Elliptical Marquee Tool ? (usebar)

irishboy21

How the hell do I do the "Elliptical Marquee Tool, create an oval effect, from top left corner to top right corner, fill it and then change the oppacity" bit ?

I trying to make it fade, can someone do a step by step on that bit plz

I've done the rest of it myself.

doing my head in here

Scotty #

I presume its Photoshop we're talking about. Draw your eclipse on a new layer. Fill it with white. Then on your layers palette adjust the opacity slider down to were you want.

EDIT: make sure the layer with the eclipse is above the layer you want the effect on

irishboy21

Thanks for the reply Scotty # but I still can't get it to work :mad: ;

Scotty #

You need to fill the area inside the marquee with white. Then turn down the opacity til you get the desired effect

irishboy21

I tried that but it will not fill with any colour via Edit >> Fill or Blending Options >> Colour Overlay...

RuggieBear

Here's a few for you.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2373/typeone4kj.png

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4715/type2bigger9qd.png

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/757/type3narrower4fg.png

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2044/type4opp3gu.png

Scotty #

Use the paint bucket tool. Its on the left and looks llike a paint bucket:D With this click inside the marquee area. make sure white is your colour.

TIP: apply bevel/emboss on the layer with the marquee to improve the effect

irishboy21

Thanks Scotty, how'd I do ?




Edit;

Now with black outline:



:cool:

Scotty #

Very Good!! I'd move the layer up a notch though, the highlight comes down a little far IMO. But nice job.

irishboy21

Thanks m8, it's been driving me mad for days. Appreciate it