How to Create Outlines in Photoshop
Whether you're trying to teach yourself how to draw something, want to call attention to a person or object in an image or just want to add a graphical element to your picture, a simple outline can go a long way. Creating outlines is a quick maneuver in Photoshop because the graphics program has the tools to allow easy following and replication right on the screen. With Photoshop, the ability to color inside -- or outside -- the lines is at your fingertips.
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Instructions
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Open Adobe Photoshop. Click "File." Click "Open." Locate the photo or picture to outline and click it, then click the "Open" button.
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Resize the image so the area to outline is large on the screen. Click the "Magnify" tool on the "Tools" pane and zoom in if the object is small or pull down the "View" menu and click "Fit on Screen" if the area to be outlined takes up most of the picture.
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Pull down the "Window" menu and click "Layers" to open the "Layers" palette -- this may already be open and present on the bottom-right side of the work area.
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Click the "New Layer" icon, at the bottom of the palette. The icon looks like a small, folded-over sticky note. The palette receives a new Layer 1, but nothing appears to change in the image itself.
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Double-click the top-left square in the "Color Picker," the two overlapping boxes at the bottom of the "Tools" pane. Select a color to use for the outline and click "OK." Another option is to just go with whatever default color is showing.
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Click the "Pencil" tool on the "Tools" pane, located in the middle of the icon group.
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Start outlining around the area. If the pencil "tip" is too large or too small for the outline, pull down the second icon menu from the left on the toolbar at the top of the screen. It is not outlined, but has a small number below it. Slide the "Size" bar down or up to increase or decrease the size of the pencil for the outline.
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Finish the outline. Right-click the Background layer in the "Layers" palette, select "Delete Layer" and click "Yes." You are left with just the outline.
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