"Newbie" Question

Steven Wandy wrote:

No I am not a newbie – been using PS since version 4, but never tried this before.
I had to send someone a photo with an area of it circled to identify what I wanted
her to look at. I was able to draw a circle using the Pen and/or Brush tool, but
it looked rather messy – one of the reasons I love photography as opposed to drawing :).
Is there a way to use the oliptical or rectangular selection tool to form the circle/box but
just have the area outlined, not selected or filled in? (Hope I am explaining that clearly.)
Thanks

select the Eliptical Marquee Tool. Make the selection you want. Then go to Edit>Stroke. Fill in the number of pixels you want, etc. ét voilà! Put it on a seperate layer, sop you can adjust it afterwards. (but I don’t have to tell you that)

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No I am not a newbie – been using PS since version 4, but never tried this before.
I had to send someone a photo with an area of it circled to identify what I wanted
her to look at. I was able to draw a circle using the Pen and/or Brush tool, but
it looked rather messy – one of the reasons I love photography as opposed to drawing :).
Is there a way to use the oliptical or rectangular selection tool to form the circle/box but
just have the area outlined, not selected or filled in? (Hope I am explaining that clearly.)
Thanks

You are close. First select the Marquee Tool and use the Elliptical Marquee. You can hold down Shift to draw a circle, and add Ctrl to draw from the " center." Drag to increase the size of the circle and move it around to get what you want. Now, in Paths Palette, click the > in the upper right and choose Make Work Path. Set the Brush Tool to Pencil Tool and set the foreground color to your choice, and the Brush Size to something that will be seen. Click that > again and choose Stroke Path to "draw" your circle. You might also want to Save Selection to use again. What I would choose to add clarity to your "circle" on the image, is to create the Stroke(d) Path on a separate Layer. Make your Background Layer active, Load Selection (your circle) with Inverse checked, and then add an Adjustment Layer to it and adjust the Brightness/Contrast, or Hue/Brightness/Saturation, to alter the look of the area of the image, outside your circle, so that it is say, lower in contrast, saturation, darker or lighter, or just different than the area of the image within the circle.

Hunt

Hunt wrote:

In article <qRmsd.60634$ says
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No I am not a newbie – been using PS since version 4, but never tried this before.
I had to send someone a photo with an area of it circled to identify what I wanted
her to look at. I was able to draw a circle using the Pen and/or Brush tool, but
it looked rather messy – one of the reasons I love photography as opposed to drawing :).
Is there a way to use the oliptical or rectangular selection tool to form the circle/box but
just have the area outlined, not selected or filled in? (Hope I am explaining that clearly.)
Thanks

You are close. First select the Marquee Tool and use the Elliptical Marquee. You can hold down Shift to draw a circle, and add Ctrl to draw from the " center." Drag to increase the size of the circle and move it around to get what you want. Now, in Paths Palette, click the > in the upper right and choose Make Work Path. Set the Brush Tool to Pencil Tool and set the foreground color to your choice, and the Brush Size to something that will be seen. Click that > again and choose Stroke Path to "draw" your circle. You might also want to Save Selection to use again. What I would choose to add clarity to your "circle" on the image, is to create the Stroke(d) Path on a separate Layer. Make your Background Layer active, Load Selection (your circle) with Inverse checked, and then add an Adjustment Layer to it and adjust the Brightness/Contrast, or Hue/Brightness/Saturation, to alter the look of the area of the image, outside your circle, so that it is say, lower in contrast, saturation, darker or lighter, or just different than the area of the image within the circle.

Hunt

bloody hell… talk about convoluted.

just draw a a circle on a few layer with the marque. fill it. contract the selection. press delete.

much easier 🙂

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Steven Wandy wrote:

No I am not a newbie – been using PS since version 4, but never tried this before.
I had to send someone a photo with an area of it circled to identify what I wanted
her to look at. I was able to draw a circle using the Pen and/or Brush tool, but
it looked rather messy – one of the reasons I love photography as opposed to drawing :).
Is there a way to use the oliptical or rectangular selection tool to form the circle/box but
just have the area outlined, not selected or filled in? (Hope I am explaining that clearly.)
Thanks

Several ways. Here’s one: Using the elliptical marquee draw your ellipse (hold down Shift to constrain to a circle) and go to Edit>Stroke and pick color, size, etc.

I would do it on another layer.

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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:54:30 GMT, "Steven Wandy" scribbled:

No I am not a newbie – been using PS since version 4, but never tried this before.
I had to send someone a photo with an area of it circled to identify what I wanted
her to look at. I was able to draw a circle using the Pen and/or Brush tool, but
it looked rather messy – one of the reasons I love photography as opposed to drawing :).
Is there a way to use the oliptical or rectangular selection tool to form the circle/box but
just have the area outlined, not selected or filled in? (Hope I am explaining that clearly.)
Thanks

You’ve been using Photoshop since Ver 4 and you’ve never heard of or used the ‘stroke’ option?

