Orphan

It's about the the stroked path. I use the pen tool and when I stroke the path it comes out jagged. Anyway to fix this?

TIA

Blip

What program are you using?

Orphan

PS 7

Knight

When you just click to do the pen tol its just making straight lines from point to point... if you hold down mouse button on pen tool you can select the convert point tool. It will allow you to make those points into curves.

Or you can use so many points with the pen that the straight lines apear to curve.

hope that helps

Orphan

Thanks Knight, but I understand how to use the pen tool to that. It's after I finish and stroke the path.
2 pix on the stroked path.


I have notice some of you with very clean/smooth lines.Is there anything I can do (forgetting to do!) or am I SOL?...

Big D

i know what it is!!! Its an 05 mustang isnt it???

Knight

You aren't making the curve transitions very smooth...what i said above will create as smooth as lines as you could ever get

future9er24

they way i get smooth lines is not from PS lol

Knight

jk

Yu can get smooth lines even if you can do it easyer with avector based program


her whole body was made with the pen tool!

Orphan

Yep it is Bid D. Knight I understand how to use the pen tool. After I draw a straight line, I hold down mouse button and make a curve. That's the easy part. The problem I am having is when I go to STROKE the path, it's coming up jagged. I know I not doing something here, but I can't seem to figure it out.

Thanks guys...

Knight

The program doesn't make mistakes. I'm saying is your points that you are making the curve with are not smooth transitions... Is the jagged part right where a point was?
Send me the PS file. I'll fix it.

ZipZap04

anti-alias makes lines smooth. it should be checked. Atleast in psp it does that.

Knight

LOL Mark.

Orphan

Thanks Zip I'll try it in the morning.

ZipZap04

Orphan, No Prob. by check i mean check marked... not did u check. I dont know how ps has it. I have paint shop pro. post the pics of it if u can when u work on it.

Knight

lol...the whole time it thought you meant not smoot curves...i didn't relize you were walking about the nonsmooth edge.

Yeah thats the antialias...

Orphan

Found out that I was using the pencil tool, when I should have been using the BRUSH to stroke the path. THANKS a bunch guys...