How can I make a dashed or dotted lines in photoshop?
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I wanted a straight dashed line, so I used the line tool, rasterized the level, and then erased sections using my eraser circle as a rough length measurement. |
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Simply select the brush tool >> select your brush. Then press F5 to access the brush properties. Go to brush tab >> adjust the spacing. I hope that helps. |
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Try using Text tool and play with it's options. -------------- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ – – – – – – – – |
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The easiest way is to get the new photshop :P Yes, finally, at version 13, in Photoshop CS6 Beta each Shape can have a Stroke!! and it can be dashed... took them 13 versions of photoshop but they finally came round to it :) Beware! Its still beta :P But its free for a month or so... http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs6/ P.S. - It also has lots of new great stuff... moves kind of slow on my laptop, but still.. i recommend it, have a look at these videos to see the new stuff it has: http://www.lynda.com/Photoshop-tutorials/Photoshop-CS6-Beta-Preview/97406-2.html |
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My quickest solution to this would be to use Illustrator to create the line and then copy it into Photoshop as a smart object. This way it is still easy to edit. |
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You could make a pattern, start with a blank canvas double the size of the dashed lines you want to make (or the size of the line plus spacing on one side only), and add in the line once. Than click edit -> define pattern. In your main project, select the area to receive the dashed line and fill it in with your new pattern (you may need to move the pattern depending on where you put the pattern in the first image). |
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Rounded dotted lines are easy,(using a round brush as base) just setup the spacing bigger in "brush tip shape" settings. When wanting dashed ones, add square tip brushes if you havent got there, it comes default in the "load brushes" list at brushes window (accessing from right top corner icon in this brushes window). Choose a square tip brush. In brush tip shape settings again, just set the "roundness" at a low value, ie, 30%. Angle at 0º or 180º. You will want the strokes to follow the curve. For this, check "shape dynamics", and in 'angle jitter', set "direction" (just that). A good combination is to use photoshop paths and then stroke to path. This can give you extra accuracy and flexibility. Edit: Sorry, forgot. Remember to setup angle jitter to zero. |
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