Placing Circle Stroke Over Another Circle

[ginger]

Hi gurus,

I have a circle that I want to place another circular stroke over to clean up the edges of the underlying circle. How can I do this (in Photoshop CS5)?

Thanks,
ginger

 

[PhotoshopTrainingChannel]

create a new layer
create a circular marquee around your circle
hold shift if you want to constrain the selection to a perfect circle
go to edit > stroke and select the width and color

hope this is what you meant!

 

[ginger]

Hi,

Yes, but I'm running into a couple of issues:

1. I'm getting a message: "Warning. No pixels are more than 50% selected. The selection edges will not be visible."

2. How do you move and resize the circle to fit exactly over the underlying circular stroke?

Thanks for your help!

ginger

 

[ginger]

Oops! I just noticed that I had the feather set to 200! No wonder I was getting that message.

So that leaves me with question #2.

Thanks!
ginger

 

[PhotoshopTrainingChannel]

#1. set your feather down to 0

#2. if you created a new layer
then you applied a stroke.
the press ctrl + T (cmd + T on Mac) on the keyboard to transform your circle.

if you are asking how to move/resize the original layer then do the same
ctrl + T (cmd + T on Mac). If this original layer is set to "background" and it has a lock icon next to it then it wont work.
first double click on the lock and just click ok on the window that comes up.

now you can do the whole ctrl + T (cmd + T on Mac) thing to move around or distort your layer using the move tool (the black arrow)

hope it works,

let me know!

 

[ginger]

ctrl + T did it. Thank you so much!

ginger

 

[PhotoshopTrainingChannel]

No problem Ginger!

Feel free to check out my page
I have some tutorials there that you might like!

http://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/

 

[ibclare]

Another way to make a perfectly lined up circle inside a circle is to use the shape tool set to paths. Set up your guides to create a central point and any other constraints.

On the shape layer toolbar you'll see 3 selections on the left. The left one creates a colored shape using your FG color on its own layer. The middle one is paths. Choose that one if you want to stroke the circle not fill it.

Now go to the right, pick the ellipse tool, go to the end of this area, and click the drop down. Choose "defined proportions" and check "from center."

For the color-filled circle, that's it, you're done. If you want to stroke the circle, make a second layer as PTC said, activate your circle path in the paths pallette (control click or cmd click on the work layer), make sure that the work path is highlighted, then right click and choose stroke.

I know this may sound more complicated, but it really isn't once you've done it one or two times. It is the cleanest way to make perfectly aligned circles and an easy introduction to the pretty important issue of paths.

Incidentally, another way to move a selection is to use a selection tool.

 

[MrFrunzi]

Not sure if I'm doing this in a backwards way, but I like to try to find somewhere near the center of my original circle and hold alt+shift while drawing my selection.

 

[ibclare]

Not sure if I'm doing this in a backwards way, but I like to try to find somewhere near the center of my original circle and hold alt+shift while drawing my selection.

The problem is "try to find somewhere near the center." With the grid method, no need to try.

However, there is a another very easy way to duplicate a marquee circle and make concentric rings. Copy the layer (ctl/cmd + J), then transform it (ctl/cmd + T) holding down the alt/opt + shift keys. If you want the strokes the same size, you'll need to stroke the smaller one again as it will shrink with the transform.

 

[MrFrunzi]

However, there is a another very easy way to duplicate a marquee circle and make concentric rings...

Appreciate it! Circles have always been a pain for me.

 

[ibclare]

You're welcome. It is Photoshop. There are always a bunch of ways to do any one thing. Enjoy your trip. I do.