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Posted on 05/11/05 00:28:45 AM |
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michael1234
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Many of the exercises instruct me to "delete" a selection. I have never been able to figure out how. I know this is silly. I press delete on my keyboard and nothing happens. What am I missing? |
Posted on 05/11/05 05:04:17 AM |
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maiden
Golden Gif Gagster Posts: 471 Reply  |
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Ctrl-D (Cmd+D on the Mac) deletes any active selection Michael. _________________ mad as a badger and twice as furry |
Posted on 05/11/05 09:28:49 AM |
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rufus
Destructive Demon Posts: 243 Reply  |
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I made a selection in "Visible light sources" P103 part 6 and the delete key worked okay so I don't understand your problem. Perhaps you are not in the correct layer when you press delete. Give an example of an exercise you are having problems with and I will give it a try.  |
Posted on 05/11/05 3:10:12 PM |
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maiden
Golden Gif Gagster Posts: 471 Reply |
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The "Delete" key will delete pixels if you have made a selection anything within that selection will be deleted but not the selection marquee (marching ants) itself. Ctrl-D deletes the selection itself, perhaps I've misunderstood Michael here? Do you mean the slection itself or what is contained within the selection area, if the latter then as Rufus says ensure you have the layer that you wish to have a selection deleted from active when you press the Delete Key. _________________ mad as a badger and twice as furry |
Posted on 05/11/05 3:47:34 PM |
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michael1234
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I am not referring to any specific exercise. I have selected the layer where my selection resides. I have saved the selection to a new layer, etc. and neither Ctrl-D, or the Delete key makes any change. This comes up specifacally when I am trying to "delete" 1 pixel around a selection to eliminate white or black fringe. |
Posted on 05/11/05 5:18:13 PM |
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trinityofone
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I'm not absolutely sure but I think it's the backspace key, rather than the delete key (well, it is on the Mac, anyway!). CTRL+D is to deselect, not delete the pixels within the selection. _________________ It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays |
Posted on 05/11/05 5:48:32 PM |
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rufus
Destructive Demon Posts: 243 Reply |
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With the example you quote you are only deleting one pixel so perhaps you are not looking closely enough to see the effect. In the "Losing the edges" example try zooming in to the maximum (1600%) and look at a fingertip. You will see that around the edge of the finger there is a "halo" of semi transparent pixels. With the hand layer selected, Ctrl-click the layer thumbnail to load the selection and you will see "marching ants" around the finger. Press Ctrl-Shift-I to inverse the selection, then press the Delete key. You will see some of the "halo" dissapear. If you press Delete again, more will dissapear. Press Ctrl-D and the "marching ants" will dissapear. To compare "before" and "after" go to the history pallette and select "Open" (or in your example the point immediately before applying this technique). Now press Ctrl-Z repeatedly to toggle between the two. |
Posted on 06/11/05 03:09:29 AM |
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michael1234
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Thank you...seems the backspace key was what I needed. I appreciate the help! |