HELP! How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as in a map?

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Dec 8, 2006
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HELP! How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as in a map?

How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as a map often has? I’m making borders for a map, and need to make these.

TIA!

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Andrew Morton
Dec 8, 2006
DragonLife wrote:
HELP! How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as in a map?

How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as a map often has? I’m making borders for a map, and need to make these.

Well, you’d probably be better off using a program which supports dotted lines, like Illustrator, however, in Photoshop you can create a path and then Edit->Stroke (not on the shape layer) using a brush with a large spacing.

No, you’d /definitely/ be better off using a program like Illustrator. Then you can edit the lines rather than erasing and re-doing them if any change is needed.

Andrew
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Dec 9, 2006
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DragonLife wrote:
HELP! How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as in a map?

How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as a map often has? I’m making borders for a map, and need to make these.

Well, you’d probably be better off using a program which supports dotted lines, like Illustrator, however, in Photoshop you can create a path and then Edit->Stroke (not on the shape layer) using a brush with a large spacing.

No, you’d /definitely/ be better off using a program like Illustrator. Then you can edit the lines rather than erasing and re-doing them if any change is needed.

Andrew

yeh use Illustrator, PS is for images, maps are vector


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Tacit
Dec 9, 2006
In article <4578e7f8$0$7141$>,
DragonLife wrote:

How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as a map often has? I’m making borders for a map, and need to make these.

You’re using the wrong tool. Doing this in Photoshop is difficult and frustrating; doing it in Illustrator is quick and effortless.


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theartist
Dec 9, 2006
alternatively, Fireworks8 can be used, but your end result would have to stay a raster image.

Andrew is correct about Illustrator. That and Fireworks are about your only choices on the Adobe side of things, esp. for maps.

However, if you’d like the answer in Photoshop, this may be a (relatively) pain free way of doing things (please note you will have to do extra work unless your operating on a "closed" shape):

create a repeating tile pattern of your choice to use for the dashes, create a Photoshop pattern out of it.

next create your country border with the pen tool.

set a stroke effect to "pattern" (namely, the pattern tile you just created) and set the shape’s fill to 0%.

Now about the closed shape: You may have noticed that Photoshop tried to close the shape you were making after three points. This "closing" line would have to be removed with a layer mask, by creating a mask and checking the box marked "Layer Mask Hides Effects" in the Advanced Blending Options of the line you want.

theartist

Andrew Morton wrote:
DragonLife wrote:
HELP! How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as in a map?

How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as a map often has? I’m making borders for a map, and need to make these.

Well, you’d probably be better off using a program which supports dotted lines, like Illustrator, however, in Photoshop you can create a path and then Edit->Stroke (not on the shape layer) using a brush with a large spacing.

No, you’d /definitely/ be better off using a program like Illustrator. Then you can edit the lines rather than erasing and re-doing them if any change is needed.

Andrew

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sojourner
Dec 18, 2006
This is one of the few frustrating deficiencies of Photoshop. Yes, it isn’t a vector program, but I don’t see why Adobe couldn’t put a decent bit-map curved line drawing tool in. After all, the Commodore Amiga program Deluxe Paint was a bit-map program too and much more basic than PS, yet it had a brilliant curved line tool over a decade ago! It isn’t rocket science, and it’s a feature I have often needed for digital art, maps, diagrams, etc.

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HELP! How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as in a map?

How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as a map often has? I’m making borders for a map, and need to make these.

TIA!

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Tom Nelson
Dec 18, 2006
Use the Pen tool to make a curved path where you want the dotted line to go. Choose a hard-edged round brush. In Brush Options, set Spacing to more than 100% (this makes the brush a dotted-line brush). Make sure the Brush tool is selected and select your path (named Work Path by default) in the Paths palette. Now click the Stroke Path button (the solid-edged circle, second from the left in the Paths palette). Photoshop strokes your path with a dotted line.

Done!

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HELP! How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as in a map?

How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as a map often has? I’m making borders for a map, and need to make these.

TIA!

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el Condor loco
Dec 20, 2006
Tom Nelsons answer from a day or so ago is spot on, using paths, but you might also try using the method used in the video tutorial from this site: http://www.watchandlearnphotoshop.com/983647.html

Don’t want to add petrol to the "best/worst video tutors" thread, just a quick and free video worth seeing, as it like Tom Nelson, also addresses DragonLifes precise question.
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How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as a map often has? I’m making borders for a map, and need to make these.
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RicSeyler
Dec 20, 2006
I’m using PS7 and I’ll be danged if I can find the "Spacing" box or slider for the brush tool.
I know I’ve seen that before, but now I can’t find it anywhere.

Tom Nelson wrote:

Use the Pen tool to make a curved path where you want the dotted line to go. Choose a hard-edged round brush. In Brush Options, set Spacing to more than 100% (this makes the brush a dotted-line brush). Make sure the Brush tool is selected and select your path (named Work Path by default) in the Paths palette. Now click the Stroke Path button (the solid-edged circle, second from the left in the Paths palette). Photoshop strokes your path with a dotted line.

Done!

Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson Photography

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HELP! How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as in a map?

How do I make CURVED DOTTED LINES as a map often has? I’m making borders for a map, and need to make these.

TIA!

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RicSeyler
Dec 20, 2006
DOH, ya gotta be on the brush tip shape area. LOL

RicSeyler wrote:

I’m using PS7 and I’ll be danged if I can find the "Spacing" box or slider for the brush tool.
I know I’ve seen that before, but now I can’t find it anywhere.
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