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I know Photoshop is not a vector tool like Illustrator is, but I was wondering…
Fonts are vector-based. As long as you don’t rasterize them, they can be stretched to any size. You can even convert them to shape so they retain all their flexibility without requiring having the font installed on the computer.
I assume that the Eliptical Marquee Tool is also vector-based until you use somekind of fill instrument (like the paint bucket). The selection was technically line art, but the fill wasn’t. Once you deselect, you are left with filled pixels.
So my question is… is it possible to tell Photoshop to keep the circle I created via the Eliptical Marquee Tool as a shape… and stroke it using the layer effects? All I need is a perfect circle to finish my logo. I realize I should have used Illustrator for this, but I’d really like to finish this in Photoshop, and the only thing missing is a perfect circle.
Can I create a perfect circle in Photoshop and leave it as line art, without going through all my fonts and looking for a perfect "O" (because even if I found one, I’d have no control over the thickness of that "O").
Thanks!
Fonts are vector-based. As long as you don’t rasterize them, they can be stretched to any size. You can even convert them to shape so they retain all their flexibility without requiring having the font installed on the computer.
I assume that the Eliptical Marquee Tool is also vector-based until you use somekind of fill instrument (like the paint bucket). The selection was technically line art, but the fill wasn’t. Once you deselect, you are left with filled pixels.
So my question is… is it possible to tell Photoshop to keep the circle I created via the Eliptical Marquee Tool as a shape… and stroke it using the layer effects? All I need is a perfect circle to finish my logo. I realize I should have used Illustrator for this, but I’d really like to finish this in Photoshop, and the only thing missing is a perfect circle.
Can I create a perfect circle in Photoshop and leave it as line art, without going through all my fonts and looking for a perfect "O" (because even if I found one, I’d have no control over the thickness of that "O").
Thanks!
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