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Create A Small Arrow for Pointing (Premiere Pro CS4)

What is the best way to create a small arrow that will be used to point to areas on the screen?

Once imported into Premiere Pro, I know how to work with the Motion options such as rotation and position.
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Hi  Merete:

Yes. It will be used to point to areas on a still image. I read that it is common to import Illustrator symbols into Photoshop and to draw symbols (arrows) directly in Photoshop.

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I havent read that and my assistance is limted to basic knowledge since I use PSP, but in order to import any type of preshape or symbol they have to be compatible, take a look in your photoshop plugins directory and see if you have some already,
Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop X\Presets\Custom Shapes where X is the version number for your version of Photoshop.
To load a file, go to the Styles palette, then click the small arrow in the top right corner and choose one of the layer style collections from the menu.
source for my comments
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/qt/installcontent.htm
Shouldn't photoshop  have it's own preshapes already?, in PSP it is called preset shapes in the TEXT tool
I found these seem to cover it pretty good
How to Add Text to Photographs with Adobe Photoshop Elements
http://aces.nmsu.edu/bchamberlin/photoshop/elements_text.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_2161821_text-photographs-adobe-photoshop-elements.html
Adobe Photoshop & Photoshop Elements Tips
Using Custom Shapes in Photoshop
http://akvis.com/en/photoshop-tips/shapes.php
 (Photoshop) help
http://www.underwaterphotography.com/PhotoShop/PhotoShop/help.html
here's a few to download if you dont have the right types
http://myphotoshopbrushes.com/custom_shapes/id/2036
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Thanks, Merete.
You're welcome glad it helped
thankyoo