The Sargossean Bloc

[jfrazierjr]

I've tried to branch out a bit with my approach to this regional map. If anyone has some advice, I'd love to know how to draw dotted (or dashed) curved lines in Photoshop. I'm not nearly done -- well, maybe halfway done -- but I'm fairly happy with how this one is turning out.

Note 100% sure, but I believe PS has paths, which can be stroked with a variety of brush widths and styles to get a dashed line effect. I know GIMP can do it.

Joe

[GlennZilla]

Note 100% sure, but I believe PS has paths, which can be stroked with a variety of brush widths and styles to get a dashed line effect. I know GIMP can do it.

Joe

Yup it can do it. I personally prefer the pen/path tools of illustrator, so I tend to stick to the selection tools and convert them to a path.

For example, select the area you have the color painted to mark the borders. Once you have the "marching ants" go to the path palette and click the button "Convert to Path". Then you can click on the pen tool and set your pen options to a wide spacing. Select the layer on which you want to draw the dotted line. Finally on the path palette again click the "stroke path" button and presto, done.

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