
Click the flyout and reduce the percentage to 0%. To complete the effect return to the layers menu. You can define the size of the stroke, fill colour and a few other options here. Give the shape a stroke by checking the Stroke box at the bottom. This will bring up the layer style dialog box.

Now in the layers palette (Window > Layers) find the layer for the shape you have drawn and right click on the layer. It doesn’t really matter which colour you use as this will be hidden. The techniqueįirst we draw the shape as normal. We want the shapes to overlap with a transparent centre but for them also to have a stroke. In Illustrator this would be easy but it requires a little more effort in Photoshop. I want to have shapes or anything for that matter have a stroke but a transparent fill.


Here's a workaround.Įstimated reading time: 2 minutes Table of contents Last updated Saturday, Photoshop 101 - Transparent Fills Photoshop doesn't come with the same one-click ability as Illustrator to make the fill of shapes or objects transparent. Photoshop 101 - Transparent Fills | George Ornbo
