simple dashed line

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October 16, 2015
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hi i am using photoshop CC 2015

i went in and used the line tool and the pen tool -- and stroked some selections

but i'd really like to know how to make a simple dashed line in photoshop.

if you select the line tool and mess with fill stroke, pt, and the dash gap dash gap settings -- well -- the result just appears to be a mess.

can photoshop be used to easily draw various kinds of dashed lines nowadays?

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chr1s24mar10

Participant

Took awhile to find this and I'm so happy. Thanks!

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vennner

Participant

try do this:

1 - select the pen tool
2 - in the top menu, choose "shape" instead of "path"
3 - select the stroke width and color.

and then draw a line!

Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

Are you using the stroke in the layer styles or the non-destructive stroke for shape layers? Those two methods are it for Photoshop right now. When you say the results are a mess, what is happening?

dainiswmichelAuthor

Known Participant

basically, Chuck, i tried the various settings, and the lines went all wacky. the settings seem to allow for lines that aren't even lines -- so gaps get filled by strokes, etc.