This is a tutorial where someone requested how to make a circle of ring. There are many ways to do this and this is one of them.

First of all, open a new image. File > New > width 800 pixels, Height 600 pixels, OK This will be called your background layer.


Add new transparent layer, Ok


On this transparent layer, make a circle using your Ellipse Select Tool In the toolbox image it shows you to click expand from center and fixed (Aspect ratio) click size and make it 500x500.

Click your layer and then click your alignment tool Then click the top center and the


This will center your elipse.

Select > To Path > Select > None

Go to your paint brush tool go to your brush folder and select a brush you want to use for your circle. In my case I chose the silver bearing brush set at 75.3 spacing and scale 0.40. paint your brush on your empty white layer and adjust the spacing until you are satisfied with the distance between the beads. After you decide what spacing and size brush you want, erase every thing you have on the sphere layer. Leave the sphere layer selected.

Go to your paths dialog Click on your selection and go to botton of your path dialog and click the (Paint along Path) click beside Stroke with paint tool. Make sure that beside paint tool paintbrush is selected. then click stroke.


Now your beads should show up.
Go back to your Layer dialog and you will see your bead layer on top and your plain white background below. If you want to change the color of your background, double click your foreground color tool which the default is black and change to the color of your choosing for your background. I will choose black, Select the background to make it active and drag your color over to your main window with the beads. I now have a circle of beads on a black blackground.
If you don't want a background, turn off the background layer by clicking the eye. Once you have your ellipse saved in your paths dialog, you can use that again to make another circle with a different brush or colors.
If you have any questions, please post back in this Tutorial.

Nice tute. Not easy getting the spacing right though.

Very pretty erisian. Did you leave the ring there on purpose.

Yes Molly. I re-stroked it to about 4 pixels on a different layer before merging down and bevelling.

I see, just wondered... looks good

Thank you.

Here is another option you can use this for. I used a little pearl I made into a paint brush.

That's gorgeous Molly. I like the sparkle.

Thanks, That is from that real diamond in the clasp

I'll take you word for it.

You inspired me Mo.

Now isn't that a sexy bracelet. woo hoo

Thanks Mo.

how do I keep the top bead from overlapping? Also, is there an easy way to make a second layer match the first one or is it trial by error...mostly error, lol. I made a sparkle layer over the mardi gras bead layer but couldn't get them lined up perfectly after a bunch of tries, so I just left it random.

You just have to keep experimenting with your brush spacing. I found it really difficult to get right so I just cut the beads and put a gold link there instead. I don't know how you would line up your sparkles. You've done a beautiful job there 2-ton, that's a lovely blue.

very pretty 2-ton.
I just use a sparkle brush and put a few random ones here and there.

Technically the sparkles should all be at the same place on all beads.

I agree, where the light hits, they should be all the same, but if the beads are not all perfectly round I think some of the edges can catch sparkles in different places.
Anyway, 2-ton you could paint one of your beads on a layer, then put a sparkle on it and save it as a brush. If you do that, then you will have the sparkles all in the same place on each bead when you do your stroke.

I also see the problem with the beads over lapping at the join. I don't know if there is a fix in this method or not.

Erisian, Michelle Obama is wearing your blue bead necklace on Good Morning America this mornng!

Thanks for telling me - I'll get the Feds in.