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Posted on 12/04/06 1:42:05 PM |
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chris berry
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selection
Hi Guys Working on chapter 9 - glass refraction. The glass bowl is selected, but now I need to select only the bowl and exclude the stem. The Book says use apple-alt with the ellipitcal marquee, but all this does is create a copy. Any ideas? Chris |
Posted on 12/04/06 3:40:28 PM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: selection
Oops! Looks like you've spotted a typing error there, Chris. Should have said shift-alt or shift-opt instead of apple. Sorry! |
Posted on 13/04/06 10:16:10 AM |
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chris berry
Overhead Overlord Posts: 724 Reply |
Re: selection
That's more like it! (still can't master elliptical selections, however!) |
Posted on 13/04/06 10:54:21 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: selection
Elliptical selections are tricky. Remember, if you hold the space bar down, you can move them around while you're drawing them - makes it a lot easier. If you're really having trouble, then just make a large circular selection, and switch to QuickMask: then you can use the Free Transform controls to make it fit any shape you like. |
Posted on 13/04/06 1:08:10 PM |
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chris berry
Overhead Overlord Posts: 724 Reply |
Re: selection
Yeah - I'm working back through that quickmask chapter right now! Cheers Steve |