PS Ver 26.11.0 Alpha Selection isn't accurately showing the selected Area

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October 21, 2025
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I'm working with a new hire. I'm on a Mac, he's on a PC. He's using PS ver. 26.11.0.

Steps:

1. Open a PS image

2. Create an Alpha Channel (white box on a black field)

3. Select the alpha channel (so you see marching ants)

4. Inverse the selection - doesn't reflect the inverse with the marching ants-they stay the same

This was driving me crazy until we went back to the RGB channel and copied the image and pasted it into another document of the same size.

Apparently, the feature is working as expected but the marching ants aren't showing the "actual" selected area. It still "looks" like the original selected area is active but after using Inverse, it has selected what you would expect.

This sounds confusing.

Windows

Correct answer Jeff Arola

Looks like when the Move Tool is active, the Transform Bounding Box is not allowing the selection (marching ants) to be visible.

Try switching to another tool or in the Move Tool options uncheck Show Transform Controls and see if you can see the whole selection.

Jeff Arola

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Looks like when the Move Tool is active, the Transform Bounding Box is not allowing the selection (marching ants) to be visible.

Try switching to another tool or in the Move Tool options uncheck Show Transform Controls and see if you can see the whole selection.

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It shows white areas selected when I activate the alpha but that
selection doesn't flip when I use inverse. Ideas?

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