Oval outline... I'm lost

[ptl5spd]

Ok so I'm not exactly a newbie but I feel like this is a newbie question.

I want to make an oval outline for a logo. It needs to be pretty thick. every method I try never looks right.

Ive tried the edit-stroke, stroke under FX, stroking a path with a brush, select-contract and select-expand to delete an oval out of an oval, everything. No matter what method I use the oval ends up looking like it has weird angles and points instead of being a smooth oval.

Why is this so difficult? What am I missing? Is this easier in illustrator or something? I need a SMOOTH oval with the center missing, but it needs to be pretty thick.

[iDad]

try increasing resolution
before you create.works for me oval.psd.zip

[ptl5spd]

Tried it here are my results. Document is 4000x2500 at 600dpi

created shape. rasterized, then selected and contracted to delete center.



created shape. rasterized. then went to edit-stroke-200px

Created shape, left as mask, went to fx-stoke 200px


See how none of the edges are smooth no matter which way I do it? I actually want it to be even thicker, about 300-400px instead of the 200px shown above.

[$1r_M4x1mu$]

Hi ptl5spd

That's a know issue in PS, since PS is a pixel based imaged editing software, there's some methods "work arounds" that you can try, like this.



Also if you want to create a shape whit very clean and crisp edges, i'll recommend using a vector based editing program like Illustrator, and then bring your file to PS for further editing.

Hope this helps.

[agentmoeller]

That is a freaking awesome tutorial!

Gotta try that tonight. But Sir Max is dead right - the best thing to do is start in Illustrator. All your headaches go away!


Agent