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General Forums => Films and Screenshots => Topic started by: Denholm on September 02, 2008, 11:58:53 AM
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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:
(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/8823/image1gx0.jpg)
And I want to bend the yellow line to the point shown with the red arrow:
(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5564/image2qn2.jpg)
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! :aok
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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:
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6051/pentoolsdy8.jpg)
Draw three Points:
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3811/linesep0.jpg)
Use the Convert Point Tool to make a curve for the middle point:
(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/5783/curvelw6.jpg)
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... :salute
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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. :huh
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re: bnasty's post... NEVER use 3 bezier points when 2 will do the job.
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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. :D
Nice reply dux. That's prolly the way to go.
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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.
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Thanks dux! Here is my final product:
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it's, it's... beautiful :D
Dux beat me to it :)
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Are you making a taxi-way or do you just like making curved lines ;) :rofl
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SHHHHH! It has a terminal. :noid
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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. :)
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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.
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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 :)
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You could have just setup a mask and then the yellowed result would have the same 'texturing' as the original concrete beneath. :D Save it for next time. :aok
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What? :P
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I dont have the ability to post pictures like these other guys. What you do is mask off (quick mask) the areas you dont wish to be affected and so that the area you want to be painted with the yellow is unmasked. Switch back to normal mode and invert the selection and then you change the base color to yellow (paint bucket) and finally select nothing. The result will be the same concrete texture but with a yellow stripe.
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Chalenge... FYI... this forum allows attaching of images; no hosting needed. :aok
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Chalenge... FYI... this forum allows attaching of images; no hosting needed. :aok
Yup, instead of doing the quick reply at the bottom of each page...if you click the "Reply" button (next to notify/mark unread/print) you're brought to a new screen with more options. Hit the + Additional Options link and you'll be able to attach files.
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I was a little off in the process I mentioned but its really easy to do. You want to select the area of the arc and there is a number of ways to do that (mask being one). I was intending to have you mask the areas you dont want yellow and then invert the selection. From there you just use the change color tool (Image -> Adjustments -> Replace Color). You will have to use the eye dropper to select the color you wish to change (use a fuzziness of 25-40) and then setup the hue saturation and lightness for the shade of yellow you want. That way instead of the yellow stripe coming out looking like a solid color and perfectly smooth it instead takes on the appearance of yellow concrete.
If that doesnt help then post a sample image with no stripe and I will go down the process one step at a time and show you what I mean. Its really basic photoshop though.
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I wanted it to look similar to paint just slapped onto the concrete. I do know how to make it appear as if the concrete came colored in that form. Here's an example:
ps.jpg is what I am using.
pc.jpg is what I described.
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My mistake if its not what you wanted. pc.jpg looks much better to me but I would still be tempted to do it the other way.
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Pc.jpg is quite tempting. I was going to use it, didn't fit though. Besides, there's plenty other things to eat up the fps. :D