Comments on: How to draw a circle in Photoshop

By: Luigi

Luigi — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:02:18 +0000

It’s crazy what a brouhaha the drawing of a circle can cause…!

By: Matt P

Matt P — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:47:56 +0000

Another vote for Inkscape – open source drawing package like Illustrator.

By: Chris Lamb

Chris Lamb — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:14:47 +0000

Phil there’s an easier way.

1) Use eliptical marquee tool with shift held to draw a perfect circle selection
2) Edit > stroke then set the numerical value for the circles’ line width
3) Send me a free signed copy of your latest book for saving you probably hours over the next 10 years.

By: coolstar

coolstar — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:44:53 +0000

Left out an adjective above: “free” programs.

By: coolstar

coolstar — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:43:58 +0000

Next time ask the Little Astronomer about the dozens of programs you can use to draw circles that DO NOT require 7 steps and writing yourself complicated instructions so you can do it again next time!

By: Pieter Kok

Pieter Kok — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:26:49 +0000

Cindy, you can include pretty much everything in a LaTeX document these days (use pdflatex). But I prefer eps figures so you can use the psfrag package to replace labels with LaTeX output.

BTW, is there xfig for windows?

By: Kim Poor

Kim Poor — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:06:25 +0000

Phil has CS2, so getting a new program is silly. I need to make a lot of circles in my job. I prefer the “center-out” method:

1. select the ellipse tool (first one in the pallete)
2. on the top pull-down menu, select “fixed ratio” ( normal & fixed size are the other choices)
3. hold down option key (ALT on a PC) drag a circle selection from a centerpoint.
4. move selection with arrow keys, fill or stroke as needed,