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longtalker
Joined: 07 Mar 2009
Posts: 10
Location: Romania
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 Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:29 pm Post subject: Hardness of square brushes |
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Hey everybody,
I'm trying to draw some dashed lines in Photoshop, and to this end I've been playing around with the brush settings (Spacing etc). I'm using a square brush, and I managed to draw the dashed line as I want it, with one exception: I can't get the brush to be feathered.
Is it a general thing in Photoshop that you can't change (i.e. soften) the hardness of a square brush, as you can with that of a round brush? I doubt that Photoshop would impose such a limitation - there must be something I'm getting wrong.
I'd really appreciate some help on this. Once again, I'd like to have a soft (i.e. feathered) *square* brush, which I can use for various purposes, including the drawing of dashed lines.
Thanks for any help! |
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bluelobster
Joined: 17 Mar 2009
Posts: 25
Location: Sacramento, CA
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1. Create a LARGE rounded rectangle shape in black on a white background
2. Rasterize the layer
3. Blur the edges (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur)
4. Edit > Define Brush Preset
5. Open another document
6. Select your new brush and reduce the Master Diameter
7. In the brushes panel, click on the words Brush Tip Shape
8. Set the Spacing to something high that pulls the dashes apart
9. On the left, click on the words Shape Dynamics
10. Under Angle Jitter, change Control: to Direction
11. Paint your dashed line!
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longtalker
Joined: 07 Mar 2009
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Location: Romania
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks!! |
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