# Really simple photoshop quesiton **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [January 22, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-simple-photoshop-quesiton/11794 "2003-01-22T12:19:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blah\_de\_blah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@blah\_de\_blah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blah_de_blah)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-simple-photoshop-quesiton/11794/1 "2003-01-22T12:19:38Z")
How do you make a circle, but just the outline. so the center is hollow and has a black outline? i know this is gonna be really simple, but i can’t figure it! thx ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-simple-photoshop-quesiton/11794/2 "2003-01-22T12:23:37Z")
first, press D to reset your colors, black should then be the foreground color. Then make a circle selection, rightclick inside the circle and choose “stroke”. Set the width and such and press ok 🙂 there… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-simple-photoshop-quesiton/11794/3 "2003-01-22T12:26:20Z")
ah yes! i knew i could rely on you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-simple-photoshop-quesiton/11794/4 "2003-01-22T13:11:37Z")
But if you have different background colors you should just do your circle, then set the border in the layersettings and then set the covering strenght(is this right?) to 0%. Not the normal, but the one below it. I don’t know the english name for it. Its the covering strenght for the surface… _hope i could help you_ Maybe lost can help out with translating it ;p ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-simple-photoshop-quesiton/11794/5 "2003-01-22T13:23:19Z")
bah, circle selection? Thats no way to make a circle 😉 I say hit the vector shape and draw your circle with the ellipse tool (holding shift to make it unified). You can keep this as a vector, make a strokable path (similar to selection) or just make it a straight out pixel circle. As a vector though, it will give you an easily managable circle which you can stretch and move and scale with ease and no loss in quality. After making a vector circle, you can ditch its fill (in layers panel) and use a layer stroke… or even, instead, make another circle using ALT (or from the icon in the properties bar) as a type of boolean (subtraction) circle - place that outlined circle in the orignal filled circle and youve got yourself a … umm… lopsided circle? well you have a lot more options at least… of course the selection too is easier and all that stuff ^ is confusing if you’re just getting inot it all :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-simple-photoshop-quesiton/11794/6 "2003-01-22T13:27:35Z")
hey, I gave him an easy start 🙂 no reason to overload a beginner 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-simple-photoshop-quesiton/11794/7 "2003-01-22T13:27:58Z")
You’re all wrong. The best way to make a stroked circle is to grab a drinking glass, invert it on your graphics tablet and trace around its rim with your stylus. Simple. :P:beam: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-simple-photoshop-quesiton/11794/8 "2003-01-22T13:28:17Z")
> \*Originally posted by eilsoe \* > \*\*no reason to overload a beginner 😉 \*\* as I sometimes tend to do 🙂 of course alethos got us both beat :beam: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-simple-photoshop-quesiton/11794/9 "2003-01-22T13:42:41Z")
Yeah… we got thumped… _bugger_ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-simple-photoshop-quesiton/11794/10 "2003-01-22T15:29:19Z")
senocular said the same as I did ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-simple-photoshop-quesiton/11794/11 "2003-01-22T17:40:14Z")
> \*Originally posted by eilsoe \* > \*\*hey, I gave him an easy start 🙂 no reason to overload a beginner 😉 \*\* what he said.