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Poul_G7587782
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April 7, 2011
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P: Layer Styles: Ability to make 'outside' Stroke corners sharp

  • April 7, 2011
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I love the stroke, i use it everyday, but there are things that keeps bugging me - maybe it's just me and if that's the chase then i have to live with it but....

1) Could you make the outside stroke corners sharp, not round.. I always place the stroke on the inside to fix this but this shrinks what ever im framing / stroking a bit in size (cause the stroke "steals the space")

2) How about custom strokes? Use shapes, smart objects as strokes?

3) Multiple strokes? I know you can do this with a smart object, but why only one stroke, why not 2, 3? Would give a useful effect on shapes, text and so on?

Thanks 🙂

Ps: Could you add rearrange layer effects so i could switch the effects simply by rearranging the order.. That would be cool..

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    Pinned Reply By J453
    In Photoshop CS6, we've implemented 'true' vector stroking that allows for sharp or rounded corners with any stroke alignment (Inner, Centered, Outer):



    Not exactly the same request, but my guess is most users were using layer effect strokes as a crutch for lack or real vector strokes.

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    J453
    Legend
    April 12, 2012
    In Photoshop CS6, we've implemented 'true' vector stroking that allows for sharp or rounded corners with any stroke alignment (Inner, Centered, Outer):



    Not exactly the same request, but my guess is most users were using layer effect strokes as a crutch for lack or real vector strokes.
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      FeedbackCommunityMember
      Inspiring
      February 24, 2012
      YES
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      FeedbackCommunityMember
      Inspiring
      January 10, 2012
      Strokes should be consistent across all Adobe products: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash. Illustrator's model is a good to base it on.

      The most important addition to Photoshop's stroke effect would be to choose the type of corner (ie. "sharp" or "rounded").

      Also, would be nice to have the ability to add multiple instances of the same effect as in Fireworks.
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        FeedbackCommunityMember
        Inspiring
        January 9, 2012
        By default PS stroke will appear as rounded corners(if we used large stroke size) Photoshop doesn't have any straight option to sharp the object or text stroke effect. for example: if we have a check box called "sharp stroke" in layer style >> stroke panel, we can easily sharpen the stroke effect ( something like "adobe illustrator" stroke corners)

          Garconis
          Garconis
          Known Participant
          October 20, 2011
          Photoshop lacks a good amount of features for Stroke effects. I was trying to create a stroke on some text (that has sharp corners), and the stroke was rounded and didn't create the same stroke/border effect I was after. Illustrator allows for this (plus a couple other options). It seems nearly impossible to create a stroke (and one that is editable) that has sharp corners.

            Foster Brereton
            Adobe Employee
            Foster Brereton
            Adobe Employee
            April 7, 2011
            Thank you for the visual - it adds a lot of clarity to the request.
            Poul_G7587782
            Poul_G7587782Author
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            April 7, 2011
            Like this..
            Grab and rearrange.. like layers.

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            Anonymous
            April 7, 2011
            Stroke with shapes/smart objects, I think it is interesting and useful!
            Ps: Could you add rearrange layer effects so i could switch the effects simply by rearranging the order.. That would be cool..
            You mean the function to switch the order of effects in Layer Style dialog?
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