does anyone know how to make rope or string to go through a charm? I have been searching for a style or paintbrush for photoshop 7 that will make rope but cant find one...any ideas?

Just use your eraser tool to "erase" the part through the charm. I think Maya just made a rope for the elements section.

I know how to get the effect of going through something....I am trying to find a way to "draw" my own rope so I can place it where I want.....any ideas how to do that?

THANKS FOR RESPONDING!

Maybe there is a brush you could download from somewhere. I'm just starting to use PS, so I don't know if that's possible.

the rope that I just made I did the hard way. I used a fuzzy preset brush to draw the base of the rope at the thickness I wanted and then I used a lighter shade colour and a smaller brush to go over that original line with diagonal lines to give it that twisted look. It is long and tedious that way but it was my first crack at it and I was determined to finish once I started. I am not entirely pleased with the way it turned out but it isn't bad. It will be seen in the new elements section soon.

I am also going to attempt to make a rope brush by scanning a small piece of twisted white rope (just have to find some first). I haven't looked to see if there are any pre-made PS7 brushes out there on the web for this but it should be pretty easy to make. Not sure how effective it will be yet, but I will let you know after I test drive it.

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