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I am a Photoshop beginner. I'm trying to create a triangle that has green lines but no color inside. I'm using Photoshop 6. I tried the line tool, which didn't give me an even width. The lines tend to thicken from top to bottom. I tried the shape tool but the triangle has a big outline.
The logo I want to recreate is a prism from images.google.com
The google image has a green triangle in the middle of the image. It has a black background which I need to replace. I tried to change it to a transparent gif but the resulting gif shows messy black pixels.
Thanks for any help!
1. use the shape tool to create a triangle the size you want.
2. go to Layer > rasterize > layer
3. now create a new layer (Layer > new > layer), name it stroke.
4. with the layer called 'stroke' still selected, hold down ctrl key and click on the layer in the layers pallette that you created the original triangle in - probably called shape1. you should see the selection outline the shape of your original triangle.
5.now delete the layer that you created the triangle in by right clicking on it and selecting delete. you should just have the selection edges of that shape left.
6. select edit > stroke, and fill in appropriate values.
you should now have the outline of a triangle
ben
Why does Photoshop not allow the straight forward control of objects so that when you draw an object you can control fill and strokes from the onset?
I know that Illustrator gives you this control but how much more of addition would it be to photoshop to allow this?
I guess I am so used to using fireworks and flash I have become quite biased, but their interface for this type of command is very simple!
Thanks for the quick reply. I got the triangle but could not reproduce the glow. I tried layer style, filter but could not get the same glowing effect as the one on images.google.com. If you want to take a look, it's a prism with a green triangle within a black background.
In regard to changing the background color in an image like this one, what's the best way of doing it? I tried replacing the color and also saving for web to create a transparent gif but both did not work.
Hope this is not too much trouble. Thanks so much.
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erm, which one? - dont post on the board - sticky mail me a link.
my original instructions said to get the triangle as a selection and then use edit > stroke. stroke 'colors in' the edge of a selection.
ben
[edit] if its on a black bakground, that will make life easier, but without knowing what youre trying to reproduce i cannot help[/edit]
1) create a triangle using the shape tool with 3 sides.
2) layer > rasterize layer
3) add the following layer styles (and tweak till your happy)
i)color overlay set to black
ii) stroke set to 2 pixel, outside, white
iii) inner glow: blend mode set to normal, color set #CCFFFF (web colors), opacity 80%, technique set to precise, size about 15 pixels depending on your triangle size.
if you set your background layer to black, this will approximate the triangle in the picture (youll probably have to fiddle with the sizes).
now, you say you want a background? do you mean to the triangle itself?
in this case after you create and rasterise the triangle layer, put the image you want as background on a new layer ABOVE the triangle layer, and link the two (to link layers have one selected in the layer pallette and click the little space next to the eye on the layer you want to link to - a little chain icon will appear)
with the layers linked select layer > merge linked.
then go through the steps above, but dont add the color overlay style to the layer.
hope this makes sense, its getting late :(
ben
before you merge linked the two layers, you need to select the top layer (with th background image on) and select layer > group with previous.
ben
