speech buble background

[keith]

Hi
Can any one help.
Every time l draw a speech buble there is always a colour in it.
How do you get rid of this colour?
I just want the text on the image inside the speech buble outline?

keith

[Carbone]

Shapes like this one uses the foreground colour (the first colour chip at the bottom of the tool palette). You can't turn the colour off. However, if you want to have only an outline of the shape, then do this.

Command - click (Control - Click PC) on the layer containing the shape in the layer palette. This will create a selection identical to the buble.

Create a new layer (Layer / New / Layer)

Then strike the selection (Edit / Strike). Choose a colour, a thickness and the way to stroke (was Strike, corrected as per Jodi.. thanks!) (inside, outside, or center).

Deselect (Command - D for Mac, or Control -D PC)

Hope this helps!

[Jodi Frye]

a little miss with spelling...Ray meant ' stroke ' (outline) and not strike.

unless of course he has already edited his post and now i look like an idiot ;)

[Wendy]

hi Keith ...

Try this:

Draw your speech bubble
then create a new layer above it
Go to the layers palette and Control Click on the bubble layer thumbnail
.... now you have a selection of the bubble shape
switch of the eyeball on the bubble layer
and do Edit>Stroke (on the new layer)

that should do it for you ... :)

Wendy

[Carbone]

Thanks Jodi.. sorry, English.DLL is runing on low coffee reserve this morning.. !

Ray

[Jodi Frye]

Ray, no biggie...I see on my keyboard the 'o' is right next to the 'i' ;)

[Carbone]

LOL!!!

Ray
P.S. Surprise mailed yesterday :)

[Wendy]

Guess we were all typing at the same time :)

Wendy

[Jodi Frye]

Yes Wendy and you bumped Ray's 'o' finger :)

[Wendy]

Jodi ...

:D :D :D

Wendy

[Carbone]

And I didn't feel a thing! Haa.. Wendy's delicate touch :)

Ray

[Wendy]

:D :D :D

Wendy