NEED HELP - Creating Targets in Photoshop (Cs9.0)

Hello all -

I just finished activating CS9.0 and have a few questions. I have never used photoshop before, and would like to start producing targets for smallbore rifle competitions. Problem is the targets have to be set up a certain way and I can't for the life of me figure out how to set circle diameters.

For instance. Most rifle scopes have 1/4 MOA incrememts in their adjustments 1 click at 100 yards adjusts the point of impact .250" so if your rifle is shooting 1" low and 1/2" right at 100 yards you would click your scope 4 clicks up, and 2 clicks left to get the bullet impact centered with your crosshairs.

I want to make an 8.5"x11" printable target like this

bullseye - .250" - Black
9 ring - .500" - white
8 ring - .750" - Black

so on and so forth till the 5 ring.

over that I would like to overlay a grid with .250" squares in it

at the bottom I would like a rectangle with text spaces labeled for - date, time, temperature, wind speed, wind direction, Rifle make/model. ammunition make/bullet weight group size, and a few other things.


Sorry about the long winded post. I entered a bunch of things about circles into the search box but got nothing.

www.protargets.com has some examples of what im talking about.

Thanks in advance
Andrew

Ok, to start with your printable area on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet is 10.1" x 7.75". Set up a document with those dimensions at 300dpi to start. I'd probably just measure out squares for your target areas and then use those as guides for your circles, i.e. 300 x 300 pixel square at 300dpi = 1" x 1" printed. Hope that helps.

chris

so a 300x300 x 300dpi square is 1"

So I suppose the increments are linear? 150x150 is 1/2" 75x75 is 1/4"

Sounds easy enough. Just make squares in the sizes needed then draw a circle from top left to bottom right or equivalent.

Now how di I add a grid in the dimensions specified. just keep making 75x75 squares across the whole page or is there a way to apply a grid.

Also. what do I do to center the first circle in the document

Thanks for the quick response
Andrew

isn't it too small? when you're saying "bullseye - .250" - Black" - do you mean the radius? because if you mean the diameter... it's really small

also the 5 ring will be white... if you print it on a white sheet - it won't show up....
also how many squares does the grid need to have? just to cover the circles?

It would be a 2 minutes job in illustrator I can do it for you I'll save you an eps or pdf or something

I'm going to sleep
I just assumed you meant radius - that would make the bullseye a half inch in diameter...like the ones they have on protargets.

I made one for you.

target.pdf

you can open it from photoshop - make your document - then open the pdf and Shift+drag the content of the pdf into your document. That will center it.

if you really meant a quarter of an inch - just resize the whole thing to 50%. The pdf is saved with illustrator editing capabilities so if you open it with ILL you should be able to modify it easily.

to answer your earlier question - the easiest way to center something in Photoshop is to delete it hit Ctrl+A then Ctrl+x - then Ctrl+V - that will paste your "cut" thinghy in the absolute center of your document.

hope it helps

Cool that works.

Yes the center diameter on some of the USBR (United States Benchrest) targets is as small as .100" DIAMETER

There are some more examples at www.rimfirecentral.com/forums Near the bottom there is a forum labeled targets

THe grid would need to encompass the whole page. FOr instance when I installed my new scope on my rifle. the first shot was 6 inches left and 4 inches high. That's way off of the center. and if I were to have a .250" grid with the scope increments being .250" at 100 yards. it would let me know exactly how many clicks to go either way without guestimating. some of the ammunition I shoot costs as much as $90 for a box of 20. It's kinda hard to afford "guestimating" at that proce. thanks for the help. I'll keep experimenting and see what I can come up with.

Also. I would like to have a sig made from a picture of my rifle and a few bullets. are there people around here nice enough to do that for free, or would I have to pay. I am heading back to school, and don't/will not have time to do it myself

Thanks again

Andrew

P.S. - As for the target you made that is perfect design wise, and if the white circles could be filled in with light gray that is good too. squinting through a scope in 99 degree bright sunlight for 4 and 5 hours makes the black and white seem to mirage. maybe a black and grey or something equivalent

cool - now you know how to do it go for it... show us what you come up with!