Creating Speech Bubble Using Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to make speech bubbles using path tool in photoshop. These bubbles are resizeble without breaking the edges.

Open a new blank canvas and start by selecting the Ellipse tool in the tools menu. The options bar for the Ellipse tool should be visible above your work area. The important settings here is to select paths mode as shown below.

Speech Bubble Using Photoshop

Speech Bubble Using Photoshop

Draw an Ellipse that looks something like the one drawn above. Adjust the size of the Ellipse to match the content you want to have inside the speech bubble.

Now we will add the part of the speech bubble that indicates the origin of the speech. Select the Pen tool in the tools menu and in the options bar set the mode to paths mode and set it to Add to path area.

Speech Bubble Using Photoshop

Draw a triangle like the one shown below and make sure to connect the third dot with the first by clicking in it.

Speech Bubble Using Photoshop

Fill the path with a white or whitish color. First create a new layer, then go to the tools menu and select the Path selection tool. Click the ellipse path, hold down shift while clicking in the triangle path, now you have selected both paths. Right click anywhere in the work are and select Fill path in the menu. The Fill path dialog in the image below will appear, in the drop down select color and the Color picker will appear, select the color you want.

Speech Bubble Using Photoshop

Now we will apply some layer effects to style the speech bubble. Right click the layer you just created and select Blending options, now apply all the settings shown in the images bellow.

Speech Bubble Using Photoshop

Speech Bubble Using Photoshop

Speech Bubble Using Photoshop

Speech Bubble Using Photoshop

The final result should look some like the one shown below. As we used paths to create the speech bubble, we can easily resize the path without breaking the bubbles.

Speech Bubble Using Photoshop

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