Photoshop :: Draw Circle With Ellipse Tool - How To Add Vector Mask
Jul 18, 2013
I would like to draw a Circle with the Ellipse tool and then add a Vector Mask
next i would like to Duplicate the layer and then select the Vector Mask Thumbnail in the layers panel so that when i select the Pen tool the Intersect Shape Areas is available
however, i cannot seem to get the Vector Mask to be available it is always grayed out no matter what i try to do.
i am trying to add a "glossy" effect to the circle by using the Pen tool to draw a shape through it horizontally and then up and around the top of and joining/closing it so that i can add a white>trans gradient.
Using Ps cs6 and Windows 7
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Feb 23, 2014
I'm trying to snap a circle created with the Ellipse tool to the grid. However, the center of the circle won't snap to the grid, it's always the edges.
My circle is 4.7mm and my grid is 10mm with 2 subdivisions. How to get the center of a circle to snap to the grid?
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Feb 18, 2012
Every time I use the ellipse tool to draw a shape, a portion of the ellipse is missing. The missing portion is always on the lower right hand side of the ellipse. I am using CorelDraw Graphics Suite X4. I have attached a graphic showing what I mean.
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Jan 28, 2006
When I try to use the pen tool it automaticly makes a vector mask for the pen line. How do you disable that? Also, what can you do with the vector mask?
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Nov 24, 2008
I have Photoshop CS2 and I am trying to "fix" a photo. I'm using a tutorial,and it worked on a previous photo but seems to have quit on me. I made a new layer from the original layer, used filter> other> high pass (set to 3.5) then image> adjustments>desaturate. Inverted the layer added a vector mask and inverted that as well. I set the blending mode to overlay, and the foreground color to white.
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Dec 1, 2003
Why is PS defaulting all layers to Vector Mask mode when I try to create any shape?
Eg: New File > New Layer > Draw a box ...boom ... layer has a vector mask applied to it
Why is it so ...?
As you would know...when this vector mask is applied... i cant just grab the paint bucket tool and fill the box...i have to disable the freaking mask...
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Jun 21, 2013
Using Photoshop CC, if you have a vector mask on a layer and attempt to crop the image, the vector mask shifts incorrectly after the crop is completed. The image is garbled. If I rasterize the vector mask to a standard layer mask, the crop works successfully.
I've checked to make sure that there are no numbers in the crop tool options. Nothing appears to be set incorrectly.
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Mar 1, 2013
I must have fat fingered something and I now when I click on the Eraser Tool or the Brush Mask Tool instead of getting a circle or square, I get and icon of the tool instead. They still work but they're harder to use without seeing the circle or square depending on what's selected. I've been using Corel for many years and never had this happen and I can't figure out how to switch back.
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Sep 5, 2011
I'm trying to put a text around a circle / arc.
I'm able to create an ellipse with the select tool, create a path from it and then add a text "along the path". Unfortunately I can't specify on what position of the arc/ellipse the text should start (left-upper corner, middle, right upper corner, etc.).
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Oct 19, 2013
How do I draw a rectangle or ellipse as a line without fill in Photoshop Elements?
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May 9, 2011
I am trying to create a 3D elbow that is Ellipse at one end and is circular at the other.
I've attached and example of what im trying to make.
Elbow.jpg
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Nov 3, 2013
It's not easy to learn how to use this program. I want to know how to draw a dotted ellipse or a circle.
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Jul 13, 2007
how to join line or polylines with ellipse arcs or circle arcs and now.. I give up! Here is my problem: What I would like to draw can be compared with a pear: a succession of circle arcs ellipse arcs and maybe polylines. Once the profile done, I was planning to use REVOLVE or (EXTRUDE + FLLET) to finish my drawing... the problem is that I can't join 2 ellipse arcs from different ellipses (which means neither with a circle arc. How would you proceed to draw a pear?
PS: I'm using autoCAD 2006 z.54.10 version
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Jul 25, 2012
I'm trying to draw a circle and an ellipse so that the ellipse shares exactly two points of contact between the two paths (not centered).
This is seemingly impossible with the tools provided since, if you draw an ellipse normally, with the anchor points of the ellipse on the circlular path, there are four points of contact, which means the two paths overlap.
I've tried revolving a line segment that goes from the edge of the circle to the middle of the circle (not center) with similar results.
Drawing the ellipse first doesn't work either.
Astute Graphics has a plug-in, Subscribe that would almost work, except it only draws circles, not ellipses.
Am I overlooking someting extremely obvious, or am I correct to say that illustrator can't do this? I'm using CS5. Maybe this is something that is fixed in CS6 with a snap to path option?
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Dec 11, 2013
I have been using the radial filter with no problems.Now it will not display the circle or ellipse. it seems to be working as when I try to do the circle and it will not show but if I change the exposure or any of the setting it does do that.
Have I accidently changed something or a setting to cause this .
