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Rhino

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:30 pm    Post subject: Elliptical marquee tool Reply with quote

I am using Photoshop. Using an elliptical marquee tool, I need an ellipse that is TILTED in an angle. I mean, if a horizontal line is drawn, the major axis of the ellipse should not be parallel to the line, but should be making an angle. In other words, I want to select the ears of a rabbit that are at a 45 degree angles to a vertical line drawn between them.

Any ideas, people?
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thehermit

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Select>Transform Selection
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Rhino

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks bro.

Check <url=http://www.photoshopnerds.com/drawing-a-cartoon-bunny.htm> this</url> tutorial out.

I was trying to follow it, and then I used Transform selection for the left ear, tilting an ellipse. To create a symmetrical right ear, I saved the selection, then used Transform Selection once again, flipped it horizontally, then loaded the saved selection, making sure to check 'add to selection' - and thus got two ears with marching ants.

Now, I realised that they are too close. Now, to get them apart, do I have to
1) Select 'substract from selection', cut the right ear out,
2) flip the left ear like first time,
3) guesstimate, taking chances, hoping the right ear is the right distance this time
4) select 'add to selection' and load the saved selection to get two ellipses with marching ants.

Am I doing it the easy way, or is there any other easier method to do this?
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