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I'm really new to Photoshop and I couldn't really make sense of the answers of similar questions. So if someone could give me a step by step for my problem, that'd be amazing.

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I'm trying to make an offset line based on those portrait contours and then fill the space in between. Hopefully the imgur makes sense.

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A friendly redditor helped me out with the question. The answer that worked is as follows:


ChicoSuaveIII 12 minutes ago - https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshop/comments/dr71c5/how_do_i_make_an_offset_line_and_then_fill_the/?

Why don't you try this:

1 First, rasterize the image.

2 Use the "Wand Tool" to select the blank area around the two figures.

3 Next, use the "Expand" and "Contract" options under the Select/Modify menu to adjust the distance you want from the figures.

4 Once you have the right distance you want, under the Select/Modify menu again, choose the "Border" option and choose a thin border, maybe three or four pixels.

5 Use the Fill Tool to fill in the border with whatever color you like.

I just tried out the above myself. It does work.

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According to your screenshots your layers are already raster (bitmap). So:

  1. duplicate your layer ( + J)
  2. Double-click on the newly created layer thumbnail (in the Layers panel) and add a Stroke.
  3. Change the stroke thickness to be whatever size you want the gap to be.
  4. Right-click the layer's name in the Layers panel and select Rasterize Layer Style
  5. Change the Fill (on top of the Layers panel) to 0%. The layer will become invisible. enter image description here
  6. Add a new Stroke to this layer and adjust the thickness to whatever value you want.

Whenever you need a larger gap, just repeat steps 3-4-6 on the stroke layer until you get the correct gap size. If you need a smaller gap just duplicate your original layer again and repeat 1-6.

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