In PS CS5 Extended latest version. I select all, then go to Select|Modify, and all choices are grayed out other than border. This is an 8 bit RGB image. The layer is selected. I also tried flattening it. I also tried creating a new image, RGB 8 bit depth. Also 16 bit. Nothing works.
I double checked CS3 and this works in CS3, but not CS5.
Suddenly I can not longer choose expand, contract, smooth or feather under modify, only border.
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The problem is that after using my select all, or using the marquee tool (tried both ways) to draw the selection my contract option is still grayed out it (like most everyone else has said). Only difference is, it was WORKING fine 30 min ago, I've used it many times while working on numerous documents and now all of the sudden it wont work on anything. I havn't made any changes to any prefs, but maybe I hit a hotkey and locked something? I remember when my define pattern was grayed out, I read a post where I clicked one simple option and voila it was back to normal...something with a spacebar shortcut I think?
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Dim LEVEL As String
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what I need is:
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I need the same funcionality as in code below, but without using "command".
The main idea is alowed user to modify Existing Selection Set.
(defun gt:ss->lst (a:ss / i lst ) ;_ / (setq i 0) (if a:ss (progn (repeat (sslength a:ss) (setq lst (cons (ssname a:ss i) lst) i (1+ i) ) ;_ setq ) ;_ repeat (reverse lst) ) ;_ progn ) ;_ if) ;_ defun gt:ss->lst(defun gt:ss_modify (a:en-lst / ) ;_ / ;;create Selection set (setq ss2 (ssadd)) (foreach f:en a:en-lst (ssadd f:en ss2) ) ;_ foreach ;;Run command and fill with initial content (command "_select" ss2) ;;Alow the user to modify the contents (while (/= (getvar "cmdnames") "") (command pause) ) ;_ while ;;get back the list of enames from modified selection set (setq ss3 (ssget "_P")) (setq ss3-lst (gt:ss->lst ss3))) ;_ defun gt:ss_modify(defun tst:gt:ss_modify ( / ) ;_ / (gt:ss_modify (gt:ss->lst (ssget)))) ;_ defum tst:gt:ss_modify
I am creating a selection set using ssget...
Then I copy that selection set multiple times in a loop. What I would like to do is then rotate (or otherwise modify) the last copied group of items. If I rotate "last" it will only accept the last drawn item, so only one item in the group of copied objects will rotate.
Here is the portion of simple code I am using right now (it's in a loop so all variables with 'Next' are changing each time):
(command "_.copy" SS1 "" SS1Base NextPT)
(command "_.Rotate" "l" "" NextPT NextAng)
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Civil 3D 2011
Windows 7 x64
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