Photoshop Question

[Irrawaddy Erik]

I've been trying for a while and I cannot find how to do this. I want to make a ellipse but for it to only be an outline. I must be blind. :brick: :brick:

 

[beanboon]

You can do it in Photoshop by making a new layer, clicking and holding on the rectangular marquee tool (on your tool pallette) and then selecting elliptical marquee tool. Draw your ellipse (oval) in your image on the new layer. Hold down your ALT key and draw a smaller ellipse inside the big one you created. Fill this in with whatever color and you have a crappy ellipse. You have little control over it this way, but this is the only way I know of to fake it in Photoshop.

You might try a vector program like Corel or Illustrator for creating a nicer oval.

 

[pisco]

You can also create the shape using the elliptical selection tool and the use the Stroke command. This will outline the selection without filling it. You will be able to control color and thickness with this command as well.

 

[Irrawaddy Erik]

You can also create the shape using the elliptical selection tool and the use the Stroke command. This will outline the selection without filling it. You will be able to control color and thickness with this command as well.

OH that will work........I totally forgot about the stroke command. :sohappy: Thanks

 

[Robfasto]

Yep, the stroke effect is the way to go. I use it all the time and is a lot easier than most any other way you can do this.

 

[cjb-nc]

Select->Modify...->Border is another way to turn a solid selection into an evenly-sized border of that selection.

In other words:
- use the elipitcal marquee tool to define an ellipse selection
- Go to the Select Menu, choose the Modify submenu, and choose Border
- enter the width of the border you want to select
- your ellipse selection is now a selection of just the border of the ellipse
- so you can now Fill to paint the elliptical outline, or whatever else you like

edit: need to check my typos better