Using Stroke

[indigolisa]

I am using Photoshop CS and was wanting some help with the stroke option. Does anyone know how to get an outline to show around a shape without filling the shape with color. For example....I am drawing a box and want to use the outline stroke but only have an outline stroke. I want the outline to show but no color inside the box. Thanks in advance. Lisa

[Priss]

I am using Photoshop CS and was wanting some help with the stroke option. Does anyone know how to get an outline to show around a shape without filling the shape with color. For example....I am drawing a box and want to use the outline stroke but only have an outline stroke. I want the outline to show but no color inside the box. Thanks in advance. Lisa

Suggest you try doing this on a new layer.
Make a new transparent layer (not duplicated layer)
Ctrl+click the thumbnail of the layer that has the box on it to get a selection outline--
Then with the new blank layer active, use the stroke options (f at the bottom of the layer palette or edit>stroke ) to just give you the lines of the box...the center areas will be blank.

You may need to stroke that selection once--to form the outside edges, then pick up a hard edged brush in the same pixel width and "paint" detailing lines if they don't come up (and they won't if the program can't see edges.). This is one way to do what I THINK you are trying out. It'll be on a new layer, and if it is a shape layer you started with you might need to rasterize it first before you can get any selection going with it.

Let us know how you do and if this is what you were looking for.

[indigolisa]

Thanks Priss for answering so quickly. Unfortuneatly I wasn't able to follow as quickly. I am not sure what you mean by "stroke that selection once"
thanks, Lisa
you wrote:
"You may need to stroke that selection once--to form the outside edges, then pick up a hard edged brush in the same pixel width and "paint" detailing lines if they don't come up (and they won't if the program can't see edges.). This is one way to do what I THINK you are trying out. It'll be on a new layer, and if it is a shape layer you started with you mig"ht need to rasterize it first before you can get any selection going with it.

[Franny]

Here is another way. -

Select the Marque tool (top row left)
Draw the box
Right click and choose layer via copy
click the eye in the first layer and you have only the layer with the box visible
click the f at the botton of the layers pallet
choose on stroke
choose inside
change the color if you want
make it as large as you want
click Okay
Now make the first layer visible again and you have your stroked box.

[indigolisa]

Franny, thanks for that idea. It was clever thinking and it worked perfectly. I still think there has to be a way to do it with the marquee tool and the stroke option but I can't figure it out. If it could be accomplished then the layer with the box could be moved around for placement. Thanks again and I really appreciate your help.

Lisa

[Franny]

Lisa,

I am just guessing, but I think you could use the rectangle tool located under the Text tool. And that is a whole "nother" ballgame.

[Laura Jean]

I am using Photoshop CS and was wanting some help with the stroke option. Does anyone know how to get an outline to show around a shape without filling the shape with color. For example....I am drawing a box and want to use the outline stroke but only have an outline stroke. I want the outline to show but no color inside the box. Thanks in advance. Lisa
I think, that there is many ways of doing this, but if you use the marquee tool, make your shape, them go to edit ,down the list to stroke, a box will open, pick what you want, and you have the shape with out filling with color... hope this helps.

[Franny]

Laura Jean,

I am so glad that you told us how to do that. It works perfectly. I had never noticed that stroke command under edit.
Thanks ever so much.
Franny

Now if I could just figure out how to print borderless in photoshop, I think I would "have it made."

[dmrdm]

Just type your words, or shape, stroke them/it using the "f in a circle" at the bottom of your layers palette..Then make sure your layer is selected and change the FILL on your layers palette to 0. Only your stroke will remain. HAVE FUN.

[indigolisa]

Thank you everyone for answering this question for me. They all worked perfectly. I love this web site. I love everything about it. Linda's tuts, Priss's lessons and expertice, and you guys, too, for always helping out. Thanks!! Lisa