Parallel lines and a grid are elements that bring order and rigid structure to a design solution. Lines set the direction for the eye as it fleetingly glides across the picture, emphasizing the surfaces, giving volume to the image. Light shading instead of filling creates the effect of weightlessness and airiness of the object.
It is easier to create parallel lines, a grid of rectangular cells, and a lattice in vector graphics programs such as Adobe Illustrator, for example. You can download a suitable texture or ready-made clipart.
But there is not always time to look necessary textures. Drawing a straight line is easy - draw with any drawing tool while holding down the Shift key. It's difficult to draw multiple lines equally spaced to create a grid, for example. But solving the problem of creating parallel lines in Photoshop is not at all difficult.
1 way.
The fastest way to create parallel lines is to use styles.
Draw a straight line with the Pensil tool (to make the line straight, hold down the Shft key).
Photoshop's built-in styles include Dotted Strokes styles. Select these styles using the Styles palette menu: Window > Styles.
From the style sets, choose the White 1pt 2pt-Spaced Dotted No Fill style or another one if you prefer.
Let's get a line of points.
This line needs to be stretched in width and obtained from the points of the strip. But if you do this right now, you will get a rectangle with a dotted outline. Here's a simple trick: create a new empty layer above the dotted line layer and merge the two layers (select these layers in the Layers panel and do the Merge command).
After that, simply stretch the line wider with the command Edit (Editing)>Transform (Transform).
If you create a new layer above the layer with lines, fill this layer with a gradient fill and apply the menu command from the layers panel Create Clipping Mask to it, you will get this rainbow stripe.
And using the Edit > Transform > Warp command allows you to get interesting effects.
Method 2.
Parallel lines can be created using gradients. The disadvantage of this method is significant - you must first create a gradient using the gradient editor. If you don’t know anything about working with the gradient editor, go here:
The advantage of this method is that, firstly, you can create a striped gradient, save it and use it always, secondly, you can create multi-colored gradients, gradients with blurry or clear transitions from the line color to the background, you can create double, triple lines with different spaces between them. Or download ready-made ones or
Creating a gradient to draw parallel lines is easy. Open the gradient editor and add color markers in the desired positions (just click the mouse in in the right places, color and distance are specified in the appropriate fields.). The Location field specifies the marker indentation in % from the left edge; the distance between markers is the distance between lines.
Small markers next to the color marker determine how blurry the line is. Try moving them closer to the line and see the result.
Handles above the gradient bar control the transparency of the gradient areas. White markers indicate transparent areas (Opacity is 0). This gradient is convenient for drawing on a ready-made background:
An example of using this gradient:
And don’t forget that there are different gradients - diamond-shaped, radial, mirror, which allows you to create different shapes with one easy movement:
3 way.
To start, draw one line on a new layer.
Go to the Actions palette, create new operation(Line, for example), click the record button and follow simple steps: copy the layer with the line and move it up or down to the desired distance. The job is done, click the Stop recording button. It should look something like this:
After that, press the triangular Play recording button as many times as you need lines.
As a result, the image has many layers with lines. If you are happy with the result, combine the layers with lines into one layer.
Duplicating the lines layer and then rotating the duplicate at right angles or any other angle makes it easy to create a mesh.
And applying styles - effects:
Hello, dear readers! In this lesson you will learn how to draw a line in Photoshop
Create a new document in Photoshop (Ctrl + N) with a white background.
The easiest tool for drawing straight lines is the Line Tool (U). In addition to the standard vector tool modes, there is a Width parameter on the top panel. He is responsible for the thickness of the line.
To create a line, drag the mouse to the side while holding the left button. If you hold down the Shift key, you can get a horizontal or vertical line. If you drag a line along an angle while holding Shift, it will be inclined at an angle of 45 degrees.
This is how straight vector lines are drawn.
You can also use the Brush Tool (B) to draw lines. Select it, right-click on the canvas and set the Size to 1 pixel so that the lines are thin. As in the first case, you need to hold down the Shift key to draw straight lines.
