Dashed or Dotted line in Photoshop

What will you do if you are asked to draw a dashed or dotted line in photoshop?

If you know the answer then its ok otherwise here's what I learnt. 
   I used to copy paste a rectangle shape again and again to draw a simple dashed line or a circle shape for a dotted line.  But then I got the solution.May be many of you know this but this one's for those who doesn't.

Simply Select a brush tool
Then Select the size of the brush as per your need. 
If you need a dotted line, use a round brush, if you need a dashed line, you have to load the Square Brushes library.
      To load the Square Brushes library, click on the brush size icon in the options bar, then click on the fly-out menu (that arrow icon as shown in the image) and select Square Brushes.

Then access the Brushes palette, click on the 'Brush Tip Shape'.  This will display all the settings, there you can change the Spacing setting to a high value (200 or more).  You will see the preview right there at the bottom of Brushes Palette. The Brush Palette will look like this:

Now you are done with the settings  you can a draw a dashed line, Hold on the SHIFT key and draw the line,  Shift key ensures a straight line.  I used this dashed line for one of many banners I designed.  You should try this.

Social Media Plugins (SoMePlugs) Logo Designs

Logo Ideas for Social Media Plugins aka SoMe PlugsWhat is the first thing comes to your mind when you think of the words SOCIAL MEDIA.  Let me guess, it would be Orkut, Facebook, Twitter etc.  right!!.  Its ok but those are just social networking sites or we can say medium which is used for social interaction.  Do you really want to know what is Social Media: "It is a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, which allows the creation and exchange of user-generated content."  (thanks to wiki).  I am not going to give a lesson on what is Social Media,  this is just what I learnt while making a logo related to Social Media.  I always google a bit before making a logo to get some ideas.  This helps me to get related keywords and using those related keywords I try to design the logo.
     This time all I found was some human structures holding hands or in groups etc or the icons of all those social networking sites.
    When the word social or society is used its very obvious to think of human structures, for logos han! I am
discussing aboaut the logo designs.  And we think of the word media either we go with the cameras or film rolls etc. Even I tried few of them for this Social Media Plugins (SoMeplugs) logo.  But those were very ordinary.  Then while brainstorming for this logo me and my boss Vineet he came up with an idea of people talking or discussing something like that,  first of all I thought how can I represent people talking in a logo.  But gradually and finally I came up with the final one. Actually in comics when people talk these shapes are used,  and I like them very much I am very happy to use them in one of my designs.  Well once again I am satisfied with what I made.  Lets see what comes next...

    

      One thing I learnt is to make a logo you have to brainstorm  a lot and try to discuss with others like how they are going to represent those keywords which you want in as logo.