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Jan 29, 2014
I'm making a logo for someone by hand-drawing a font I made up. But because I was having trouble drawing a perfect letter 'O', I'm using the "Circle/Ellipse" tool to do it. I drew an 'O' with that tool that's almost the right size... and I wanna draw another one just a little shorter... but I can't figure out how to place the completed new shape directly over the old one.
I don't know where to start the action with the tool! The completed shape always ends up in the wrong place. How to get my finished shape to complete just where I want it to? (Re-sizing the shape won't work because that changes the thickness of the line I used for the letter 'O'.)
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Mar 18, 2008
I need to draw an ellipse at a specific point on a drawing.
i can calc the major and minor and i have a polar point of where it should be drawn.
i just need the code to draw the ellipse.
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May 31, 2013
I previously used Photoshop CS3. I do catalog work and we do quantities of paths around circular buttons and pins. CS3 would make a path around the button drawing from the center edge of the image while dragging across the item. CS6 doesn't appear to do this and only wants to draw the circle from a corner point where the top and left edges would meet for example. Can the ellipse tool be set to draw from center edge as CS3 did?
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May 1, 2012
I have 2 layers, the first is the background layer. Then 2nd layer has a picutre that I have used the ellipse tool on. My question is how can I use the eraser tool on everything outside of the ellipse tool? I can only use it inside.
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Apr 24, 2013
I have a JPEG of a map and I want to put a black circle around a place name to draw attention to it. Have been all through the tools and the files in my Photoshop 7 and cannot find any way of doing it.
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Sep 11, 2005
When I use the shapes tool... i.e. to draw circle for example.. it fills it up with color.. How do I draw a normal circle?
At the moment I have to draw a circle .. and then another circle inside it with white color so that I have just the outline..
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Jun 18, 2012
I m trying to create a colored circle but every time Im filling the circle with color is not properly filled. It is like becoming glow at the edges, something that I do not want. How to fill it correctly. I assume that is a setting needs to be adjusted but I cant find it.
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Apr 7, 2009
draw the circle - invert, and I just keep getting errors. Only thing I can cut is a rectangle - in my world we call that cropping.
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Jul 30, 2005
why my ellipse tool doesnt work. I used it the other day ( to draw a cirlce, obviously!). I had set the shape to be a fixed size (675 by 700 pixels) and clicked on the canvas to create the shape. This worked fine but when i went to use it again it wouldnt work. It allows me to select the tool and when i click and drag on the canvas a new layer is created but no image appears. I've tried the obviuos; putting the layer on top of all the others, checking the settings (opacity etc) but nothing seems to work.
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Jan 1, 2014
I am trying to make a vignette with the ellipse tool. I only get the selected ellipse black,and cannot figure out how to change it.
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Apr 17, 2006
i'll be using photoshop overlaying pictures on top of each other. when i go to use a vector mask and the brush tool, the cursor will not be the circle that indicates the size of the brush. instead it is more like the cursor for the marquee tool. and since i dont have the circle indicating the size of the brush, it takes a LOT longer to do the minute touching up of the vector masking.
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Jun 10, 2009
I try to Make a new shape regardless of what it is it creates a Vector mask and a new vector mask path.
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Jun 25, 2007
I use photoshop a fair amount, but only to edit photos. For work I need to be able to circle something in an image and I cannot figure out how to draw a thick, red circle around some text. How do you do it?
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Oct 31, 2005
I'm a begiiner in Photoshop and I can't figure out how do you draw a circle without color filling. It should be possible, but I can't find it in settings.
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Jun 11, 2012
Until CS6, I would routinely toss in a random vector shape and would then drag it's vector mask thumbnail, in the Layers Panel, to the trashcan icon, which left me with a wonderful color-filled, maskless, vector layer that had a Layers Panel color swatch thumbnail I could easily and oh so quickly double-click to change it's floodfill.
Not so in CS6, no vector mask thumbnails anymore (yes, due to the update to overall Layers mechanics).Is a floodfilled layer still possible in CS6?
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Aug 16, 2013
I have been reading about Vector Mask here: URL....but i am still having trouble getting things to work...i get it that i am still having trouble w/the concept but at least i'm not giving up..so, i have a BG layer > New Layer on which i have drawn a Circle and applied some Layer Styles
next, i would like to apply a Vector Mask and then Duplicate the layer and select the Vector Mask ThumbNail in the Duplicated layer so that i can use the Pen tool set to Intersect Shape Area so that i can draw a shape w/the Pen that'll create a "Glossy Effect"
i'm trying to follow to learn more about Vector Mask: URL....here's the section where i am stuck due to a lack of complete instructions and my knowledge/ understanding. how the lesson shows a Vector Mask on the Shape 1 layer and the Duplicate/Copy layer? well, no matter what i try i cannot get a Vector Mask applied in the same way.
when i go to Layer > Vector Mask it is grayed out. ??
how to use/make a Vector Mask but nothing i've read has worked out. i read on another site w/info about Vector Mask that if it is grayed out that i just need to Duplicate the layer but when i do this it is still unavailable.
i've tried using a Layer Mask too to no avail..how do i make the Vector Mask available?
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