You can also draw lines from points. Make a single click on the canvas at the starting point. Hold down the Shift key and click on the next point (where the end of the line should be), then on another one if you want to create a polyline.
But what if you need to draw wavy line? To do this, you can use a combination of the Pen Tool (P) and the Brush Tool (B). Photoshop has a stroke feature.
Select the Pen Tool (P) and in the settings select the Paths mode:
With this tool, lines are drawn using single clicks. Draw a simple line in two clicks.
Hover your cursor over the line and a “+” sign will appear next to it.
Pull the line down and it will curve. Another anchor point will appear on the line. Using the Direct Selection Tool (A), you can change the curvature of the lines using the levers. To quickly switch to this tool, press the Ctrl key while the Pen Tool (P) is active.
Now you need to select a brush that will be used to outline the outline. Select the Brush Tool (B), set the size to 2 pixels and lower the Hardness to 0%.
Select the Pen Tool (P) again, right-click on the canvas and select Stroke Path.
In the window that appears, select Brush. If you turn on the Simulate Pressure function, the edges of the line will taper.
Press Enter to remove the outline.
The stroke could have been made more in a fast way. After setting up the brush, do not switch to the Pen Tool (P), but press Enter to stroke. Pressing this key multiple times will repeat the stroke. To remove the outline, press Delete.
This concludes the lesson. Now you know how to draw a line in Photoshop.
Good day everyone, my Dear friends and guests of my blog. Today I would like to tell you how to draw a straight line in Photoshop or its online version. Of course, the segment looks much neater than something drawn with a trembling hand. Oh, this trembling hand)). Well, okay, let's not pull the cat by the rubber band. Go!
First, let's look at the simplest methods drawing.
Draw lines horizontally and vertically
The easiest way to draw straight line- take any drawing tool (pencil or brush), hold down the key SHIFT and lead in the direction you need (up down or left and right). Rest assured while you hold shift, there will be no trembling hand, everything will be recorded.
Drawing lines at an angle
If you want to draw a line at an angle, select the brush (pencil) tool in the toolbar in the same way, and then put a dot in the place where you want the beginning to be.
Now, hold down the key SHIFT and click in the place where the end should be. After this, the line will be instantly drawn automatically from the start to the end point.
In addition, you can make a real broken line. To do this, you just need to poke in the places where it should break. Just remember to do this with the Shift key held down.
Drawing straight lines using guides
Just yesterday I published an article about that, and today this topic will also be very useful to us. To do this, pull out the guides from the ruler area with the mouse button held down and place them in the places where you need them, and then take the pencil again and draw along it. Thanks to its binding property, it will magnetize your drawing to itself.
Only, unlike the previous method, you will not be able to move away to a long distance, since after all, the guide really acts like a magnet. As long as you draw close, the drawing is attracted, and as soon as you move away, your trembling hand comes into play again.
Figures
And of course, we must not forget about the main tool, namely the figure of the same name. In order to draw a straight line in Photoshop this way, you need to go to the “Shapes” tool and select the “Line” tool there.
Before you start drawing, go to the tool settings above and see what you can customize here:
Now just left-click anywhere on the sheet, after which you will see the beginning. It will be as if nailed down, and at this time you will be able to decide where the end will be. You will end up with what we expected. It is noteworthy that with this tool you can draw lines at an angle, and not just vertically or horizontally.
Drawing lines with the Pen tool
Previously, we used as one of the selection tools. But of course, this is not all of his abilities, and now we will draw a straight line using him.
Now everything is displayed as it should, and you can make not only straight lines, but also broken ones. So this once again proves that Photoshop is simply a universal program, and the same tool can do various functions for different tasks.
Rectangular Marquee Tool
A rather unusual way to draw a straight line, but nevertheless, some Photoshop users really like to use it.
As a result, we got a black stripe that you can turn into a line. To do this, just go to the transformation mode ( CTRL+T) and simply increase or decrease the length and width by left-clicking on the edges.
