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Posted on 23/06/10 08:51:19 AM |
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patricia meakins
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Drawing in perspective
I know it has to be somthing simple but when I click on select all it selects the entire document and not the elliptical shape, I am new to this, can anyone help me? |
Posted on 23/06/10 09:31:39 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Drawing in perspective
Patricia, Select All will indeed select the whole document - but if you want to work on just the ellipse, assuming it's on a separate layer, then you'll find that when you start to move it only the ellipse will be selected. Alternatively - again, assuming you've drawn the ellipse on a new layer - you could hold Command (Mac)/Ctrl (Windows) and click on the layer's thumbnail in the Layers panel, and it will load the ellipse as a selection. Welcome to the forum! Steve |
Posted on 10/08/10 2:58:35 PM |
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teyaz
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Re: Drawing in perspective additional question(s)
Once you have selected the ring why must I hold down the Option key when nudging with the up arrow key? What does that do? Also, when I do nudge the ring up then make a new layer (Command + J) the new layer is deformed and not the same shape as the the original ring. |
Posted on 10/08/10 5:00:47 PM |
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teyaz
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Re: Drawing in perspective_ I figured it out!
Make sure when you nudge the selection up to get the top layer of the ring that you have the move tool selected. I was doing it with the ellipse tool selected and when I created a new layer from the selection (Command + J) I was getting weird deformities. Also, I understand why you need to hold Option/Alt while nudging the selection. if you don't, the up arrow just moves the selection and doesn't create a new one. |
Posted on 17/08/10 5:33:47 PM |
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Bob Nolin
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Re: Drawing in perspective
The instructions at the top of page 15 have been giving me trouble. Couldn't duplicate what Steve was doing. Found the key is: the move layer tool (tool in the top upper left) must be active first. Then, when you move your cursor over the ring, it turns into a scissors. When you hit Alt/Opt, it turns into a double arrowhead (indicating it will make copies, not cut). This "extrudes" the ring nicely. |
Posted on 27/08/10 08:29:38 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Drawing in perspective
Thanks for pointing this out - I'll fix the instructions in later editions. |
Posted on 28/08/10 2:32:30 PM |
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Marcel
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Re: Drawing in perspective
Thanks so much for solving this problem! I was going bananas trying to figure it out! 
I bow in your general direction! |
Posted on 08/05/11 04:31:43 AM |
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Vision
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Re: Drawing in perspective
Thank god for this forum. I was going nuts not understanding what I did wrong. Must've tried it like 10 times in a row! Finally see you have to change the tool first.  |
Posted on 09/05/11 07:19:31 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Drawing in perspective
Sorry to have caused to much trouble... the instructions obviously need to be much clearer here. The forum is here to help. Make good use of it. |