"Dangit I'm goin photoshop" (convert needs help!)

Redwing · Post by **Redwing** » Sat May 29, 2004 1:11 pm

Don't use the Shape tool. Use the Select tool in the top left; make an elliptical-shaped selection and fill it with color using the bucket. (You'll have to click a little arrow to get to the ellipse; the default is a rectangle shape.)

Hope that helps. =)

Phalanx · Post by **Phalanx** » Sat May 29, 2004 1:29 pm

That's cause you have your shape tool set to Path Mode. Have it set to Fill mode and you'll have that MS-Paint like tool you're used to. The option to do that is in the options bar on the top if you're using photoshop 7. It's three buttons with a row. the first has a rectangle with 4 small rectangles on the corners, the second has a rectable and a pen, the third is just a plain rectangle. Click the one with the plain rectangle.

You might also find this site helpful, it's meant for Photoshop beginners:

http://www.arraich.com/ps_intro.htm

And this topic belongs more in TTT, I'll move it there for you.

Ruxen · Post by **Ruxen** » Sat May 29, 2004 2:04 pm

Try using the elliptical marquee tool (the one in the upper left as Redwing said) then go to select-> modify -> border
then fill in the border with the paint bucket with whatever colour you want. If the outline size doesn't fit your needs, go back and play around with the border size.

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:09 pm

You should try using Illustrator. It's a lot more tailored for drawing than Photoshop, and Illustrator files are importable to Photoshop and can be exported as vector paths to Flash.

Hiye · Post by **Hiye** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:47 pm

Or you could always use the ellipse shape, blending options - border, and then rasterize the layer.

But I think using the elliptical marquee is easier.

William G · Post by **William G** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:48 pm

falos wrote:Remember, I'm trying to get an elliptical outline. I'll check the site...

I'm not certain what your goal is, but...for word balloons in Photoshop7:

I'm now usuing Gimp 2 , but when I was using Photoshop7, I used to put the text layer in first. Then select the base layer to do your work on.

Use the elliptical marquee tool to make your ellipse. Once you have the shape and size you want, go to "edit" select "fill", mess with the settings to get the balloon color you want.

Now, leave everything as it is, go back to "Edit" and select "Stroke", select the outline color, width, and location, hit the okay button.

Perfect word balloons.

For the pointers, select of make a hard-edged brush that's the same width as your balloon outline. Using that and the paintbucket and eraser tools, you should figure it out.

OH YEAH! Make sure to add the text AFTER you scale down your image to it's final size.

Cortland · Post by **Cortland** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:02 pm

If you have Illustrator and Photoshop, the best way I've found to do balloons is to put an ellipse and a "tail" together in Illustrator with Pathfinder, and then copy and paste the path into Photoshop as a path. You can resise it and get the tails pointing where they need before, and then "Stroke" and "fill" the paths all at once on a separate layer.

Soap Soaperson · Post by **Soap Soaperson** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 6:39 am

Phalanx wrote:That's cause you have your shape tool set to Path Mode. Have it set to Fill mode and you'll have that MS-Paint like tool you're used to. The option to do that is in the options bar on the top if you're using photoshop 7. It's three buttons with a row. the first has a rectangle with 4 small rectangles on the corners, the second has a rectable and a pen, the third is just a plain rectangle. Click the one with the plain rectangle.

AHHHH! Thank you! I've always wondered how the heck to do that. It's sad, really, because I've had photoshop for about a year, now.