"ZZ" <him RemoveThis @thereisthat.com> wrote in message ...
>>> I am an intermediate user of photoshop, and I need to re-create the
>>> swish and wavy line in the attached gif.
....
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/22403914@N03/2159721689/
>
> The top line I believe was one continuous line that was broken to put
> a symbol in the middle. The bottom is just a short line with a curl
> on each end.
One way to get this effect is to draw freehand, using a pressure sensitive
tablet with brush size tied to pressure. There are many other ways to do
this, though.
One quick trick that often works is to resize the pattern to the final size,
use levels to get a clean black and white version, blur it, and then use
levels to get back the sharp edges, only without the jaggies.
A more accurate way to recreate the strokes - presumably at a larger
resolution - would be to resize the image to the final size, use the pen
tool to outline the strokes, and then fill the resulting path with the
desired color.
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Mike Russell -
www.curvemeister.com >> Stay informed about: Creating Waving Lines / Swishes - swish-wave-lines.gif (0/1) 
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