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182 CHAPTER 5 PRESENTING PLANS

6. To draw more attention to the footpaths, accent them using a stroked line. First, work on the
dashed line on the Hollyhock-Trails layer: The line going down the center of the already pat-
terned RoadD layer was already given its dashed line type in AutoCAD. All you have to do is
stroke the layer to change the color of the line and widen it slightly.

TIP It is best to control line type from AutoCAD; dashed, hidden, center, and phantom lines as seen
on architectural plans are examples of line type. Set the line type in your AutoCAD layers (and set
the scale with LTSCALE) before bringing image layers into Photoshop.

Stroke the Hollyhock-Trails layer. Choose crimson red for the stroke color. Setting the size to
4 pixels in a centered position will do nicely. Figure 5.50 shows the results from work on the
road network.

Figure 5.50
The road network
enhanced

The buildings on the Hollyhock grounds fall into four categories: accommodations, session
houses, major structures, and minor structures. Let’s color code each type of building and use
effects to make them appear almost three-dimensional. Once you develop a layer style, some
structures can use the same style with just a change to their color coding.
7. Select the Hollyhock-Session Houses layer. Temporarily add a single pixel inside stroke effect
like you did in step 3 to help you identify which structures are session houses. Fill the session
houses with black. Then apply the following Layer Style Effects:
Color Overlay Select an orange with HSB values of 50,85,80.
Bevel and Emboss Choose Inner Bevel Style, Chisel Soft Technique, Direction Up, Size 20 px,
Soften 7 px.
Drop Shadow Set the angle to –125°, set Distance to 11px, and set Size to 6 px.