Expert: Candice Anderson - 2/7/2009

Question
QUESTION: Hello there, I am a photoshop user and like to work in photoshop, I know most of this programe. I need a little help, I was looking for wallpapers on net and also I found this(attalched image) on there, when I saw it I thought it is easy to meke graphics like this but when I tried to meke it in photoshop I could'nt design this black sign. I tried on every thing I knew but could'nt make exact thing like this. Would you hellp me....

ANSWER: hey there,

Open this file in photoshop and use your pen tool. Create your outlines around the image.

When you are done go to your paths tab (next to layers). Click on fill path. Choose the foreground color. (you color should be black if you are copying this). There you go.

Also, this is much easier to do in Illustrator.



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QUESTION: Thanks for answer, but I don't think this is good way to design it.You are a professional you should know more than me.I don't want to copy it but I want to learn the trick through which this original wallpaper is made.I think you understand what I am asking for.If I would use pen tool yet I am not able to make exact image, with pen tool you cannot make these three same circles. There is something else (trick) which is used to design this sign. Please have a little work on it if you can. If possible give me your email address to contact you easily.

Answer
They either used a wing-ding font that had this symbol, or they used Illustrator.  You wanted to know how to do this Photoshop...so I told you, how to do this in photoshop... The "professionals" use Illustrator.

IN ILLUSTRATOR:
Take 3 circles, put them in a triangle, like an upside down mickymouse. make them black. Make sure they touch but they don't cross each other.

put a tiny circle on the top, white.

make three white circles same size and place them about where the clear part of the circles are in your example.

highlight all of these circles

go to window
pathfinder
click the fourth one.
if you like what you see, press expand
You may have to play with this a few times to get it just right.

Make a circle with a bigger stroke (you'll see strokes in the menu bar), make it black, no fill. put this behind your three circle creation

done.

OR (and sometimes this doesn't work).

You can use live trace, it's a great tool when it works.

find another biohazard logo, without background

open it

select the object.

choose live trace (at the top)

play with the settings until you get what you want

click expand.

again, very awesome when it works...

Now, if you just want to just get it, it's probably at dafont.com. Or you can google bio hazard fonts.


Now, I'm sorry, but you are an adult and I'm going to call you out. Please keep in mind that this is a free service and I'm volunteering my time to answer your question. Being rude is not going to get me to answer the question any faster or "better." I'm sorry I misunderstood, but there was a lot nicer ways of calling me out.