Question for you photoshoppers.

[Denholm]

Hello there,

I had a rather simple (at least I think it is) question for you photoshop geniuses. I wanted to know how you bend a line generated by the line tool? This feature is available in paint, but I haven't found it in photoshop (7.0). Here is what I've got:

This is the image with the line:


And I want to bend the yellow line to the point shown with the red arrow:


Now I do realize some of you can do it for me, and I'm asking kindly, "DON'T!" I would like to learn, and therefore I'm asking, "How do you bend a line with the use of Photoshop 7.0?"

Thanks in advance!

[BMathis]

Use the point tool (looks like a calligraphy pen tip) and draw 3 points (your start point, your middle point, your end point), then use the modify point tool (looks like V or \/ or <, it's in the same toolgroup as the point tool) to modify the middle point into a curve.

Use the white arrow (not the black arrow) to move the center point to match the curve you want, use the modify tool to change the amount of curve.

Use the Pen Tool:


Draw three Points:


Use the Convert Point Tool to make a curve for the middle point:


No need to go into the Transform Path-> Warp tool, as that wont give you the accuracy of a Bezier curve, which is all you need for a curved line.

http://www.rage3d.com/board/archive/index.php?t-33884356.html

I found this using a simple google search... 

[Dux]

Bending an existing line isn't the way to do that. The way that I would do it...?

Step 1: Create a new layer, between your tarmac layer and your straight line layer. Using the Elliptical Marquee tool with the precise cursor, click and drag from the bottom-right corner while holding the alt (draw from center) and shift (locks 1:1 proportion) keys. Drag until the marquee reaches the far side of your original line.

Step 2: Fill the marqueed area with color.

Step 3: Repeat the marqueeing process of step 1, this time only drag as far as the near side of the original line.

Step 4: Delete colored area, then delete original line layer.

You could also mess around with the Pen tool using Bezier curves, but that's more maddening than it's worth. 

[Dux]

re: bnasty's post... NEVER use 3 bezier points when 2 will do the job.

[BMathis]

re: bnasty's post... NEVER use 3 bezier points when 2 will do the job.

I have no Idea how to... It was a google search.   

Nice reply dux. That's prolly the way to go.

[Fulmar]

Dux's is the easiest way to do it.  Photoshop lacks any curve or advanced vector based tools because you're workin in a pixel environment.

[Denholm]

Thanks dux! Here is my final product:

[RATTFINK]

it's, it's... beautiful

Dux beat me to it

[RATTFINK]

Are you making a taxi-way or do you just like making curved lines  

[Denholm]

SHHHHH! It has a terminal.

[Dux]

No prob, Denholm... post pics when you're done.

Photoshop lacks any curve or advanced vector based tools because you're workin in a pixel environment.

Not entirely true... PS does have vector drawing tools, but they're not the easiest to learn or control. If I have to do that much actual "drawing" in PhotoShop, I'll do it all in Illustrator then import it (or even paste it) into PhotoShop. Right tool for the right job.

[Denholm]

It will be a while yet. Stuck without import or export tools, so I can't test anything or use any designs at the moment.

[Fulmar]

No prob, Denholm... post pics when you're done.

Not entirely true... PS does have vector drawing tools, but they're not the easiest to learn or control. If I have to do that much actual "drawing" in PhotoShop, I'll do it all in Illustrator then import it (or even paste it) into PhotoShop. Right tool for the right job.

This is true with Smart Objects.  I didn't say 'all' vector tools

[Chalenge]

You could have just setup a mask and then the yellowed result would have the same 'texturing' as the original concrete beneath.    Save it for next time. 

[Denholm]

What?