How do I create this? (dotted border) – Image hyperlink included.

Easiest would be to do this in Illustrator, by creating a path and applying a dashed stroke to it.

In photoshop, you could define a black/white checker pattern, and in "layer effects" apply the "patterned stroke".

Littleboy

"Dan B" wrote in message

http://www.happylobster.co.uk/images/facey.jpg

How do I create a dotted border much like the one in the image above in Photoshop?

I can create each image from type that has then been rasterized and then selected and the expand modifier selected… but then im stuck.
Can anyone lend me a hand?

Many thanks

Dan Bowles

Dan, if you have PSCS, you can try the new type along a path tool. Make your path with the pen tool, select a font to use and a size that fit your particular image. Click on the path with the text tool and start typing a period or whatever character you want to use. I have found that this works OK but the last period is never recorded so there is a space in the dotted line.

Another way is to make a new brush tip the size you want. Go to the brushes palette choose a brush tip, change its size, say 8 px, change its spacing to about 200 or more and save it as a new preset brush. Again, make your path with the pen tool (or any selection tool, but then change the selection into a path) and from the path palette, click on the small triangle in the upper right and choose stroke path (choose brush) and OK.

"Littleboy" <littleboy_at_emp3mail.com> wrote in message

Easiest would be to do this in Illustrator, by creating a path and

applying

a dashed stroke to it.

In photoshop, you could define a black/white checker pattern, and in

"layer

effects" apply the "patterned stroke".

Littleboy

"Dan B" wrote in message

http://www.happylobster.co.uk/images/facey.jpg

How do I create a dotted border much like the one in the image above in Photoshop?

I can create each image from type that has then been rasterized and then selected and the expand modifier selected… but then im stuck.
Can anyone lend me a hand?

Many thanks

Dan Bowles

Thanks for your replies guys….

A little question then. Can I create a path using the current selection (i.e the selection that was the text and the face selected and then expanded a few pixels) or do I have to do it using the pen tool?

I’m guessing you can do this since Wnor said this

"(or any selection tool, but then change the selection into

a path)"

How do I do that?

Many thanks

Dan

"wnor" wrote in message

Dan, if you have PSCS, you can try the new type along a path tool. Make

your

path with the pen tool, select a font to use and a size that fit your particular image. Click on the path with the text tool and start typing a period or whatever character you want to use. I have found that this works OK but the last period is never recorded so there is a space in the dotted line.

Another way is to make a new brush tip the size you want. Go to the

brushes

palette choose a brush tip, change its size, say 8 px, change its spacing

to

about 200 or more and save it as a new preset brush. Again, make your path with the pen tool (or any selection tool, but then change the selection

into

a path) and from the path palette, click on the small triangle in the

upper

right and choose stroke path (choose brush) and OK.

"Littleboy" <littleboy_at_emp3mail.com> wrote in message

Easiest would be to do this in Illustrator, by creating a path and

applying

a dashed stroke to it.

In photoshop, you could define a black/white checker pattern, and in

"layer

effects" apply the "patterned stroke".

Littleboy

"Dan B" wrote in message

http://www.happylobster.co.uk/images/facey.jpg

How do I create a dotted border much like the one in the image above

in

Photoshop?

I can create each image from type that has then been rasterized and

then

selected and the expand modifier selected… but then im stuck.
Can anyone lend me a hand?

Many thanks

Dan Bowles

Dan, you can usually right click on the selection and choose Make Path. Or, you can open the path palette and on the bottom click on the Make Path icon at the bottom of the palette.

"Dan B" wrote in message

Thanks for your replies guys….

A little question then. Can I create a path using the current selection

(i.e

the selection that was the text and the face selected and then expanded a few pixels) or do I have to do it using the pen tool?

I’m guessing you can do this since Wnor said this

"(or any selection tool, but then change the selection into

a path)"

How do I do that?

Many thanks

Dan

"wnor" wrote in message

Dan, if you have PSCS, you can try the new type along a path tool. Make

your

path with the pen tool, select a font to use and a size that fit your particular image. Click on the path with the text tool and start typing

a

period or whatever character you want to use. I have found that this

works

OK but the last period is never recorded so there is a space in the

dotted

line.

Another way is to make a new brush tip the size you want. Go to the

brushes

palette choose a brush tip, change its size, say 8 px, change its

spacing

to

about 200 or more and save it as a new preset brush. Again, make your

path

with the pen tool (or any selection tool, but then change the selection

into

a path) and from the path palette, click on the small triangle in the

upper

right and choose stroke path (choose brush) and OK.

"Littleboy" <littleboy_at_emp3mail.com> wrote in message

Easiest would be to do this in Illustrator, by creating a path and

applying

a dashed stroke to it.

In photoshop, you could define a black/white checker pattern, and in

"layer

effects" apply the "patterned stroke".

Littleboy

"Dan B" wrote in message

http://www.happylobster.co.uk/images/facey.jpg

How do I create a dotted border much like the one in the image above

in

Photoshop?

I can create each image from type that has then been rasterized and

then

selected and the expand modifier selected… but then im stuck.
Can anyone lend me a hand?

Many thanks

Dan Bowles