Photoshop 7 dotted line question

[jakegotmail]

I am trying to create a one pixel on one pixel off dotted line. This use to be very ease to create in older versions but I can't seem to find it in PS7. I am guessing pencil tool but I need to find where I can have it only hit every other pixel ... any help would be very much appreciated.

Jake

[Jon_King]

This would be a manual operation in PS as far as I know. A number of basic tools as this one should be a standard as far as I'm concerened.

However what you ask is very easy to accomplish in Illustrator and opened into PS. IMHO

[dillonstars]

I agree that the best way to do this would be in illustrator and importing it into photoshop, but you can use this method to create cutom filled lines...

Create a 2px by 1px document, with one pixel white (or transparent) and the other black, in either a portrait or landscape layout depending on the direction of the line you are drawing.

Then select the whole document and create a fill pattern (Edit>Define Pattern).

Next, use the shape tool to create a 1px width line in the position you need and create a blank layer above the shape layer.

Then select the whole of the blank layer and fill it using the pattern you just created (Edit>Fill...)

Lastly, hitting ctrl+g with the fill layer selected will group those layers together creating a dotted line.

The good thing about this method is that you can alter the fill pattern to suit any type of line you need, whether it be dotted, dashed or a custom pattern.

[2oddSox]

You could also go for the cheap 'n' nasty way of just using the text tool (using dots, dashes etc.) and sizing and spacing to your needs.

[winstun]

Use the brush tool and open the brush palette ( it should be an icon to right of the center of your screen at the top when the brush tool is selected ).

Here you can do some pretty cool stuff by selecting various attributes of brushes.

Select a round brush of your choosing and with the aforementioned brush palette open, click where it says, "Brush Tip Shape", then play around with the brush size and spacing until you find a distance you are happy with. Simple as that!

Remember that holding down the Shift key when you are painting and you'll always get a straight line.

Hope this helps.