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I was wondering the best method for drawing a circle or oval around an item on the canvas so as to highlight it.
"itten" wrote in message
I was wondering the best method for drawing a circle or oval around an item on the canvas so as to highlight it.
Do you mean a "vignette", where the subject is surrounded by an oval or circular "window" for want of a better word. The edges of which usually fade as well?
If so, this is realy an easy way to do it ( it takes longer to read it than it does to execute it.
Open your image and copy the background layer.
You now have two layers.
Hit D on the keyboard to make your fore/background colours black and white.
With the background layer active (selected) hit ctrl+backspace, this will fill the background layer with white.
Make your background copy layer active (select it) and draw your circle or oval on to it with the circular marquee tool.
On the options bar set your feathering to 30-40 pixels, (higher the number the more the blur)
Now for the magic bit, on the layers palette, click on the third icon from the left, a square with a circle in it (add layer mask).
That’s it. If you didn’t mean this, I have wasted my time ;}
MH
You should now have your
I’ll try it later when I have some time. I just want to illustrate a certain area with a white outline, elipse, circle, etc. It’s kinda like drawing on a photograph with white ink. I’ll let you know.
"Mike Hyndman" wrote in message
"itten" wrote in message
I was wondering the best method for drawing a circle or oval around an item on the canvas so as to highlight it.
Do you mean a "vignette", where the subject is surrounded by an oval or circular "window" for want of a better word. The edges of which usually fade as well?
If so, this is realy an easy way to do it ( it takes longer to read it than it does to execute it.
Open your image and copy the background layer.
You now have two layers.
Hit D on the keyboard to make your fore/background colours black and white.
With the background layer active (selected) hit ctrl+backspace, this will fill the background layer with white.
Make your background copy layer active (select it) and draw your circle or oval on to it with the circular marquee tool.
On the options bar set your feathering to 30-40 pixels, (higher the number the more the blur)
Now for the magic bit, on the layers palette, click on the third icon from the left, a square with a circle in it (add layer mask).
That’s it. If you didn’t mean this, I have wasted my time ;}
MH
You should now have your
"itten" wrote in message
I’ll try it later when I have some time. I just want to illustrate a certain area with a white outline, elipse, circle, etc. It’s kinda like drawing on a photograph with white ink. I’ll let you know.
Sounds like I wasted my time. ;{
MH
"Mike Hyndman" wrote in message
"itten" wrote in message
I was wondering the best method for drawing a circle or oval around an item on the canvas so as to highlight it.
Do you mean a "vignette", where the subject is surrounded by an oval or circular "window" for want of a better word. The edges of which usually fade as well?
If so, this is realy an easy way to do it ( it takes longer to read it than it does to execute it.
Open your image and copy the background layer.
You now have two layers.
Hit D on the keyboard to make your fore/background colours black and white.
With the background layer active (selected) hit ctrl+backspace, this will fill the background layer with white.
Make your background copy layer active (select it) and draw your circle or oval on to it with the circular marquee tool.
On the options bar set your feathering to 30-40 pixels, (higher the number the more the blur)
Now for the magic bit, on the layers palette, click on the third icon from the left, a square with a circle in it (add layer mask).
That’s it. If you didn’t mean this, I have wasted my time ;}
MH
You should now have your
I was wondering the best method for drawing a circle or oval around an item on the canvas so as to highlight it.
Sounds like I wasted my time. ;{
MH
Mike Hyndman wrote:
"itten" wrote in message
I’ll try it later when I have some time. I just want to illustrate a certain area with a white outline, elipse, circle, etc. It’s kinda like
drawing on a photograph with white ink. I’ll let you know.
Sounds like I wasted my time. ;{
MH
"Mike Hyndman" wrote in message
"itten" wrote in message
I was wondering the best method for drawing a circle or oval around an item on the canvas so as to highlight it.
Do you mean a "vignette", where the subject is surrounded by an oval or
circular "window" for want of a better word. The edges of which usually
fade as well?
If so, this is realy an easy way to do it ( it takes longer to read it than it does to execute it.
Open your image and copy the background layer.
You now have two layers.
Hit D on the keyboard to make your fore/background colours black and white.
With the background layer active (selected) hit ctrl+backspace, this will
fill the background layer with white.
Make your background copy layer active (select it) and draw your circle
or oval on to it with the circular marquee tool.
On the options bar set your feathering to 30-40 pixels, (higher the number the more the blur)
Now for the magic bit, on the layers palette, click on the third icon from the left, a square with a circle in it (add layer mask).
That’s it. If you didn’t mean this, I have wasted my time ;}
MH
No you didn’t. I found it very useful.
Thanks
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Sounds like I wasted my time. ;{
MH
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Granny typed:
I was wondering the best method for drawing a circle or oval around an item on the canvas so as to highlight it.
Elliptical Marquee Tool (m), Edit > Stroke pick your color —
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I knew there had to be an easy way to do it.
Thanks a lot. I really appreciate that.
"itten" wrote in message
T H A T ‘ S I T !
I knew there had to be an easy way to do it.
Thanks a lot. I really appreciate that.
Put the circle on its own layer (always a good idea) and you’ll be able to use the new stroke layer style you made earlier.;)
MH
Mike Hyndman wrote:Bill,
"itten" wrote in message
T H A T ‘ S I T !
I knew there had to be an easy way to do it.
Thanks a lot. I really appreciate that.
Put the circle on its own layer (always a good idea) and you’ll be able to
use the new stroke layer style you made earlier.;)
MH
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