maya texturing+photoshop (need help)
 

hi you,

need bit help to find out how can I make this texture in photo shop , it is very silly question, but sometime silly questions help me and others as well. it is basic photoshop

this has been made with CorelDraw (dont have experience)
drawing the reticle lines
now how can I create this reticle line in photo shop ?
I know you know that, so can you share your brain with me please,

look at the image and say something please,
any link or tutorials from photoshop?
love read the tutorials with cup of coffee,

Hi,

if you can't see the line tool in your photoshop tool box, right click on the shape icon and a sub-menu will appear then select Line Tool. In the attached image, I've highlighted the relevant menu items.

Once you've got the line tool selected it's case of left click and drag on the canvas to make a line. The line attributes, weight, colour etc. are at the top of the screen.

hope that helps,

Mat :)

thanks man . I know this line. what about corner of rectangles?
need create smooth corner as well. this line are just stright.
I try with shape , doesnt work really , more idee?

i haven't used those tools that happymat27 shows in that picture, but it looks like there is that rounded rectangle

try that

if that doesn't do what you want then try using the pen tool

might try

create your square

while the rectangle tool is selected you will see, refine edges.., red lines

press that and play about.., i just found out now.., so if you mess about with this.., you will find out too :)

thanks guys, but you guys still didn't get my point, I am not looking for square shape, i am looking for square line, only the lines not the shape, I try that before, but what about yellow color? yes it is right, just with paint bucket, than how do I keep the line?

thanks a lot guys, it looks very simple and silly question, but I am using this tool a lot, so i need find out what is the best way,

any more smart guys around here, please remember we talk about line not shapes.

thanks guys, waiting for respond

from the yellow pic.., do a copy and paste.., you can transform scale as needed. (help files do help :) )

doesn't work and it is too long to create simple line.

eeeeh?

i don't understand your question now

first you were asking about how to draw lines which happymat27 told you where the tool was

then you ask about how to draw rounded rectangles which both me and merik03 told you (two different ways as well)

if you're not after rounded rectangles or lines then what...?

you know when you draw a line it gets put onto a new layer right? you know you can merge layers too right? short cut key is Shift+Ctrl+E
i don't see any faster way of drawing a line other than drawing a line... click the start point, dragging the cursor (sometimes holding down shift to keep the line in a fixed angle) and letting go
how can you get any faster than that?

to copy and paste you just use Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v, or if you're using mac i think its the stupid symbol + c and stupid symbol + v

and whatever you paste will be put onto a new layer
Ctrl+T to transform, if when you hit the short-cut key for the move tool or click the move tool the "Show Transform Controls" is not checked
then push ctrl+e to merge the layer down (or ctrl+shift+e to merge all visible layers)


how much experience do you have with photoshop? you know about the tools and layers right?

sorry if i sound rude in this post... i dont mean to

I said rounded rectangles line not shape, you explain the shape for me, I said thanks but i am looking for line not shape, please look at the image, there is alot of line not shape, (looks like shape but they are lines)

thanks for your help

right

use the pen tool

its the only way i can think of to get you round lines.




to clarify, the pen tool will create points like the EP and CV curve tool in Maya (i forget which one its more like), they will have anchors which you can move around and you can make a rounded line with that.

if you were already using the pen tool then i dont think i can offer any faster way of doing it. remember if you hold down shift and push a shortcut key for a tool it will get the next tool that's assigned to that shortcut. At least i think it's shift...

anyway, you could copy paste the rounded rectangle lines and just erase what you dont need, but that's probably more effort than the pen tool

thanks for your help, I try your way, it is great and helps a lot, still I am looking for easy way to draw this line, thanks again and again, you are very helpful guy. and i am sorry that I stress you out about this question, but you know if you working with Maya and texturing, any help is useful,

all good :nod:

no problemo

Its more like the EP curve tool (which I personally don't like xP ).

This link has all the info you need dubai3d:

http://www.tutorio.com/tutorial/photoshop-round-corners


gubar

thanks gubar, that is awesome, that is what I need,
gubar, thanks again for the link, appreciate your replay=
short answer, but powerful

You're welcome!

All I did was google "how to make rounded rectangles in photoshop" and it was entry number 1.

cheers

gubar

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what does THAT mean.., lost my latin book about 40 years ago??? :)

Who really thinks its cool to spam like that? I mean seriously lol.

you mean ME???

LOL no silly, I'm talking about that one guy above who has been spamming all these threads.

ive never seen it before.., but i know the site is attacked occasionally.?? someone with a problem.., needs help..?? could more easily just ask eh??

you know, on another forum, of bigshots.., and they are but most are pretty humble i just got attacked.., sort of picked on because i never worked in the biggest cGI houses here (judging by the hours i wouldnt want to at my age).., it feels really.., i dont know.., horrible and not necessary.

"Attacked"? "Picked on"? Wow, I don't want to hijack this thread but I have to ask, how.

Dubai3d, You may want to try Macromedia Flash (MX) for this. I use it all of the time for doing Bumps and shapes etc. Because it's vector-based, everything can be easily modified. I have even used it for just drawings, because it is so modifyable.

Any version of Flash, even old ones, will do.

Then it can be exported as an image :) For filling in photoshop or whatever

Hope this helps

yes you are right, flash is excellent for this kind of stuff,

It is the best way to draw line and vectors, it is really good way/long way , I'll try. thanks for reminding me this tips,
happy day

i might have missed something, but Illustrator plugs right into maya.., and illustrator is vector too?? you can even change the model in the viewport (maya) from editing it in Illustrator.., you can find the rave in one of digi tutors free tuts.

hi mirek, do you know the link of Digital tutors about this , that would be helpful,
thanks man

http://www.digitaltutors.com/store/video.php?vid=641

hope it helps

mirek :)

Easiest way for something like that is simply the line tool (set to fill pixels). Draw each line on a separate layer (especially if you intend to duplicate and invert each line to create an 'inset' effect). You could use the line tool to create your boxes with the rivets (duplicate/rotate the same line to create a box then merge the four layers). Or, just use the marquee tool to create a square selection and apply a stroke to it.