# Couple of very easy photoshop questions

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**Created:** [April 26, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/couple-of-very-easy-photoshop-questions/108552 "2004-04-26T17:07:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr\_Lecter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@Dr\_Lecter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dr_Lecter)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/couple-of-very-easy-photoshop-questions/108552/1 "2004-04-26T17:07:10Z")

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Hello, i’m kind of new to photoshop and i have some questions and if someone could give me an answer it would be realy helpfull:

1. How to i break an image in two, but not following a line, but more like a courve, much like breaking an image in two pieces of a puzzle. Please, if you can, walk me step by step through this, 'couse well… i don’t quite understand photoshop :))
2. How can i make use of those custom shapes found under the custom shape tool. I want to color one with a specific gradient or that sort of thing and i can’t figure out how.

Thank you and best of luck.