Introduction to 5 ways to draw dashes in Photoshop

Below for you to organize 7 kinds of direct fast in PS to draw dotted line steps, I hope these methods can let everyone improve their working ability Oh, there is a need to enter the reference bar.

　　Pattern + fill Make dash

Make a 4x4 stroke picture, as shown in the following figure

Select Edit-> definition pattern, so set a custom pattern, and then create a new file, use the rectangular selection tool to draw a optional box, select Edit-> fill-> Select just our custom pattern, make the following effect:

Select the height of 2px, this is the dotted line

　　Use path text

This approach is achieved through the path toward the text. With several characters "-" and "character". Lines are arranged along the path to form dashes and dots. Similarly, you can combine other characters to achieve different effects. The shape of the dotted line can be controlled by the character palette, which controls the size of the dotted line and the size of the dotted space between the character spacing. As shown below:

　　Path + brush Make Dash

PS inside the brush is really very useful things, can produce a variety of effects, there are many users to provide the brush, part-time cool, but today we say how to use a brush to create a dashed effect.

Create a new 200pxx200px file, select the brush, open the brush preset, and switch to the brush panel

Choose a brush style at random, resize the brush, set the hardness to 100%, and set the spacing to the appropriate location

Draw a horizontal line on the tablecloth

Select the middle part, which is the dashed line we need

If you find a better way to create a dotted line than this,

　　Using the Style panel

Execute window-style, open the Style panel, and click the option button at the top left to select dashed strokes. Some dashed-line styles will appear in the panel.

Using the method, if you don't have a selection, clicking one of the styles works on the current layer. If you have a selection, the style acts on the current selection.

Use the style panel's dotted style to add a dashed border to any object.

　　Using brushes

These dotted lines, as shown below,

The drawing method is as follows: Select the Brush tool in the toolbox, press the F5 key, bring up the brush panel, find the appropriate square head brush, adjust the spacing, and at the bottom you can see the preview effect. After you've adjusted it, drag the drawing on the canvas, and if you need to draw a horizontal or vertical dash, hold down the SHIFT key before you drag it.

Note that the color of the brush depends on the foreground color, so you need to set the color first, and then drag to draw the dotted line with the brush.

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