Photoshop weird problem

[Iammontoya]

Suddenly, when I try to draw any shape in photoshop 7, whether a marquee or vector ellipse, for example... I get a feathered look. I can no longer get a crisp ellipse. I've reset my prefs file and I've reset my tools.... and n oluck. Can someone please point me in the right direction?

[Kitiara]

There's a box in the toolbar up top... Click on the marquee tool (or whatever) and set the value up here back to 0.

If that doesn't fix it, then I'm outta ideas. :)

[eilsoe]

I'd say the same as Kit...

if that's not it, then I don't know either :)

[Iammontoya]

it's already at zero. <shrug>

Well, have you tried it? Do you get the same result?

Here are the steps Im using.

1. first elliptical marquee, draw an ellipse (not a circle)
2. SELECT/MODIFY/BORDER (7 pixels)
3. Fill the border with RED using paint bucket

this gives me that faded/watercolor look. I want solid red.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

[.soulty]

look in the same tool bar as kit mentioned , but when you select the paint bucket tool make sure your opacity is set at 100 %

Opacity of the tool not the layer.

[mlk]

yeah, and if in any case there is an antialias function, turn it off...

[.soulty]

oh...ok.. i just tried your steps and i too came out with blurred borders, might be the border tool.

might be easier to do it manually, make a layer, draw your selection for the ellipse. fill in the selection with a colour, keep selection, go to select- modify- contract . contract by ? pixels and then press delete.

[Hawk]

agreed,

but if you want it to be perfect, use the pen tool.

make your shape with the pen, make a selection of the path, fill the selection on layer 1. transform selection > scale it down/up, then either delete the selection from layer one, or fill with backround color/pattern on layer 2 or higher layer.

cheers.