rlg Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Before I go any further, I want to say how in awe I am of what you all can do with PDN! It astounds me, and also embarrasses me that I'm so bad at it. So I have to keep repeating my new mantra: but you have other talents. . . Also I want to thank Scooter, BoltBait, and Pixey for their patience, good eyes and advice. I changed my fonts to be easier to read. Now I've made up a Seal of Souterrain--no not the animal, the insigna. And I need a frame to set it off. So how would I make a plain circle to surround it? Hopefully manually, since I don't do plug-ins. I know my limits. I'm still fighting the half-circle of letters surrounding a round picture (the seal) or I'd show you, but it's kinda like the globe with letters around it that you often see, that I need to inclose in an outer "frame". Thank you for always getting me there, poor as my results may be. If I had a tenth of your talent, I'd have such great covers, I'd be a best selling author! Renee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Use the "Shape" tool, select the Ellipse. Line only no-fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlg Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Merci beaucoup, racerx! It's simple when you know how! And now thanks to you, I do. Gratefully, Renee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlg Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) I spoke too fast--it seems I don't know how to put the circles. I can make them appear, but not control them. The size looks fine then slides into another size and position. I tried using the shift key but that appeared to make it worse. My hands are really unsteady sometimes (I have neuropathy) I know that, but still and all. I looked up the US Seal and it's surrounded by a gold ring--that I can never do!--and a green one it looks like. But I can't even guess the right size for the brush. If I can just get the control, I can play with the color. Dare I say, Help? Or will I get thrown off? Renee Edited January 31, 2015 by rlg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I spoke too fast--it seems I don't know how to put the circles. I can make them appear, but not control them. The size looks fine then slides into another size and position. I tried using the shift key but that appeared to make it worse. My hands are really unsteady sometimes (I have neuropathy) I know that, but still and all. I looked up the US Seal and it's surrounded by a gold ring--that I can never do!--and a green one it looks like. But I can't even guess the right size for the brush. If I can just get the control, I can play with the color. Dare I say, Help? Or will I get thrown off? Renee I'll try to make it easy for you. Attached is a ScreenCap video of the process. I put it in a zip file because I can't post an mp4 on here. Download and unzip... (less than 1 mb) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlg Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Awhh, such a pretty red circle. But you're using a much later version than I have and all those commands are not available to me. So you went to a lot of work for me, and I thank you, but--- You must be younger than I by about 50-60 years so I may seem stupid but I'm just not digital. Renee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlg Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 My post didn't. racerx, I thank you for the video but I my version of PDN is almost the first one ever out! So I don't have access to all the commands you showed. I said I thought you were 50-60 yrs. younger but I reverse that downward. More like maybe 40 or 45? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) If I were 50 - 60 years younger than you, that would make you well over 100 years old.......... see if you have this tool. Edited February 1, 2015 by racerx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlg Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 racerx--only 13 yrs. to go and I'll hit 100! Yes, I do have that tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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