creating a curved line in Photoshop 6

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hi,
after you draw your right angle triangle.
tru usiong filters.
try In filters>distort>shear on your sides of triangles.
then in popup manu you can give as much curve as you want to.

~Rugu

sorry - when i said a right angle I mean a the line curves around the 90 degree corner

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like that but curved rather than a point at the corner!

thanks

When Your Selection is Active, DO

Select > Modify > Smooth

Enter a Value for Smooth Border's.

Do you want a raster line or a vector line?
Steps are almost the same.

Use the rounded rectangle tool to draw a rectangle with rounded corners. Using the direct selection tool select the 2 anchor points in the lower right corner, and the 2 points on each adjacent corner that are closest to the lower left corner. Hit delete. That's a vector line. It may be partially filled with the foreground color used when creating the rounded rectangle.

To make it a raster line select the shape, copy, make a new path in the paths palette, and paste. Bring up the contextual menu on the path and select "Stroke Path".

am afraid I can't get either of those to work
Adilkhan:
when I try to follow your instructions, the only thing that changes is the selection itself - the line underneath does not change... perhaps we could go back a step to understand how I get the smooth instruction to work on the line?

Weed
I am not clear on which anchor points to delete - I cannot get the smooth corner that I am after despite trying to follow your instructions and then trying all sorts of different combinations... as for your second option, I am afraid I did not understand what you were saying

I am pretty much a novice with Photoshop so do need pretty specific instructions using the exact names that Photoshop uses to identify what to do...

also I don't know whether I want a vector or raster layer since I do not know what the difference is.... I want to use the image as a gif as a border on a web site

thanks for you help so far.. looking forward to learning how to do this
Nick

think I have worked it out so don't worry - am drawing a thick straight line and then adding anchor points to bend it to the shape I want

Remember that the manual is your friend. It has almost everything you need to know about the tools and what they do. If you're feeling like a noob that's the best place to start.

thanks - the problem is understanding some of their terminology

Understanding the terminology is the key to working with any text book/manual/how-to guide --

me I always like one with lots and lots and lots of pictures... because they can tell so much more.

I mean - insert slot b to a so that a is al;dsjfa; to f and alkjdf;la to j ... GRRR! ;-) we've all been there and know what you are going through. Just keep a dictionary on hand and a page open to ask a question of EE experts and hopefully you can be guided through the meanings and layars of dumbness in manuals that need degrees of understanding to understand something basic;-)

sorry - its late and I've been looking through books all day trying to find solutions and your comment gave me inspiration to respond.

Red010Knight

I would take a fwe tutorials for it, as you learn alot.. I surgest www.good-tutorials.com. Good luck.

-PsrBabe