"Desmond" wrote in message
On 7 Jul, 16:21, Desmond wrote:
On 7 Jul, 16:14, "Toobi-Won Kenobi" <Toobi-won > wrote:
"Desmond" wrote in message
news:> Can anyone
help. I cant work this out I have created a coloured square 20 x 20 and am atempting to put a black border around it. I created a lwft side line. I then tried to do the top. NOTHING I can use the pencil tool and draw lines all over the inside of the squuare but not across the top or any other side. I have a history of loads of pencils
which I have to keep deleting. Why can I draw randomly in the middle but not down the other 3 sides. HELP
Desmond.
If the square is on its own empty layer, ctrl+click on the layer "eyeball"
to load the selection and then Edit>Stroke to put your line around it. You can pick your colour, pixel width and placement from there also.
TWK
Control+ click on the eyeball is not doing anything There is only one Layer Background and a padlock on it. But I can still draw squigle lines all over the square just not down the side.
I have had to resort to the following.
1. New Layer
2. Draw a vertical line down the center
3. Move line to the left
4. Merge visible.
I could be fooled into thinking there was a bug in the software. Why can I draw a vertical line down the center but not down the side.
???
Desmond
If you draw your square on its own layer then control + click on the layer icon you will be able to add a stroke to the selection.
There are many ways to do what you want, one would be to use the rectangular marquee tool with a style of "Fixed size" (on the options bar, enter dimensions to suite, don’t forget the units, px, cms, ins.) and with the selection active (marching ants) edit>stroke it.It can be filed with any colour/pattern you like.
TWK
