http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r13810129 en Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:23:16 EDT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:23:16 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13913904 stev32k : Thanks for the tips guys. I'm pretty much a novice with photoshop so any advice is welcome.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13913904 Sun, 17 Jul 2005 13:06:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13912492 Jon : You can also set a fixed size in the Style Options.
So if you want a 1/2 inch circle just enter .5in in each box. :)

edit: I didn't realize this thread was so old :p

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13912492 Sun, 17 Jul 2005 08:18:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13911273 CyberRage : Photoshop does have guides which can be used to to insure your circular selection is exactly the correct size and in the correct position. Just pull a guide to one side of the circular object you wish to select then pull a guide to the top or bottom. Hold the Shift key down and begin where the guides intersect and keep going until the circle is selected. By pulling guides I mean from the rulers. I pull my guides from the rulers for ease.

Photoshop has two rulers and a measuring stick. These can assist you in doing a number of things. The ruler tool can be used to measure the diameter of a circle. There is an area on the Tool Bar for setting the exact size you want your selection to be. Just nudge it into place with the arrow keys.
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Prop your feet up at Southeast Chat ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13911273 Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:36:59 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13810395 Action_Man : Sorry for sticking my nose it but, doesent the program have rulers/guides to help in these circumstances ? ...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13810395 Mon, 04 Jul 2005 12:34:06 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13810235 fourboxers : The canvas is always square or rectangular, since I know you have to save your images as high quality jpegs transparency is not available. Transparency would give the appearance of circular but the canvas would still not be.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13810235 Mon, 04 Jul 2005 12:11:05 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13810129 stev32k : Thanks fourboxers - that is just what I was looking for. I thought there had to be a way of doing that, but just could not find it.

Is there any way of making the canvas round to fit the circle? Or is it always square or rectangular?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13810129 Mon, 04 Jul 2005 11:55:20 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13810053 fourboxers : If you hold shift and alt it will start from the centre out as well as keep a circle. Then I'd use selection modify increase/decrease to get exactly what I want.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13810053 Mon, 04 Jul 2005 11:45:32 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13809964 stev32k : I'm using PS 7.0 and need to select circles (coins). I use the circle selection tool and hold the shift key down to make a perfect circle. The problem is with getting the right diameter. I can't seem to find a way to anchor the starting point and the whole circle moves as it is drawn. Then there does not seem to be a way to re-size the it after it is drawn. So if it is not the right size I have to start over. This means it's a trial and error process to get just the right diameter. It gets very frustrating after awhile - is there a better way?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13809964 Mon, 04 Jul 2005 11:32:06 EDT