Photoshop Question

[Silvernic]

I like to consider myself to be fairly proficient in the use of photoshop. I have, however, discovered something that I cannot do, and it is pissing me off considerably. Please don't laugh, but how do you draw a single straight line??? I just want to click on one point and then drag across the page like in Microsoft Paint, but I can't figure any way to do it.
Thanks!

[Gordon]

You could use the line tool, and create a path, then 'stroke' the path with a brush. This lets you brush a variety of odd shapes.


Or, with a brush (or any other tool really) click at one end of the line, and then
shift+click at the other end of the line, and the tool will be applied between the start and end points.

[Trevor]

Or, with a brush (or any other tool really) click at one end of the line, and then
shift+click at the other end of the line, and the tool will be applied between the start and end points.

I didn't know you could do that. Cool!

[CalebSimpson]

hold down shift as you draw your line

option 2 use the vector tools

option 2 draw your line in Illustrator, select it, ctrl+c, open photoshop back up and hit ctrl+v

[engstrom]

Originally Posted by GordonMcGregor

You could use the line tool, and create a path, then 'stroke' the path with a brush. This lets you brush a variety of odd shapes.

Gordon, can you elaborate a little on how to create a path?

[Gordon]

Originally Posted by engstrom

Gordon, can you elaborate a little on how to create a path?

I'd suggest diving in to the photoshop help. One of the easiest ways is to create a selection, then convert it to a path (the path is essentially the outline of the selection).

You can also draw paths with the various vector drawing tools, and then run a brush along them using the 'stroke' command.

[Silvernic]

You're all geniouses (and I am not, because I don't even know how to spell it).
Thank you very much!

[Serbius]

You can elaborate on the idea of shiflt clicking for a straight line by doing that with other tools,too.Anything with a brush kind of device.You can do it with the healing brush the clone stamp the dodge tool the burn tool.You can do it on a mask or layer mask or quick mask.Shift clicking for a straight line can be extrapolated to many uses by thinking out of the box.It's a cool tip,indeed.

[zeroendless]

one should always put path on new layer, mask or draw line however you like it but sepearte from image, then delete the workpath, so to get rid of the path outline(if not merging paths). That way you can use overlay color, styles, gradient...etc to change the properties of that layer from image.

Most photog use line for border, i luv the distinnct 1 pixel border line overlay the image. That's what ya guys trying to do??