Well, if you want it to be at an angle, then use the same transformation to turn it over. To do this, place the mouse cursor next to the corners of the selection until the cursor changes to a curved arrow.
How to draw a line in Photoshop online
I know that not everyone is ready to install a cumbersome program on their computer, so we will try to make do with a special service. In fact, it’s not difficult to draw a straight or broken line in Photoshop online, simply because this version is highly neutered, there are very few ways there.
The first method is that you will need to select the Brush or Pencil tool and poke anywhere on the canvas to create a starting point. Now hold down the key SHIFT and click the one where you would like to see the end point. After this you have a straight line. This method is similar to what we did in the program.
The second method is that we select the Draw tool, assign any color (or leave the default one), hold down the left mouse button and start drawing a black rectangle. You yourself can control how thick or long it will be.
But it is important to remember that Photoshop online does not have a Transform tool, so the segment you draw cannot be changed, enlarged, reduced or rotated at an angle.
Well, that's basically all I wanted to say. I hope you now understand how to draw a straight line in Photoshop different ways and without any effort.
Well, if you don’t know Photoshop or don’t know it well, then I recommend that you watch these wonderful video tutorials, where they will tell you and show you from A to Z how to work in Photoshop. All lessons are told in simple human language and with great interest. If you don't mess around, you can learn Photoshop in just a couple of weeks. Highly recommend.
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How to draw a straight line in Photoshop?
- Select the brush tool.
- We set it up in such a way that any dynamics of shape and size are turned off.
- hold down Shift and draw up/down or left/right, depending on where you want to draw the line. If you draw in a new layer, you can then rotate it to the desired angle with the transform tool - Ctrl+T
How to draw a line in Photoshop
If you take the Rectangular Marquee Tool, you can easily make a thin horizontal selection in the form of a line, which can be filled with some color (Edit -> Fill...).
There are quite a lot of different questions on Photoshop on BV. For example:
- How to whiten teeth in Photoshop?
It's not difficult to draw a straight line in Photoshop.
You can simply hold down the Shift key while taking a pencil or brush. Then the line will be smooth with a fixed point.
Or using a rectangular area if a thick line is required.
You put a point with a pencil without pressing Shift, then press Shift and put a second point. A straight line will appear between these two points.
I recently needed to do this, I couldn’t find the function, but I figured out to hold down the Shift key and just draw with a pencil (or brush). A straight line is drawn, but only either strictly horizontally or vertically (no obliquely). Although, in principle, if you need it obliquely, you can rotate the line.
PS. I'm still an amateur in Photoshop, so maybe there are some special tools for drawing a straight line that I'm not aware of
To draw a line, you need to select a tool in Photoshop from the very top called Rectangular Marquee and draw a line of the desired thickness and length. Next, you need to paint over it with tools like Gradient, Pencil or Fill...
The hotkey U at the top of the toolbar will be a line.
You select a brush, color, put a point where you want to start the line, then press Shift and without releasing it, put a point where you want to finish the line.
2 days before entering the program, refrain from drinking alcoholic beverages and intoxicating drugs.
In order to draw a straight line in Photoshop, we just need to use a pencil in this program to press the left click and without releasing the Shift button. After this, we point the mouse in the direction we need and we get a straight line.
There is nothing difficult here)
I wish you good luck with your drawing in Photoshop.
As I remember, you can draw a straight line in Photoshop by pressing and holding the Shift key and at the same time selecting a brush or pencil and then drawing your straight line, but you can draw either vertically or horizontally..
For example, when I need to draw a straight line in Photoshop, I simply take a pencil or brush in the program, then put a dot in the required place and, without releasing it, press Shift and draw my straight line in the required direction.
Draw a straight line in the program Adobe Photoshop It's not difficult at all. First, you need to choose a brush or pencil (if you need a thin line, then better pencil, if it is thick with a shaded border, then select the appropriate brush), set the desired thickness and color. And then, holding down the Shift key, draw a line. It will turn out perfectly smooth.
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Hello to all Photoshop lovers!
