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How can I do straight diagonal lines in photoshop 7

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July 16, 2012
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I think this features is on a programas like painshop and similars, but I can't find it on photoshop, I want to do geometrical shapes using the pencil tool with soft edges anybody has an idea how I can do that? my goal is to have perimeters like on this photo:

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I'll suggest also drawing paths, using the Pen tool, then you can Stroke the path. If you don't like the width, color, texture or whatever, you can go back and Stroke it again with different brush parameters.

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ddr3500 wrote:
... the pencil tool with soft edges ...

Diagonals created with the Pencil Tool have stairstepped aliased edges.

Use the Brush Tool for smooth antialiased edges.

c.pfaffenbichler

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I can’t remember if Photoshop 7 had Vector Masks or Solid Color Layers …

You could just create the Paths, make a Selection from that and apply the appropriate Feather.

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Photoshop 7 does have vector masks and solid color fill layers, much the same as photoshop cs5.

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A couple of points I'll add...

If you turn on the grid (and snap-to-grid) you can easily create 45° lines (and other angles) with either Pen tool or one of the drawing tools.

Touching down at the start of your line, and Shift touching down at the other end, will produce a straight line between the two points.