Expert: Huma Riaz - 7/14/2006

Question
Dear Huma,

Let me go right to the point. I have PhotoShop 6.0. I wish to draw a graphic with concentric circles. I am more interested in designing the circumference of the circles than to the actual area of the circle. I also need to add a color to the circles circumference.

Goal:

To give you an idea of what I wish to accomplish, I am designing a Web site for an individual selling skin patches. Scanning the patches didn't give a nice graphic.

http://www.nanotechnologystore.com

So I have decided to create these patches myself and give them a contrast. See this Web page:

http://www.nanotechnologystore.com/EnergyEnhancerPatch.html#Directions

I left on my server the PhotoShop files of the two patches I designed.

http://www.nanotechnologystore.com/PatchTan.psd

http://www.nanotechnologystore.com/PatchWhite.psd

I want to add these patches throughout the homepage instead of that ugly scanned patch and create a halo and concentric circles around them as well. By concentric circles, imagine an object falling on a flat water surface ... This is to show a metaphor to indicate that the patches are "active" items. The way we sometimes draw circles around the logo of a radio tower to show some kind of continuous sound transmission.

I copied the background below which I found on a Web site and made some minor modifications to it. I included it on some portions of my Web pages, this is exactly the type of concentric circles I want:

http://www.nanotechnologystore.com/GreenCirclesFlat.gif

Despite all my efforts I cannot seem to create the outline of these circles, or any other geometric figure. I am missing something here.

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance.

Answer
Circumference


Hi Max,

Sorry for the delay, I couldn’t find any link working here but the last link you sent.

The question is easy!

I don’t know how you tried but you can make same geometrical drawing by using the ellipse tool in toolbar,

. Take a selection on a new layer and name the layer 01

. Go to Edit > Stroke > and put your desired information (color/ border pixel).

You can also take a large size 100 rounded circle by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Shift key after clicking on the canvas for selection. There’s another way to use borders. Right click on layer > Choose ‘Blending Mode’ > Stroke (Last tab)

. If you want to make changes after creating the design, better to use Blending mode stroke option, since this option works on the layer not with the object.


Hope this will help, feel free to ask anything further


Huma Riaz
Location: Karachi-Pakistan