Drawing a straight line in Photoshop is not at all difficult, just move the mouse cursor, but, alas, this movement does not always turn out straight. In this lesson we will learn how to draw straight lines.
To make the line in Photoshop smooth, hold down the keyboard SHIFT and you will draw a straight line in Photoshop. This allows you to draw straight horizontal and vertical lines. You can also draw diagonally; to do this, click the left mouse button once on the area where the line begins, and a second time where it ends (with the SHIFT). This will draw a straight line at the given coordinates.
There are several ways to draw straight lines in Photoshop, giving them color, thickness and other styles. The following tools are commonly used: Brush, Pencil, Pen, Line, Rectangular Marquee. Which tool is best suited for the task is up to you to decide. Each method has its pros and cons.
Draw a straight line with the Brush Tool
The easiest way to draw a line is with a tool Brush (Brush Tool). Create a document in Photoshop (Ctrl + N) with an arbitrary size, I have this 800x600 pixels:
Activate the tool Brush (Brush Tool). Tool hotkey - B.
At the top settings panel change tools if necessary size And rigidity brushes:
We draw the line:
Somehow it’s not quite even, you’ll reasonably notice, right?
To draw a perfectly straight line, you need to hold down the key before starting to draw Shift, draw a line and release the key. This is how smooth the line turned out:
Keystroke method Shift before starting to draw a line, it helps to draw a strictly horizontal or vertical line at an angle of 90 degrees, but if you need to draw a line, for example, diagonally, you must first click the mouse button at the beginning of the line and hold down the key Shift, draw a line, then release the mouse button and Shift.
Draw a straight line using the Pencil Tool
Tool Pencil Tool is in the same tool group as the tool Brush, tool hotkey - B.
Drawing a line using the tool Pencil Tool similar to drawing Brush- click the mouse at the beginning of the line, hold down the key Shift and draw a line.
Draw a line with the Pen Tool
To draw a line with the tool Feather It will take a little more time than in previous cases.
Activate the tool Pen Tool tool hotkey - P.
Don't forget to make sure that the tool Feather is in mode "circuit". You can view this at top panel instrument settings:
Create a new layer, click on the layer creation icon in layers panel:
Draw a straight line - just put two points. To draw a horizontal or vertical line, hold down the key again Shift:
To start drawing a new line, hold down the key Ctrl and click on the canvas; if this is not done, the lines will be created continuously.
Draw arbitrary curved lines and hold down the key at the end Ctrl with a mouse click on the canvas to complete the lines.
The lines are ready, but, unfortunately, they are only visible in Photoshop in the tab Outlines (Window-Paths), if you save the image, for example, in jpg* format, the lines will not be displayed.
In order to make them visible, we return to the tool Brush, V top panel adjusting instrument settings size, brush hardness and if necessary, select the brush itself. We will need a round brush:
Choosing a color:
Activate the tool Feather, right-click on the canvas and select “Stroke Path”:
The following window will open in which you need to select as the source "Brush", and a tick "Simulate pressure" (Simulate Pressure) It is advisable to remove it to get straight lines:
Result:
If you leave a checkmark “Simulate Pressure”, the lines will become thinner towards the ends:
Draw a line with the Line tool
One of the most common ways to draw a straight line in Photoshop is the Line. Located in the left panel:
The great thing is that you can easily adjust the color and thickness of the line:
With the clamped SHIFT I draw straight lines. They are created by the shape from vector tool. You can easily draw a vertical, horizontal and a straight line at a 45 degree angle.
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Straight line using selection in Photoshop
It happens that you don’t want to bother with the settings of vector shapes and brushes. Therefore, you can simply select the desired area in Photoshop, for example, in the form of a line and fill it with color.
There is a Rectangular Marquee tool in Photoshop:
For example, we need a long and thick line in Photoshop. Select the desired area:
Choosing a tool Fill and set the color for the future line.
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Fill the selected area with color and deselect it CTRL+D. We have a straight line.
Like these ones simple ways draw a line in photoshop. We hope you found this information useful! Good luck in your creativity and good mood!