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the.killing.44 wrote:That's for Photoshop? It's a bit tedious, but works.
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Nice job anyway.
sully800 wrote:Army numbers are the same size on the small and large map, so why would you use different size circles/shadows?
Just use 20px or 22px circles for both small and large. They will fit well every time.
isaiah40 wrote:I start a new canvas at 22 pixels by 22 pixels, then draw a white circle and make sure it touches the edges of the canvas. Done! I then transfer it to what ever map I'm playing around with and reduce the opacity to where you can just see it. It's that easy! If you want a 20x20 circle, just make your canvas 20x20.
isaiah40 wrote:I start a new canvas at 22 pixels by 22 pixels, then draw a white circle and make sure it touches the edges of the canvas. Done! I then transfer it to what ever map I'm playing around with and reduce the opacity to where you can just see it. It's that easy! If you want a 20x20 circle, just make your canvas 20x20.
the.killing.44 wrote:isaiah40 wrote:I start a new canvas at 22 pixels by 22 pixels, then draw a white circle and make sure it touches the edges of the canvas. Done! I then transfer it to what ever map I'm playing around with and reduce the opacity to where you can just see it. It's that easy! If you want a 20x20 circle, just make your canvas 20x20.
No, just set the ellipse marquee tool to a fixed size of 20x20 pixels.
natty_dread wrote:Let's say you're drawing an army circle that needs to have a coloured backdrop to distinguish continents or something...
natty_dread wrote:And let's say you make it so that it is 1px wide on the upper left side but 2px wide on the lower right side, to give an impression of depth.
natty_dread wrote:Now if you make this circle 22px, the actual area inside the coloured circle will be 3px smaller, 19px, and the army number will point at you and laugh and say "tough shit, man". Now if you had done it so that you draw it around the army number, you'd be certain that the army number is having fun inside the circle and it won't run away and hit on your girlfriend.
natty_dread wrote:Also: what if you want to make army circles to accommodate 3 numbers?
sully800 wrote:natty_dread wrote:Also: what if you want to make army circles to accommodate 3 numbers?
Then every army number will be grossly off center except for the 3 digit ones. 3 digit numbers don't center around the same spot as other numbers - the third character is tacked onto the right.
Lone.prophet wrote:resizing and stretching tend to not evenly distort pixels so you can end up with an uneven looking circel/oval
Lone.prophet wrote:it works but not perfect and if you can make a perfect circle in a different way why not? just trying to make your skills with the programs even better.
Lone.prophet wrote:i took a look at them and tried them with my method, you have to take 1 or 2 extra steps but than you get a perfect pixel ratio for your goal. if you want to know how i can show you only not now too late
Lone.prophet wrote:photoshop cs4?
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