How to Make Dashed Line Effect in Photoshop

How to Make Dashed Line Effect in Photoshop.

It is very simple and easy way to make this. You just need to follow these 3 questions step by step and get answer below.

1. How to setup your Pen Tool for making Dashed Line Effect ?

Open an image you want to create a Dashed Line Effect around it .
Here I have chosen a “cake.jpg”.

Now select the “PEN TOOL” with “SHAPE” from the drop-down menu in the “Option Bar”

Set shape "Fill" No Color  and set shape "Stroke" color you wish.

I wished white, and set my “Shape Stroke Width” 0.65 pt.

2. How to use Pen Tool for Making a Selection Path before Dashed Line Effect ? 

If you done my first answer properly, now you need make a selection around the image.Take pen tool and create a shape path like below.

3. How to Make & Configure Dashed Line Effect Finally ?

So this is the last & final task after completing my second question. Select again pen tool with path selection then click on “SET SHAPE STROKE TYPE” and choose Dashed Line Stroke. You can Configure you Dashed Line by clicking “MORE OPTION”. I set my Dash 4 and Gap between two Dashes 2 for this Design.

Wow ! finally you have done to make Dashed Line Effect in Photoshop because your result is below .