Knob sticker

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:10 pm

I needed a scale for a Vickers microscope knob. It occurred to me that some folk may not have any appropriate program, or enough familiarity, to produce one.
This was a first go, in Photoshop. Not perfect but OK for what I wanted.
If anyone has a need for anything similar, post it here!

Copyright free!

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:16 pm

Don't know as I need exactly this, but I've sometimes needed similar things.

So I'm interested in tools and techniques.

What procedure did you use to generate this in Photoshop?

--Rik

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:43 pm

Well it's based around Edit>Transform>Rotate, where you can specify say 3.6º.
Then Edit>TransformAgain, repeated, holding Alt so it copies.
I think I started with a line (line tool, 3 pixels) as a Shape Layer. You could use a path or a selection or...

You can draw a circle based on a centre by dragging an oval lasso with Alt and Shift held down (on a pc)

All something like playing chopsticks on one of these