stroking paths

Hi all,

Hope this doesnt sound like too stupid a question but how can I stroke a path so that it looks like a line, i.e. thick and with clean edges?

Is there anyway that you can turn a path into a path that you could fill. i.e if you drew a straight path is there a command where you could get it to turn it to a rectangle of a specified thickness that you could then fill?

Thanks

I don't usually experience any problems with aliasing when I stroke paths so I'm not sure if I can be any help. What have you tried to alleviate any problems you're having?

As for the second part....Use the Line Tool that is grouped with the Custom Shapes (Assuming you're working with PS v. 6) This actually creates a closed path rectangle, the width being determined by the setting for thickness.

Which tool did you use to stroke a path so you didnt get any problems with aliasing? What settings?

Is there anyway you can set the thickness of the pencil?

Thanks.

Ahhh...there's your trouble.

DO NOT use the Pencil if you want smooth diagonals or curves. The Pencil can't create an antialiased curved or diagonal line.

Use a small hard brush instead.

Stroking a path is relatively simple.

1) Select your airbrush tool (with the size of the line you'd like to stroke the path with).

2) Select the pen tool and create your path.

3a) In the Paths pallet (usually a tab on the Layers Pallet), you can either select "Path-to-Selection," or just press the Enter key on your number pad (not the one you use for carriage return).

4a) Go to your Edit menu and select Stroke.

-alternate route to get the same effect-

3b) In the Paths pallet, after selecting the airbrush (which already has the brush that you wanted, remember? I had you choose it), click on the "Stroke Path" button at the bottom.

This will stroke the path the way you want it done, with the width you require. If you would like a "faded" stroke. That is, if you want the beginning of the stroke to be dark, but fade out, select the paintbrush tool instead of the airbrush.

Hope this helps.

SavageDawg