]

Glad to have helped, but please do not use this forum as a place to spam links to your websites.

[KilLWeBbeR]

Thanks, I watched the video and it was really helpful!

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Thank you again!

[PReinie]

My CS6 (V 13.0 x64 on a MacBook) doesn't show a custom shape tool so I can't select it.

The place in your posted pictures shows that italic-like star shape on the left tool area where mine shows a rectangle. When I select the rectangle the upper tool bar Make: has "Selection", "Mask" and "Shape" grayed out.

The upper current tool rectangle on the left has no Custom Tool Shapes in the list (or text/speech bubbles) and the only similar shapes I see are "Starburst Color Target" and "Stitched Patchwork".

Custom shape tools aren't in any menu or sub-menu. Where do I get the custom shape tools?

[louisd79464044]

Hi Alec,

I wish I could use such tool but my shapes are restricted to wild animals, trees, ships and flowers. How do I get the full package of shapes. Even in the legacy shapes to add the the speech bubbles are gone

Thanks,

Louis