i don't know too much about photoshop, but i recently bought a CD printer and made a template on photoshop. when using the elliptical tool to make the work paths around the inner ring, it asks something about pixel tolerance (the default was at 2.0) and after i hit okay, the circle becomes messed up.. my question is... why??? how can i make a perfect circle?
this is how it looks in photoshop...
this is a smaller version (kind of easier to see the irregularities)
and this is how it looks when i print it
any help would be greatly appreciated
EDIT: and when i change the pixel tolerance to higher or lower numbers, it just gets even worse and jagged
Nov-23-2007 00:20
DJ Mikey Mike
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Hold down the shift key when you make your circle.
Nov-23-2007 00:34
JD8180
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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Miami, Florida USA
quote:
Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
Hold down the shift key when you make your circle.
i did alt+shift to get it centered right. when i make the circle it looks fine, it's when i try to make it a work path (and it asks for the pixel tolerance) that the circle gets stupid.
Nov-23-2007 00:36
Abercrombie
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Nov-23-2007 00:43
nefardec
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use a .5 pixel tolerance
OR
use a shape tool to draw the circular path and not the circular selection tool.
Nov-23-2007 01:49
JD8180
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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Miami, Florida USA
quote:
Originally posted by nefardec
use a .5 pixel tolerance
OR
use a shape tool to draw the circular path and not the circular selection tool.
thanks mate, didn't notice the shape tool
i was using the elliptical marquee tool
Nov-23-2007 03:56
Zharen
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You could make a perfect circle using the shape tool and then create a layer mask with the circle. This may be easier for you than using a work path. Also, make sure your dpi settings are at least 200. That's what you need if you're sending out files to print.
Nov-23-2007 05:27
JD8180
I choose noise.
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Miami, Florida USA
quote:
Originally posted by Zharen
You could make a perfect circle using the shape tool and then create a layer mask with the circle. This may be easier for you than using a work path. Also, make sure your dpi settings are at least 200. That's what you need if you're sending out files to print.
i ended up just using the shape tool and everything came out perfect
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