Stroke Help

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B Roberts
Apr 24, 2006
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Can anyone tell me how to set a stroke (on a path) to be hard and clear? I can get a good outline if I press stroke 5 times but then of course it expands.

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Bob
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Apr 24, 2006
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Can anyone tell me how to set a stroke (on a path) to be hard and clear? I can get a good outline if I press stroke 5 times but then of course it expands.

Thanks
Bob

Photoshop is an application designed to manipulate raster images, its vector tools are minimal. Illustrator is a vector application and it vector tools are second to none.

You just won’t get first class results in vector work using photoshop

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Mike Russell
Apr 25, 2006
"B Roberts" wrote in message
Can anyone tell me how to set a stroke (on a path) to be hard and clear? I can get a good outline if I press stroke 5 times but then of course it expands.

Try using the pencil to stroke the path instead of a brush. This will give you a very dark, pixilated stroke.
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Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
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theartist
Apr 25, 2006
Mike Russell wrote:
"B Roberts" wrote in message
Can anyone tell me how to set a stroke (on a path) to be hard and clear? I can get a good outline if I press stroke 5 times but then of course it expands.

Try using the pencil to stroke the path instead of a brush. This will give you a very dark, pixilated stroke.
or, you can change the outside/inside/center options. That may help.

WISHLIST: Photoshop should have anti-aliasing settings for vector shapes and outlines like they have for fonts.

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noone
Apr 25, 2006
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"B Roberts" wrote in message
Can anyone tell me how to set a stroke (on a path) to be hard and clear? I can get a good outline if I press stroke 5 times but then of course it expands.

Try using the pencil to stroke the path instead of a brush. This will give you a very dark, pixilated stroke.
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Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com

And, before you Stroke the Path, set the Brush Size (Pencil Tool, as Mike suggests) to that which you want. If it is too thin, then Ctrl-Z and adjust the Brush Size up a pixel, or two.

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