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Emmanuel&
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October 2, 2018
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Outline a shape in photoshop cs6

  • October 2, 2018
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I'm just getting my feet wet with photoshop so my question may sound amateurish.  I wanted to outline an object from a document  so I opened the document and used the quick selection tool to select the object. but from there things got a bit dodgey.  I created another layer and then right-clicked and selected the blending option and a window opened and I selected stroke and on all the videos I watched it changed from blend mode  to change size option but that didn't happen for me so I don't have anyway to control the thickness of the line.  I've watched several videos on youtube to no avail.  I realized that I'm doing something wrong but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is.  Please help!!!  Thanks.

Manny

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    Correct answer davescm

    Hi

    As well as ticking the box for stroke , you need to click where I have shown to get the dialogue to change

    Dave

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    Muqqarib Hassan
    Muqqarib Hassan
    Inspiring
    October 3, 2018

    Hi, If you want to show a outline of an object then Select the object layer and then right click on that object layer and go to Blending Options > Then select the Stroke Option > then enter the size of the stroke or outline you want and then hitt okay.

    After that select the layer and make the fill 0 as i show in the screenshots.

      Silkrooster
      Silkrooster
      Legend
      October 2, 2018

      It is more likely the object still has a background. For stroke to work in styles, the object would have to be on its own layer with a transparent background.

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      Emmanuel&Author
      Participating Frequently
      October 3, 2018

      I do have the object on a layer that has a transparent background but as you can see when stroke is selected I don’t get anything that allows me to control the thickness of the line. Again I ask what am I doing wrong?

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      Emmanuel&Author
      Participating Frequently
      October 7, 2018

      Hi

      As well as ticking the box for stroke , you need to click where I have shown to get the dialogue to change

      Dave


      Thanks loads!  I finallly realized what you were trying to explain and am gratified that it was such an easy fix.  Thanks to all who responded, it is much appreciated.

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