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I found this quote while researching how to do something with Photoshop. Your post made me think of it.

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Question:

Hey, how do I create a grey rectangle with a black line border, on Photoshop CS4?

Answer:

I would just create two layers, one black, one grey, and then use the select tool to select most of the black one (leaving a border) and then delete it

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=839800

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I mean isn't that ridiculous?

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No actually. It is the reason Photoshop is number one. It is an incredibly powerful tool because it doesn't try and tell you how to do things. I personally wouldn't do it that way most of the time, but there is situations where that is the best solution.

It's ridiculous because it's the worse advice.

Create a rectangle object.

Step 1: Select the rectangle tool

Step 2: Draw the rectangle and edit color.

Step 3: Double click on the layer to open Edit Layer Style

Step 4: Select stroke and edit size, and color.

Done. I could do that in less than 20 seconds.

The fact that we're even arguing it is what makes it ridiculous :)

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