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Wire
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

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posted posted 02-24-2003 17:39

Ok sorry guys but i've been playing with PS for a while and cant get want i want quickly enough.

I only want to draw a shape, then make a hole in that shape - maybe in more than 1 layer, but on just 1 layer would be a start. ive tried lasso etc but must be doing something fundamentally wrong !!




Michael
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: *land
Insane since: Nov 2000

posted posted 02-24-2003 18:23

Steve's pen tut is what you're lookin' for I think. click me!
If you run into problems... just post back here and I'm sure things can be sorted out.


... oh..
and welcome to the asylum.


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DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 02-24-2003 18:49

What part are you having trouble with exactly?

Making the shape...or making the hole in it?

Or the whole process?

What kind of shape are you trying to make?

Need more info.

vogonpoet
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Mi, USA
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 02-24-2003 18:49

when you say shape , are you using the shape tool? If so and your using the 'vector mask' option you can 'subtract' from your original shape by drawing the new shape and then by clicking the subtract button that is located towards the right in the shape tool option bar. This in effect 'masks' out the original shape with the shape of the new shape.

More details from you can help us help you..

docilebob
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From: buttcrack of the midwest
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 02-25-2003 05:14

Just a shot in the dark, here...
try the eliptical marquee tool upper left hand corner of the tool bar (click and hold the button, if the round one is not showing ) click and drag the circle you wish, if you`ll need it again, go Select>>Save Selection and it will be in the Channels pallette when you need it.
Then activate the layer you want a hole in, and hit DELETE.

Wire
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

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posted posted 02-25-2003 14:55

Firstly, thanx for all your help

I've more or less managed to do what i want (i think), using PS6. I have just created a filled rectangle, created a path inside the rectangle (loosely rectangular) using a PEN and selected to fill the path with the CLEAR option. What this gives me is a Retangle with a circular hole in it, through which i can 'see' the transparent background.

My intention is to create transparent windows, behind which will be some other graphics which can be seen through the window. Some tutorials i have seen dont seem to work the way they are meant too.

The link below is an excellent tutorial for my initial problem, but it doesnt seen to work for me !! - and yet again a different way to do things, apparently.
http://www.teamphotoshop.com/photoshop/tutorials/techniques/rings/rings.php

thanks again

DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 02-25-2003 14:58

Ok easiest way to do what you just described -

1) create a new layer

2) on taht layer, use the marquee tool to make the rectangle you want. Fill with color of choice.

3) use marquee tool again to create the inner rectangle/circle/whatever

4) hit [DELETE]

Done.

=)



platyjim
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Fromsville
Insane since: Feb 2003

posted posted 02-27-2003 03:22

or even easier
1) make the shape you want
2) control click the layer to select it
3Select>Modify>Contract However Many Pixels
4)Delete

DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 02-27-2003 04:10

Couple of problems with that method -

1) Contracting will ruin a circle

2) You can't contract a rectangle and get a circle



[This message has been edited by DL-44 (edited 02-27-2003).]

Emperor
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Cell 53, East Wing
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 02-27-2003 04:26

DL:

quote:
You can't contract a rectangle and get a circle



Whoa there fella - not so fast!! Now you can't do what!!!

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DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 02-27-2003 05:29

erm....exactly what it says

see, he wanted a rectangle as his outer shape, with a circle for a hole.

You can't make a rectangular selection, and then use the contract option and end up with the circle...

So the contract method doesn't really work unless you want a rectangle shape with a rectangluar hole...or a circular shape with an octagonal hole (as the contraction alters a cricle into a puffy octagon).

Of course, as I'm a bit under the weather, it's entirely possible you're having fun with me and I'm just missing it



vogonpoet
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Mi, USA
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 02-27-2003 15:38

1. rectangular shape tool
2. circular shape tool - subtract

and its fully editable

Perfect Thunder
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Milwaukee
Insane since: Oct 2001

posted posted 02-28-2003 04:48

Or fill an entire layer with a color, then apply a layer mask to reveal only the shape (holes and all) that you want. Again, completely editable.

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