Voivod wrote:

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:54:30 GMT, "Steven Wandy" scribbled:

No I am not a newbie – been using PS since version 4, but never tried this before.
I had to send someone a photo with an area of it circled to identify what I wanted
her to look at. I was able to draw a circle using the Pen and/or Brush tool, but
it looked rather messy – one of the reasons I love photography as opposed to drawing :).
Is there a way to use the oliptical or rectangular selection tool to form the circle/box but
just have the area outlined, not selected or filled in? (Hope I am explaining that clearly.)
Thanks

You’ve been using Photoshop since Ver 4 and you’ve never heard of or used the ‘stroke’ option?

Ahh – good, this is very good.

Welcome back

Aerticeus

……………………………. then add an Adjustment Layer to it and adjust the Brightness/Contrast, or ……..

Hunt

Brightness/Contrast? Let’s do Levels at least.

Aerticulean Effort wrote:

Voivod wrote:

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:54:30 GMT, "Steven Wandy" scribbled:

No I am not a newbie – been using PS since version 4, but never tried this before.
I had to send someone a photo with an area of it circled to identify what I wanted
her to look at. I was able to draw a circle using the Pen and/or Brush tool, but
it looked rather messy – one of the reasons I love photography as opposed to drawing :).
Is there a way to use the oliptical or rectangular selection tool to form the circle/box but
just have the area outlined, not selected or filled in? (Hope I am explaining that clearly.)
Thanks

You’ve been using Photoshop since Ver 4 and you’ve never heard of or used the ‘stroke’ option?

Ahh – good, this is very good.

I’ve seen (much) better 🙂

V1nc3nt wrote:

Aerticulean Effort wrote:

Voivod wrote:

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:54:30 GMT, "Steven Wandy" scribbled:

No I am not a newbie – been using PS since version 4, but never tried this before.
I had to send someone a photo with an area of it circled to identify what I wanted
her to look at. I was able to draw a circle using the Pen and/or Brush tool, but
it looked rather messy – one of the reasons I love photography as opposed to drawing :).
Is there a way to use the oliptical or rectangular selection tool to form the circle/box but
just have the area outlined, not selected or filled in? (Hope I am explaining that clearly.)
Thanks

You’ve been using Photoshop since Ver 4 and you’ve never heard of or used the ‘stroke’ option?

Ahh – good, this is very good.

I’ve seen (much) better 🙂

The One (all hail) has arrived just in time for end of year festivities

A

Aerticulean Effort wrote:

V1nc3nt wrote:

Aerticulean Effort wrote:

Voivod wrote:

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:54:30 GMT, "Steven Wandy" scribbled:

No I am not a newbie – been using PS since version 4, but never tried this before.
I had to send someone a photo with an area of it circled to identify what I wanted
her to look at. I was able to draw a circle using the Pen and/or Brush tool, but
it looked rather messy – one of the reasons I love photography as opposed to drawing :).
Is there a way to use the oliptical or rectangular selection tool to form the circle/box but
just have the area outlined, not selected or filled in? (Hope I am explaining that clearly.)
Thanks

You’ve been using Photoshop since Ver 4 and you’ve never heard of or used the ‘stroke’ option?

Ahh – good, this is very good.

I’ve seen (much) better 🙂

The One (all hail) has arrived just in time for end of year festivities
A

I’m not sure he arrived. I think he just made a fly by in his UseJet.

V1nc3nt wrote:

Aerticulean Effort wrote:

V1nc3nt wrote:

Aerticulean Effort wrote:

Voivod wrote:

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:54:30 GMT, "Steven Wandy" scribbled:

No I am not a newbie – been using PS since version 4, but never tried this before.
I had to send someone a photo with an area of it circled to identify what I wanted
her to look at. I was able to draw a circle using the Pen and/or Brush tool, but
it looked rather messy – one of the reasons I love photography as opposed to drawing :).
Is there a way to use the oliptical or rectangular selection tool to form the circle/box but
just have the area outlined, not selected or filled in? (Hope I am explaining that clearly.)
Thanks

You’ve been using Photoshop since Ver 4 and you’ve never heard of or used the ‘stroke’ option?

Ahh – good, this is very good.

I’ve seen (much) better 🙂

The One (all hail) has arrived just in time for end of year festivities
A

I’m not sure he arrived. I think he just made a fly by in his UseJet.

You mean he is using mechanical propulsion now?

Ooo-eee-ooo

That is so …. …. earthling?

