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Posted on 12/04/05 05:11:31 AM |
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elviss
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Frustrated semi newb here needs help
Hello.. i KNOW the answer is simple, i just can't, for the life of me figure it out. I am trying to do the first FUndamentals lesson, with the tire and the hubcap and the Elliptical marquee tool will not cooperate. I draw it around the hubcap, release the mouse button and it shrinks down to a small circle, every time. I know there is a setting somewhere, but I can't find it for hte life of me. Thanks in advance! |
Posted on 12/04/05 09:12:22 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Frustrated semi newb here needs help
Release the mouse button before you let go of the alt key! |
Posted on 12/04/05 11:35:46 PM |
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Carsten
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Re: Frustrated semi newb here needs help
Nope. Still does it. Using Elliptical marquee tool, I start to draw, press and hold ALT, finish my selection around the hubcap, release moues button, it drops back to a smaller circle, not really snapping to anything. |
Posted on 13/04/05 01:58:31 AM |
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Einstein D Kid
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Re: Frustrated semi newb here needs help
specifically which step are you talkingabout _________________ - There are 2 secrets in business, 1) dont reveal all your secrets..... |
Posted on 13/04/05 02:18:02 AM |
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Einstein D Kid
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Re: Frustrated semi newb here needs help
assuming u are talking about step 2... click-hold somwhere in the image. drag to somewhere else. unclick (let go of button) press-hold alt key click-hold somewhere un-press alt drag somewhere else unclick not sure where the problem lies and that's why I explained so baby-like _________________ - There are 2 secrets in business, 1) dont reveal all your secrets..... |
Posted on 13/04/05 03:56:00 AM |
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Carsten
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Re: Frustrated semi newb here needs help
Problem is with both scenarios actually click-hold in the image drag to somehwere else unclick, gets me this: No pixels were more than 50% selected. The selection edges will not be visible. Press-hold alt key click hold, move somewhere unpress alt drag somewhere else, unlcik.. the ellipse I drew shrinks down to a regular circle, abou an inch in diameter, unless I make a HUGE selection ,then its fine. |
Posted on 13/04/05 04:02:50 AM |
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Carsten
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Re: Frustrated semi newb here needs help
Fixed it! IT was........ (drum roll please.....) The damn feather radius. I had it at 50.  |
Posted on 13/04/05 04:10:41 AM |
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Einstein D Kid
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Re: Frustrated semi newb here needs help
feather radius? how does a selection auto-feather itself? _________________ - There are 10 types of people, those who understand binary and those who don't. |
Posted on 13/04/05 07:51:23 AM |
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trinityofone
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Re: Frustrated semi newb here needs help
You set the feather radius in the tool options bar. _________________ A happy-go-lucky chap, always dressed in black |
Posted on 13/04/05 08:19:17 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Frustrated semi newb here needs help
Why on earth did you have the feather radius set to 50??? I can't think of a use for that as a default setting! If you want to feather a selection, then do so after the selection has been made, not before. And just to set my mind at rest, are Elviss and Carsten the same person? Or do you both just share the same Photoshop problem? |
Posted on 14/04/05 02:06:53 AM |
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elviss
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Re: Frustrated semi newb here needs help
I have no idea why it was set to 50. And I am not going to tell you.. I am going to let you go crazy.. mad.. insane!!! |
Posted on 14/04/05 02:08:21 AM |
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Carsten
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Re: Frustrated semi newb here needs help
Mad I tell you.. mad! Ok.. we are the same guy.. had cookie problems with one account and had to create another. But anyways. Thanks for all the help. Love the book. When are you going to write a book called" How to cheat in being a leader" I want to send it to Tony Blair and George W. |
Posted on 14/04/05 02:15:11 AM |
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Einstein D Kid
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Re: Frustrated semi newb here needs help
plz lets try to restrict this forum to photoshop to the exclusion of politics  _________________ Don't judge a man till youve walked a mile in his shoes, (that way, when you judge him, he'll be a mile away, and barefoot) |
Posted on 14/04/05 11:02:17 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Frustrated semi newb here needs help
I agree to that. |