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May 24th 2004 | #151281 Report |
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I wanted to make some lines that are dotted, but I don't want to make them all straight. I want to have them bent and curved in some places. Is there an efficient way to do this in Photoshop?
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May 24th 2004 | #151286 Report |
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Ok, here's one way. In this example I make a dashed line but all you have to do is slightly change the shape of your brush to make it a dotted line. (click on thumbs to view full size) 1. Use your Pen Tool to draw the path of your dotted/dashed line ![]() 2. Pick a brush to use, a square brush will work good for this. - Adjust it's size to fit your image and adjust it's Spacing so it's not producing a smooth brush stroke but instead it's making a series a squares ![]() 3. Now squish the brush so it's no longer making squares, but dashes ![]() 4. This is the important one. Go to the Shape Dynamics of your brush settings, and under Angle Jitter you'll want to leave it's slider set to 0% but change the Control method to DIRECTION (this is what makes the dashes follow the curvature of the path) ![]() 5. Finally, go to your path in the Path Palette, right-click and choose Stroke Path. And that should do it. ![]() |
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May 24th 2004 | #151302 Report |
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Nice work on the extra effort, there, Outpatient. Though the best solution is Illustrator, this works OK. Not everybody owns Illustrator. |
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May 24th 2004 | #151303 Report |
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[QUOTE=Utopian23]Nice work on the extra effort, there, Outpatient. Though the best solution is Illustrator, this works OK. Not everybody owns Illustrator.[/QUOTE] Thanks. And yes that's true...and yes that's also true. ;) |
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May 24th 2004 | #151316 Report |
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3jorn makes everything look good in Illustrator with his dotted/dashed lines. Ask him if you want to find out how to do it in Illustrator.
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May 24th 2004 | #151317 Report |
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I do have Illustrator....is it easier when done in that?
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May 24th 2004 | #151319 Report |
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hihi thanks Allanon. Didn't even know that it was possible to do with photoshop that's why I have always made them with illustrator. You got your answer allready...but if you want ot know how to do them with illustrator I can tell you... |
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May 24th 2004 | #151320 Report |
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yeah, I would like to know the process with Illustrator too. I have both and I like to keep my options open... ![]() |
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May 24th 2004 | #151325 Report |
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Well it's super simple in illustrator. First draw your any shape -> http://www.3jorn.inet.tk/misc/tutorial1.gif Press Alt + A to choose everything. (if you want everything :P) Put a V in the dashed line. Change the number from 12 -> in my case 2...I think it looks best like that. http://www.3jorn.inet.tk/misc/tutorial2.gif And you got the über cool image... :P http://www.3jorn.inet.tk/misc/tutorial3.gif |
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May 24th 2004 | #151329 Report |
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thanks for all the help guys.
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