Hey peoples!

Does anyone know how to make a striped background in PSE? I read Tanya's tutorial for photoshop but in Elements I don't seem to have the Single Column Marquee Tool. Or am I just missing it somewhere?

Mary Fran

Mary Fran,
I think the easiest way to do it, and the way I do it, is to just use the rectangle tool. You could also use the line tool if you want to be more precise with the size of the stripes.

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the only reason why i started doing it with the single column marquee is because when i was using the rectangle it would go " just" to the edge and not beyond which was a problem if i wanted to tear a stripe and use the bevel/emboss. I use the rectangle marquee if i set my paper up just a tad larger than i want the output so about 12.5 x 12.5 if i'm wanting a 12 x 12 and then my edges all run off when i crop it.

I hope that helps.

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Nope, there doesn't seem to be a single column marquee tool in PSE. But what I have done to create striped paper is use the rectangular marquee (like Jodi said) but I use it with the grid visible and snap to grid on. Look under the view menu and you should see both of this options. I come from a engineer background and I want to know that all my stripes are a certain size. You should see how anal I am while doing my ABC LOs to make sure that all my little pictures are exactly 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" inches. I'm having a hard time letting go of precision.

HTH!

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which is very funny because i'm more of the .... click and go kinda person.

but yes like i tell people there are always a ton of ways to do the same thing.


glad there is so many pse users to help you out i'll be putitng it back on my computer soon so that i can translate all my tutorials to work with both. ( provided that they can be)

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Thanks everybody.

I will just use the rectangular tool and the grid. Thanks again for all your help.

You can make stripped paper by choosing your colors in the foreground and background boxes. Flood fill a layer with one of them. Go to FILTERS>SKETCH>HALFTONE. Select your pattern>lines and adjust your sliders until you are happy with the preview. This also works well for dots and checks.

I just tried ksmaggie's trick using a yellow and purple (I'm doing Mardi Gras layouts right now!) and rotated the canvas since the lines were horizontal and I wanted vertical. I used the biggest size line and high contrast. This looks like corrogated cardboard that I've seen people use lately. So thanks to her tip, I've discovered something that I wasn't actually looking for! Thanks ksmaggie!
Daisy