photoshop help

[joeyp2003]

k im trying to design my tat and i have the idea i wanna do it in photoshop, i can edit things and stuff but photoshop is sorta hard since i never took a class in hs on it. anyways i can use the shape creator to make the outline (its like a badge shape) and i wanna color the italian flag in it... so i need to make 3 vertical bars in it but i have no idea how to do this...if anyone can give me some help that be great thanks

[anjang86]

use the rectangle tool (underneath the text tool) and create 3 rectangles of your choosing. make the super shape larger than your circle and erase the edges of the rectangles till they get to the edges of the circls


damn i just explained that all wierd

[joeyp2003]

that makes sense but when i try to erase it, PS says the shape is not directly editable...if that makes ne sense

[anjang86]

well it depends on what you did

are you editing something that you opened, or are you opening up a brand new file?

if the former then you should duplicate that layer and erase the old one, that should make it editable.

[joeyp2003]

im going to new> then picking the size and going to work

[BCHSlax99]

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=106406&stc=1

check out this photoshop of my 2002tii

[joeyp2003]

hey awesome artwork...that REALLY helped me with my problem thanks

[Deutschlaxer]

If you have Illustrator it is easier to create things, because they are vectors and are easier to manage then photoshop...although photo shop is quite good as well.

Cheers

[anjang86]

hey awesome artwork...that REALLY helped me with my problem thanks

FINALLY we got the problem solved

[1/2man1/2amazin]

what i would do is draw the 3 stripes, then select the area you want to have as the tattoo, then invert the selection and delete then delete it. I think that may just be what nrvlc was getting at, but either way I hope that helps.

[LCNlaxman]

click "Window" (i think, i had PS 4.0) and click "Show Layers" make sure you are editing the right layer.

[joeyp2003]

yeh im editing the right layer its no big deal i was just messing around w/ it last night cause iw as bored thanks for all the help though guys especially you BCHS