Photoshop :: Quick Question About Selecting Images...
Aug 23, 2006sometimes I can select them sometimes I can't. for instance, I drew some square shapes and I want to select them so I can feather the edges.
View 2 Repliessometimes I can select them sometimes I can't. for instance, I drew some square shapes and I want to select them so I can feather the edges.
View 2 RepliesI select a different layer or group, the Quick Mask channel is automatically selected. This forces me to switch to the Channels tab and select the RGB channel before I can perform work on a layer. Why is Photoshop automatically selecting the Quick Mask layer when switching between layers? I can't seem to find a setting for this and I'm not sure why, all of the sudden, it started doing this. Does anyone know how to stop this madness?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to get use to this quick selection tool , i have an image i need in the middle of the photo and all round the sides i want to whiten, the tool once draggin down either side selections all the picture no mater what setting i use,
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've been having problems selecting images in the library module when multiple images are in view (not down in the timeline, but in the main window). It seems sporadic with which ones it won't let me select, it somehow manages to be the ones that I need to click....!! I just literally can't click it as if it were an image I already imported or something, but it's not grayed out like that. I've been having to select a nearby image then use my arrow keys to navigate to and click the image I need.
View 2 Replies View RelatedIs there a quick way to resize lots of images at a time for data entry?
View 2 Replies View Relatedquestion regarding selecting multple parts of an image.
I have a landscape picture that I want to divide up into 5 parts.
I have managed to achieve the effect by using Image Ready and creating 5 seperate slices, then selecting these 5 slices, converting them to a selection, the cutting and pasting the selection to a new file. The trouble with doing this is that I have to create the slices every time for a new picture, and as I will be doing this type of work a lot, I would like to be able to call up the same selection or mask every time I work on a similar picture.
Is there a way I can save the selection mask, or slices, then recall them and apply it to the picture.
Is there a quick way to replace/update images in Edge animate? It was simple to do in Flash but I haven't seen the same function in Edge.
View 4 Replies View RelatedWhen LR4.x sees an older image it shows me the exclamation mark. OK, yes I will be updating... so the next step is a side by side. I could skip this, but it can be interesting to see where the subtle differeces will be. I know about the backslash key as a way to close the side-by-side. Up to today it always closed the *old* (2010) version and I sailed off into whatever editing was needed.
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Today the backslash is always placing me in the older version "Before".as if I chosen "do not update"? ...but I *did* click "Update".My LR4 book (M. Evening). which I generally like, was written before the interface got locked down as there are some inconsistencies even with 4.0, so looking there I find nothing that works on this exact flow of events.
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What am I doing "wrong" for the 4.3 interface. Hmmm, I just updated from 4.2 and that's when LR started leaving me in the old process.
IN Lightroom 5. I am in the Library Module, in grid view. If I select an image, after a short pause a second image is selected with no input from me and the sync setting buttons become live. I don't think that I have changed my settings anywhere.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI don't know if it is a bug, or something to do with Windows7 but it has been bugging me for quite a while.
On my old computer (which ran Windows XP), i could choose to open several images in PSP (all versions i had at the time) and the number of selected files didn`t seem to matter. Now, on my new computer (since a few years), i run with Windows7 and i find that if i select more than 4 files to open at once (usually jpg or png) i get an error message asking me to "select a valid file". If i deselect enough files to reach 4, it opens them fine.
It is not a big issue, although it might get a bit annoying if i have 20 small files to open at once, as i have to do it in groups of 4 at the time.
When selecting images in Library module for a slideshow, the right pane switched to a muddy yellow color.Â
After minimizing the LR5 window, the muddy yellow box remained on the desktop. Could this be a LR5 glitch/bug?
I would like to automate an action set that selects a raster image (linked file) that has been grouped with vector art and then converts that selected raster image into a vector (live trace)
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I'm using cs5 on a mac. As far as format goes I have hundreds of eps files that all have at least one raster bitmap tif which was imported as a linked file and then grouped with vector art. So I will like to run a batch script command that will select only that bitmap raster image (because I want to maintain the present vector art in the file) and convert that bitmap tif to vector- and save the file which will hopfully be in vector format.
I am having a problem with a delay in selecting an object and selecting a command.
When I select an object the pointer has at least a 3 second delay before it starts moving around normally again. It is the same with selecting a command. This has started to get tedious. It has worked fine in the past so I don't think it is a RAM/graphics card problem.
OK, today, or actually just this afternoon I've noticed it has become much harder to select items with the mouse.
Points, nodes, etc...anything where you'd typically hover the mouse over the item and it highlights for you to select it.
For example, lets say you want to project a point from another sketch, or select the center node of a line, etc.
Never really had an issue until this afternoon where now it seems I have to be right on top of the item and I cannot budge one bit or it won't select it. It is now taking me numerous attempts to select things like points (zooming in does not work, points scale accordingly).
Is there a setting somewhere? I can't seem to find such under Tools>Application Options and the like.
I have the latest version of CS6 on my Mac, OS X 10.8.x.  I have found a bug where Quick Mask is not always activated when you select it. Meaning, you select Quick Mask and the proper pen, color, etc., and it won't paint in the mask (default = red).  It also doesn't appear to be actually /doing/ a mask either, so I don't think this is a display/driver issue.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm currently looking for techniques to edit unwanted objects out of my pictures without destroying the entire picture. What i mean, currently I am a realtor taking pictures of homes that I am showing. Many times (usually everytime), there is a sign of the home builder advertising who built the home. I am wanting to know how i can edit/crop the sign out of the photograph when i take a frontal picture of the house with the sign in the picture.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI select edit in quick mask mode and start painting away, I switch back to standard mode and hit delete to leave me with the image I want..and all the rest dissapears...as it should. But the image I have left starts to go transparent.
