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Posted on 08/01/07 7:45:32 PM

Harrott
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Selection:the fundamentals

Virtual novice. Page 4 Every time I try to follow the simple selection of the tyre using the Alt key, releasing the mouse and then Alt, the apparently correct selection snap shrinks to half the size. Am I very very silly, or making a very simple error?

Posted on 08/01/07 9:06:30 PM

David Asch
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Re: Selection:the fundamentals

Hi Harrott and welcome to the forum.

Are you releasing both at the same time? It's the only reason I can think for this to happen. You can safely release the mouse and wait indefinitely to release the Alt key.

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Posted on 08/01/07 10:20:39 PM

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Re: Selection:the fundamentals

I let the mouse go, then the Alt. Strange thing is, that a couple of days ago, it worked OK, but practising again, I get this problem. The selection shrinks to half its original size.

Posted on 08/01/07 11:32:58 PM

rufus
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Re: Selection:the fundamentals

In part 1 (page 4) the alt key is used to start the selection from the centre rather than the edge.
In part 2 the alt key is used to modify the selection, (subtract from the original selection). It is important to press the alt key first (you can let go of it once you have pressed the mouse button).
This should result in two selection elipses one inside the other.

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Posted on 09/01/07 3:03:13 PM

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Re: Selection:the fundamentals

Hate to be a pain over something so simple, but still no joy. With Eliptical selected, start to draw with Alt key held down and then halfway thru, get Warning: No pixels more than 50% selected, the selection edges will not be visible. Either that or the eliptical selection jumps back to half size.