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Photoshop Question - 04-17-2006, 11:31 PM


Somebody help me out...

There a way to get the Ellipse Tool to draw a perfect circle... please tell me how... or if that's not the best way, tell me that instead...

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04-17-2006, 11:39 PM


Hold the shift key down while drawing with the elipse tool to get a perfect circle.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

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04-17-2006, 11:59 PM


Ahhhhhh......another handy tip........

And:
Shift-alt drag draws the circle perfectly centered at the point at which you started.

Alt drag centers the ellipse at your starting point.

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04-18-2006, 08:16 AM


Shift also works for squares, etc..

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