Can anyone help with this as its starting to drive me mad..I have even uninstalled and reinstalled photoshop but I still have the same problem. How can I have the image remain in all its glory and not transparent?
I am fairly new to photoshop and imageready. I saw some tutorials on animation and have one made the one attached.
The question I had was is there a way to make the letters dissolve or do other actions like those on powerpoint. Where the letter slowly fades away or something to that extent.
How do you change the red color of the quick mask to another color. Im editing a photo and the background has a lot of yellow in it. Its hard to tell whats been masked and what hasnt. I would like to change the masking color to black or blue.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI've clicked that mysterious and hidden button that gets me every time.
Been editing all morning by selecting quick mask using thebrush tool , then deselecting quick mask etc etc.
Now when I select quick mask and just paint in even just a dot when I exit quick mask the whole image is selected.
I've reset all tools, hunted the web,
I have recently purchased my first Photoshop editing program I am a novice to both
As I enjoy my photography I also love playing with the editing side of my hobby, so I recently purchased Photoshop Elents 6 and ditched my old built-in editing program. I have just started playing with changing the background to studio portrait photos, no I am not a pro just a simple amateur, although I am hoping to do some portrait photography as a pastime (I used to dabble a bit in that field with weddings many many years ago). I have been scouring the tutorials on the web for assistance and come across mention of 'Quick mask'. This would be very helpful to me with my photo background changing, but I don't seem to have it in my program Looking into it further, I am wondering if I have purchased the wrong Photoshop program. The mention of 'Quick mask' refers to Photoshop 6, which I thought I had, but can someone explain to me the differences between the various Photoshop programs as I am confused as to why my later version has not got what the earlier Photoshop 4 has.
I take digital images in RAW format, usually quite large, and then open and save the image as a large format Tiff file. At that point, I have to resize the image for the purpose at hand. Here goes...
I normally take the image down to roughly 4x6 inches (I keep the "Constrain Proportions" box checked) and desire a final resolution of 300dpi. Because I'm starting with a much larger image also at 300dpi or higher, this isn't a problem. However, I'm unsure about checking the "resample image" box.
My question is, should I check this box? I'm going to insert my desired resolution dpi regardless, so is it necessary to check the box or should I leave it unchecked? I'm starting to think that the purpose of leaving it checked is to perform roughly the same function as the "constrain proportions" box - to allow the software to automatically resample the image based on the resizing I do. But again, I have a particular resolution in mind and so I'm wondering if it's okay to just uncheck the box and insert my desired resolution. Or, even leave it checked but just go ahead and insert my desired dpi resolution as planned.
i can only find the quick selection tool. What i really need is the selection tool that only selects what you want it to and not everything around it. where can i find this?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to use the quick selection tool to take part of an image out and combine it with another but when i click to make the first selection a "Could not use the Quick Selection because the result would be too big." message shows up. I havent even made a selection so how would it determine if it's too big? I just don't get it.
View 5 Replies View RelatedAfter using this tool, the image is left with horizontal bands running throug the entire image from top to bottom. In between the bands the image is clear.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm using cs6 or cs5 and all I have is the magic wand. I'm also on windows. I've tried to select the magic wand then shift+w but it doesn't change.
View 7 Replies View RelatedThis issue has been around for the last 4 versions at least, Quick Mask stops working, I am getting fed up with having tio reset photoshop to its defaults, because this means that it takes me a good 30 min to reset all of my settings again, and as this has now happened 4 times today, it is costing me money, at least CS3 was a little bit more reliable than CS4, I certainly will not be upgrading our copies of Photoshop.
Has anyone got a simple way to get Quick Mask working again without loosing the other settings from Photoshop...
Or does anyone know why this happens? My system is 4 x Quad Core CPU, running 16Gb RAM and 2 x 8800 Video Cards on x64 Windows XP, so it cannot be down to memory.
I'm running Photoshop CS4 on Vista with 4G RAM. Even when working on a relatively small picture (34M/69M), I get an error when trying to use Quick Select. The message says "could not complete your request because there is not enough memory". I am not running any other applications and I am allowing Photoshop to use 80% of my RAM. I have a 700G scratch disk. What gives?
View 3 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to change the parameter of the new Quick Selection tool in CS3 - as you can with the Magic Wand (1 to 255)?
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy PS is starting to get a little out of control and I hope one of you guys can steer me in the right direction with this.
I do quite a bit of stuff in hi rez (300 dpi) switching back and forth between actual pixel view and fit on screen modes. Recently my "fit on screen" mode wants to keep getting bigger and bigger and no longer snaps back to the correct screen size. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
The other question should be pretty simple. I want to change the default blending options. Things like stroke, inner and outter glow color etc.
I must have 'done' something to change how it works because now when I use it, the pixels are not completely selected.
I press the quick mask button and paint the area i want to mask. Then when I have finished, I go back to normal mode. I usually push 'SHIFT' + 'CTRL' + 'I' to invert my selection and then delete everything I didn't mask however, now when I try to invert, I get the message 'No pixels are more than 50% selected'.