Aerticeus

Aerticulean Effort wrote:

V1nc3nt wrote:

Aerticulean Effort wrote:

V1nc3nt wrote:

Aerticulean Effort wrote:

Voivod wrote:

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:54:30 GMT, "Steven Wandy" scribbled:

No I am not a newbie – been using PS since version 4, but never tried this before.
I had to send someone a photo with an area of it circled to identify what I wanted
her to look at. I was able to draw a circle using the Pen and/or Brush tool, but
it looked rather messy – one of the reasons I love photography as opposed to drawing :).
Is there a way to use the oliptical or rectangular selection tool to form the circle/box but
just have the area outlined, not selected or filled in? (Hope I am explaining that clearly.)
Thanks

You’ve been using Photoshop since Ver 4 and you’ve never heard of or used the ‘stroke’ option?

Ahh – good, this is very good.

I’ve seen (much) better 🙂

The One (all hail) has arrived just in time for end of year festivities
A

I’m not sure he arrived. I think he just made a fly by in his UseJet.

You mean he is using mechanical propulsion now?

Ooo-eee-ooo

That is so …. …. earthling?

Aerticeus

Yeah, but’s it’s very hightech. Like Using copper telephone lines for DSL.

You’ve been using Photoshop since Ver 4 and you’ve never heard of or used the ‘stroke’ option?

Only when my wife says "go stroke it yourself" 🙁

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……………………………. then add an Adjustment Layer to it and adjust the Brightness/Contrast, or ……..

Hunt

Brightness/Contrast? Let’s do Levels at least.

Yes, that would work, as would Curves, etc. The OP indicated that he wanted to "show" the person receiving the image where to look, not creating an image for output, even to the Web. Exactly what adjustment is made isn’t that important, only differentiation of the areas of the image. One could do about the same with Blending Modes (Screen comes to mind), or any number of other adjustments. The OP also indicated that there was a certain level of " expertise" in PS. That taken, how they choose to differentiate is a personal one. At the lowest level, B/C would work. Obviously, so would Levels, or Curves, if they were conversant in either. I was just stating the lowest common denomenator.

Hunt

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You’ve been using Photoshop since Ver 4 and you’ve never heard of or used the ‘stroke’ option?

Only when my wife says "go stroke it yourself" 🙁

Oh, a very good one! Thanks for the laugh.

Hunt

You’ve been using Photoshop since Ver 4 and you’ve never heard of or used the ‘stroke’ option?

Only when my wife says "go stroke it yourself" 🙁

Oh, a very good one! Thanks for the laugh.

Hunt

Glad you enjoyed it!!!

Hunt wrote:

The OP also indicated that there was a certain level of " expertise" in PS.

He’s been using it since PS 4, so that’s about 8 years. If you start with a statement like that, you’d expect him to be beyond B/C. But I understand your point of view.

I’m not sure he arrived. I think he just made a fly by in his UseJet.

You mean he is using mechanical propulsion now?

Ooo-eee-ooo

That is so …. …. earthling?

Aerticeus

Yeah, but’s it’s very hightech. Like Using copper telephone lines for DSL.

I think Voivod (all hail) is shy

The mighty ones quiver when addressed directly?

Aerticeus

You can draw a circle or square using the elliptical or rectangular marquee tools, and then add a line (called a stroke) to the selection marquee. Stroking a selection is a quick way to add a border or frame around an object. While this procedure shows you how to use the stroke command to draw a circle or square, you can stroke any selection you create with the selection tools.

1.. In the Layers palette, click the New Layer button to create a new layer for the circle or square. Isolating the circle or square on its own layer makes it easier to work with.
2.. Select the Elliptical Marquee tool or the Rectangular Marquee tool in the toolbox.
3.. Drag in the document window to create the shape. Hold down the Shift key while dragging to constrain the shape to a circle or square.
4.. Choose Edit > Stroke.
5.. In the Stroke dialog box, type a value for Width, and then click the color swatch to display the Color Picker dialog box.
6.. In the Color Picker dialog box, locate the color range you want using the triangle sliders on the color spectrum bar, and then click the desired color in the color field. The color you select appears in the top half of the color swatch. The original color remains in the bottom half. Click OK.
7.. Set the location for the stroke in relationship to the marquee by
choosing Inside, Center, or Outside. Adjust the other settings as desired and click OK. Photoshop strokes the line using the color and stroke settings you set.
"Steven Wandy" wrote in message
No I am not a newbie – been using PS since version 4, but never tried this before.
I had to send someone a photo with an area of it circled to identify what I wanted
her to look at. I was able to draw a circle using the Pen and/or Brush tool, but
it looked rather messy – one of the reasons I love photography as opposed to drawing :).
Is there a way to use the oliptical or rectangular selection tool to form the circle/box but
just have the area outlined, not selected or filled in? (Hope I am explaining that clearly.)
Thanks