how to do white oval with dashes. please read

[bphillips330]

My wife and I might be expecting our second child. We are trying to find a cute way to tell our parents. First kid we gift wrapped chicken soup for the grandparent's soul or something like that book.

This time we are going to take a picture of our two year old cradling a baby doll like he was rocking it to sleep. I want to "cut" the baby's face out in photo shop and leave just a White oval with black dash marks around where the face would be like you could cut out the white spot and paste in a picture of the new baby. Any tips on how to do this.

cutting the face will be easy. I cam guessing oval marquee tool and cut out to fill with white. The dashes I am not sure on how to do with an oval. I thought somehow make a black border then use eraser every so often to make the look. Is there an easier way of doing this?

[Damo77]

To my undying shame, I can't figure out a way to easily do this.

C'mon, there must be somebody out there who knows!

[gpocock]

Hello

Is this what is wanted?

I always feel Photoshop is not the place to start if you want a drawing. So, I did this in Serif DrawPlus and exported as a tif. Then, in Photoshop, I made the outside transparent.

Best Wishes

Geoffrey Pocock

[radnmad]

OK... Photoshop can be used to draw absolutely anything, anyone who says otherwise simply hasn't practiced enough. I admit, it isn't the easiest software - but if you want to retain flexibility and control over your images it is far superior to importing. Importing images from other software creates print issues - as they usually import at 72dpi or less.

Here is a quick tut I threw together after your request.

1. First go to brushes and select a brush tip that creates the shape you desire the dashes to be (I used simple dots).
2. Click Brush Tip Shape
3. Increase spacing until you have the desired distance between dots.
http://photos-049.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v108/152/25/652840049/n652840049_334643_272.jpg
4. Fill Background layer (grey here)
5. New Layer
6. Draw an oval with the Marquee tool
7. Right click in the oval - select 'Convert to Work Path' (experiment with tolerance levels until you are happy - I used 1 here for reference)
http://photos-049.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v108/152/25/652840049/n652840049_334644_474.jpg
8. Select Pen Tool, right click again and select 'Stroke Path'
http://photos-049.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v108/152/25/652840049/n652840049_334645_675.jpg
9. Right click again and convert it back into a selection
http://photos-049.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v108/152/25/652840049/n652840049_334646_860.jpg
10. CLick on background layer
11. New Layer
12. Fill selected oval
http://photos-049.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v108/152/25/652840049/n652840049_334647_1060.jpg

You are then left with layers that you can move around independently and adjust transparencies etc without worries.

:)

[radnmad]

I drew this in PS, my tip.. learn and master all of that is built into the PEN tool, it is perhaps the most powerful drawing and editing tool out there.

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs12/i/2006/309/b/b/Scarface___Al_Pacino_by_radnmad.jpg

[bphillips330]

OK... Photoshop can be used to draw absolutely anything, anyone who says otherwise simply hasn't practiced enough. I admit, it isn't the easiest software - but if you want to retain flexibility and control over your images it is far superior to importing. Importing images from other software creates print issues - as they usually import at 72dpi or less.

Here is a quick tut I threw together after your request.

1. First go to brushes and select a brush tip that creates the shape you desire the dashes to be (I used simple dots).
2. Click Brush Tip Shape
3. Increase spacing until you have the desired distance between dots.
http://photos-049.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v108/152/25/652840049/n652840049_334643_272.jpg
4. Fill Background layer (grey here)
5. New Layer
6. Draw an oval with the Marquee tool
7. Right click in the oval - select 'Convert to Work Path' (experiment with tolerance levels until you are happy - I used 1 here for reference)
http://photos-049.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v108/152/25/652840049/n652840049_334644_474.jpg
8. Select Pen Tool, right click again and select 'Stroke Path'
http://photos-049.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v108/152/25/652840049/n652840049_334645_675.jpg
9. Right click again and convert it back into a selection
http://photos-049.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v108/152/25/652840049/n652840049_334646_860.jpg
10. CLick on background layer
11. New Layer
12. Fill selected oval
http://photos-049.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v108/152/25/652840049/n652840049_334647_1060.jpg

You are then left with layers that you can move around independently and adjust transparencies etc without worries.

:)



awsome!!!! thanks alot. ask a simple question. learn a WHOLE new way of doing things!!

[rivan]

awsome!!!! thanks alot. ask a simple question. learn a WHOLE new way of doing things!!


For slightly better results than using the ellipse marquee then converting to a path, just use the Ellipse Tool (hotkey U). This will create a perfect ellipse (only 4 points) and eliminates the need for any experimentation with tolerance when creating the work path.

Also, if you have access to Illustrator, you can make a dashed stroke on a path, change the ends of each dash from square to rounded, change the length and thickness of each dash. The last steps to getting it to PS are sometimes less obvious - you need to "Flatten Transparency" on the dashed path to create paths of each individual dash, then copy, move to PS, and paste as a path or shape layer.

[radnmad]

For slightly better results than using the ellipse marquee then converting to a path, just use the Ellipse Tool (hotkey U). This will create a perfect ellipse (only 4 points) and eliminates the need for any experimentation with tolerance when creating the work path.

Yes, a much better approach.

The pen tool is perhaps best for odd shapes or borders.