Drawing circles!

J
Posted By
Jennifer
May 22, 2006
Views
252
Replies
5
Status
Closed
please someone help me! is it possible to change the border thickness when you are drawing a circle using the elipse tool. it just a simple shape with a border i’m trying to create but my fiddling has proved fruitless. please help me. the program i’m using is photoshop elements
4.0 thank you
Related Tags
draw

Must-have mockup pack for every graphic designer 🔥🔥🔥

Easy-to-use drag-n-drop Photoshop scene creator with more than 2800 items.

N
noone
May 22, 2006
In article ,
says…
please someone help me! is it possible to change the border thickness when you are drawing a circle using the elipse tool. it just a simple shape with a border i’m trying to create but my fiddling has proved fruitless. please help me. the program i’m using is photoshop elements
4.0 thank you

Jennifer,

If you are using the Shape Tool, you are actually drawing a Path. When you Stroke (the "border" that I think you are talking about) the selection of the Paint Tool (Pen, Brush, etc.) and the Size of it, will determine the thickness, color and texture of the "border."

Now, I do not know what is available in Elements, and also may have missed what you need. Let us know if this is possible in PSE.

Hunt
CN
C.NielsenDKminusdette
May 22, 2006
"Hunt" skrev i en meddelelse
In article ,
says…
please someone help me! is it possible to change the border thickness when you are drawing a circle using the elipse tool. > Jennifer,

If you are using the Shape Tool, you are actually drawing a Path. Hunt

I would use the elipse tool , hold down shift, and it will make a circle. Then press edit, and stroke, choose the size and color you want, and then OK –
a perfect colored circle line.
This is PS , maybe it will work in PSE also.

Regards
C. Nielsen
U
Unspam
May 22, 2006
please someone help me! is it possible to change the border thickness when you are drawing a circle using the elipse tool. it just a simple shape with a border i’m trying to create but my fiddling has proved fruitless. please help me. the program i’m using is photoshop elements
4.0 thank you

Use a stroke
J
Jennifer
May 25, 2006
Thank you all for this help. problem solved, woo hoo! stroke worked a treat. I would never have got there on my own…
N
noone
May 25, 2006
In article ,
says…
Thank you all for this help. problem solved, woo hoo! stroke worked a treat. I would never have got there on my own…

Glad that you got there! Just remember to set your Tool (Brush, Pencil) to the color and size that you want before you Stroke. I also like to Stroke on a new Layer. You can then position, or add a Style, etc., before you Merge/Flatten to your image Layer. Illustrator allows more flexibility to Stroking/Filling, and making changes AFTER the fact, than does PS, because it is a raster-based program.

Hunt

How to Improve Photoshop Performance

Learn how to optimize Photoshop for maximum speed, troubleshoot common issues, and keep your projects organized so that you can work faster than ever before!

Related Discussion Topics

Nice and short text about related topics in discussion sections