Inner inset stroke that follows shape of object

[widgetball]

I need to create a thin accent line inside of a shape.

Like this:


See the thin accent line inside of the ticket shape?

How do I do this?

Thanks!

 

[colleague]

select the shape
scale the selection
stroke the selection

 

[widgetball]

When you say, "scale the selection," what do you mean?

When apply an inner stroke I do not get the desired effect. That was the first thing I tried

 

[colleague]

go to selection-- transform selection , and you can scale the selection to 95%

 

[widgetball]

Just to clarify, this is what I get when I apply a white inner stroke to a black object:


I need the white line to be inset a few pixels...just like this ticket image I posted above.

 

[widgetball]

I want this shape to be a vector object. So when I make a duplicate of the shape and free transform the shape slightly smaller, then add a white stroke to the smaller shape it looks like this:

 

[colleague]

you can see that in the corner it gets much sharper
you can strke the selection on a new layer with 5 or 10 pixels
and then troke this shape with 1 pixel and remove the red shape

 

[widgetball]

I can't get this method to work for me. The edges are too sharp, and they aren't lining up like the example I posted. Is there another way?

 

[colleague]

maybe like this ,
shape is a little bit adapted at the corners

 

[NamanyayG]

Pretty easy if you ask me!
Maybe won't work on complex shapes, but you can always try

- Ctrl+Click on layer to select it.
- Go to select menu -> Modify -> Contract.
- Depending on the size of the image, enter pixels that you would like to shorten.
- Fill the selection with the color you want for the thin line.
- Again, contract the selection a bit (as much as the width of the thin line).
- Press Delete.

Done!
Hope I helped