PSP 2022 Where are the arrows?

[steenkh]

Back a long time ago in 2015 I created a raster image of a map where I added some arrows that I found somewhere in PSP X8 (I think). Now I need to update the map, and I need to put a few new arrows on it. But the arrows of that type have gone from PSP 2020.

I believe the arrows were in a clipart library, but I can't find anything about clipart in PSP. There are arrows in the Preset Shapes, but only a few rather paltry types.

How come that the much more recent version of PSP is missing the wealth of arrows that I could find in a much older version?

[ConalO]

You have quite a few options.

Pen Tool and change the line style to one of the arrow types
Preset Tool and use an arrow shape. I used Suz Shook's script and created shapes from the WIngdings fonts.
Picture Tube Tool - if you have any arrow shaped tubes.

[steenkh]

Thanks. The possibility of making new arrows from Wingdings is probably the way I have to go. The built-in preset shapes are miserable, and there are no arrows in the picture tubes.

I am really disappointed that big libraries of clipart and symbols like arrows have disappeared from PSP. I have bought new versions every second year, and I have always believed that I could do more with each version. Now I find that I should probably find an old version and reinstall it if I want big libraries of shapes and stuff.

[Dypsis]

Thanks. The possibility of making new arrows from Wingdings is probably the way I have to go. The built-in preset shapes are miserable, and there are no arrows in the picture tubes.

I am really disappointed that big libraries of clipart and symbols like arrows have disappeared from PSP. I have bought new versions every second year, and I have always believed that I could do more with each version. Now I find that I should probably find an old version and reinstall it if I want big libraries of shapes and stuff.

You're right. There is very limited content in PSP 2022 Ultimate and very few picture tubes.
I even installed the Ultimate Creative Collection package.

[confundido]

Did anyone ever figure out what happened here? There used to be lots of preset shapes and now I only see 10.

confundido

[steenkh]

It does not seem to be the case. This is one reason I am wary of upgrading: I don’t need more advanced features, so losing the features that I really liked is very sad. I do want the bug fixing though.

[patara]

How come that the much more recent version of PSP is missing the wealth of arrows that I could find in a much older version?

I think most of the preset shapes in older versions of PSP were added by the user rather than by the app.
I can see see and use all my old Preset Shapes, including arrows, by adding the Preset Shapes folder in My PSP Files folder to PSP 2023 File Locations.

[steenkh]

I can assure you that I did not add any preset shapes myself. And it took some years before I needed those shapes again, and by that time my old backups had been overwritten, and I do not have access to the old version anymore.