Photoshop 7 Ellipse tool

[imported_Phil]

Can someone tell me how I can draw a non-filled circle using the ellipse tool in Photoshop 7? All I get is a filled circle, I'm after a thick-lined outline.

Thanks,

Dopefiend

 

[igowerf]

Click on the selection tool (marquee tools) and hold down the mouse button. A menu should pop up letting you select an elliptical selection tool. Use that to make your ellipse and then go to Edit -> Stroke to make your outline.

This will make a transparent elipse with a colored outline. If you want to make a solid elipse, you can use the same method except first you go Edit->Fill to fill it with a solid color. Then do Edit->Stroke to make the outline.

 

[imported_Phil]

Ah, excellent, thank you igowerf. I must find a decent book that explains all this; while I can do basic editing with PS7, layers and some of the more bizarre (for people coming from something like PShopPro) menu options are quite confusing.

Dopefiend

 

[ProviaFan]

I'm in a similar situation (can do basic layers and photo editing, but the advanced stuff has me confused), so if you come across a good book, please do post here about it.

 

[imported_Phil]

Well, Kazaa'ing for Photoshop Bible is my next step..
Only because then I'll buy the book if it's good.

Dopefiend

 

[igowerf]

I actually switched from Paint Shop Pro to Photoshop too. It just took me a while to understand the Photoshop language. I've always thought that the shape tools in Photoshop are unncessarily difficult to use though.

 

[Celstar]

Adobe's Classroom in a book series is very good for the new photoshop dabbler.

 

[Nocturnal]

You could always do use the ellipse tool and then do a select layer, contract, 10 px, and then fill the inner selected area with whatever bg you have.

 

[imported_Phil]

That's true, but I was using an ellipse to highlight a certain area of a picture for an information flyer for work. That way, I'd have to copy and paste the background into the middle of the circle. Ugh
I did think of doing it that way, but I realised that it would just take too long.

Dopefiend