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Posted on 11/01/04 3:02:28 PM |
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trinityofone
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Path to selection problem
I'm not sure what happened but I was trying to convert a path to a selection and it just wouldn't have it. It was similar to the mug example in the book, actually a trophy, I had created the path for the outline and then 2 for the interior of the handles. Every time I tried to convert to a selection, it knocked out the handle paths and just selected the outline. Eventually, I had to do it manually by individually SHIFT+CTRL selecting the paths and converting them. Any ideas what happened? _________________ It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays |
Posted on 12/01/04 09:12:25 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Path to selection problem
This is an common problem, and it's one that baffled me for ages before I figured it out. With the Pen tool selected, look at the group of four icons in the Tool Options bar showing the tool's overlap state (last set of icons on the right). The final button should be depressed before starting to draw, otherwise the pen paths will simply add to each other rather than excluding. But if you do inadvertently draw a compound path the wrong way, you can fix it by selecting all the inner paths and changing their state to the second button, which will exclude them from the selection. |
Posted on 12/01/04 11:28:24 AM |
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trinityofone
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Re: Path to selection problem
Thanks Steve, I'll make sure I check that next time! _________________ It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays |
Posted on 30/12/08 9:25:59 PM |
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rob
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Re: Path to selection problem
I use the pen tool every day and have suddenly found that when I do a "convert to selection" I have to invert the selection as everything outside the area I draw round is selected - now I understand!!!! So annoying to make such a simple and obvious error on such a regular basis!! Hangs head in shame. |
Posted on 01/01/09 2:29:05 PM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Path to selection problem
Wow! Just two weeks short of five years between the third and fourth posts in this thread - that must be a record! For those who don't remember, trinityofone was the original soubriquet of David Asch, now the co-author of a variety of Photoshop Elements books. Mind you, there isn't a Pen tool in Elements yet, is there, David... |
Posted on 01/01/09 4:48:35 PM |
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David Asch
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Re: Path to selection problem
It was, I am and no, there isn't! ..and what are you doing on your computer before the xmas/new year period is over - don't you turn into a pillar of salt or something? _________________ If you hold on to the past, sooner or later you'll lose your grip. |
Posted on 02/01/09 03:22:01 AM |
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vibeke
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Re: Path to selection problem
Well this proves that the 'search function' works. Happy New Year. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |