Re: Probably a really dumb question for the Photoshop gurus

okay, I might do things a little backwards cause I taught photoshop to 
myself, but this is the best method to acheive this with getting everything 
perfectly centered within each other, etc...
(yes, I know you can use fixed sizes, but god help me if I could get it 
centered right)

What I do is pull out those spiffy blue guides *done by clicking in the 
ruler, and dragging out onto the image. I place four of these to make a 
perfect square, in the size I want to outer circle. (use the rulers to get 
them evenly spaced, or you'll get an oval)
Then, place four more inside those you allready put... these go about 5 or 
10 pixels inside the others (however wide you want the circle.
Now, take the circular marquee.... click and drag a circle from one corner 
to its diagonal opposite on the bigger square. there. a perfect circle.
NOW, do the same thing but press the Alt key while you drag the smaller 
circle from one corner to its diagonal opposite inside the smaller circle. 
this will DESELECT that from the larger circle, hence making a perfect 
little circle band type thing. Fill with your desired colour, and tada!
do several more if you want a "Bullseye" effect.


Anyone got another method?

Thanks
~Katrina


>From: Tom Grenier <tom(at)sqlman.com>
>To: HWG - Graphics <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
>Subject: Probably a really dumb question for the Photoshop gurus
>Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 16:50:55 -0400
>
>I've recently moved from Paint Shop Pro to Photoshop 5.5.  What I see so
>far I really like, and see why those in the know usually say Photoshop
>is the only way to go.  I've taken a ZDU class to learn it, and all was
>well until I tried to create a new graphic.
>
>What I  want to do (in part) is to draw a series a concentric circles
>(like a bulls eye target) with the circles 1 or 2 pixels thick.  For the
>life of me I cannot figure out how to do this in Photoshop.  Both PSP
>and Illustrator (which I have an old version of ) have tools to do this
>in the tool palette.
>
>Can this be done in Photoshop? -- or do I need to do this in Illustrator
>or PSP and import the file into Photoshop?   I've tried help and
>searched all the menus and can find nothing on drawing geometric shapes.
>
>Tom
>
>

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