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silverglade
Joined: 18 Apr 2009
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 Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:50 am Post subject: i want to taper a line like this webpage tutorial |
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hi, i got stuck at this one point in the following tutorial
http://www.logotutorials.com/gold-crown.php
at the part where you taper the line, when i try to taper the line using delete and the oval marquee tool, i get an error that says , "warning no pixels are more than 50% selected. The selection edges will not be visible" . any help greatly appreciated. thank you. derek |
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vampirelover
Joined: 11 Oct 2008
Posts: 60
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| Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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| silverglade wrote: | hi, i got stuck at this one point in the following tutorial
http://www.logotutorials.com/gold-crown.php
at the part where you taper the line, when i try to taper the line using delete and the oval marquee tool, i get an error that says , "warning no pixels are more than 50% selected. The selection edges will not be visible" . any help greatly appreciated. thank you. derek |
Hi again, Derek. I think the problem here is too much feathering.If the feathering is too big for the size of the selction you will just run out of pixels, and this is the usual reason for this error message. Try using a smaller feather size ie.reduce the number of pixels when you feather the selction and I think it will work. |
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66stang66
Joined: 06 Mar 2009
Posts: 197
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| Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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Also, just because you get that warning doesn't mean no pixels are selected. Just that you cant see what is selected. Do the selection like they say. Click ok on the warning and delete (I think that is what the tutorial has you do after making the selection). See what happens. Maybe nothing. Maybe you get the result you want. |
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silverglade
Joined: 18 Apr 2009
Posts: 17
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:14 am Post subject: |
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thank you. ok after much experiment i finally found the answer to getting feathered "pointed" lines. you have to merge down your layers, select the oval marquee tool.,make the feather a max of 7 pixels or you get an error, put marquee at end of line, press delete, and you have a pointed "feathered " line end. derek |
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Ziggy
Joined: 23 Apr 2009
Posts: 2
Location: Colchester Vermont
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| Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:52 pm Post subject: alternative method |
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another way to "taper" the line is to do it similar to this
Click on the paths tab on the layer pallet
select new path
select your pen tool
draw a straight line
select your brush tool
select appropriate brush size
reselect the pen tool
right click
select stroke path
select brush
check simulate pressure
click ok
you should have the desired effect
play around with it and u can make curves that do the same thing. |
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