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Participating Frequently
Oct 8, 2026 7:10 PM UTC
Question

Recently my photoshop has started changing the opacity of a layer whenever I try to delete color selected sections.

When I color select and delete what I have selected, the selected portion of the layer just changes opacity. My fuzziness is set to zero, and it never did this before this week, so I don’t know what’s going on.

This was a test demonstration^ the original blue was the color of the swatch.

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c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
Oct 9, 2026 7:27 AM UTC

By »color select« do you mean Select > Color Range? 

If so please check the resulting Selection by switching to Quick Mask Mode (Q) and hiding the composite Channel – is the selected area white or just gray? 

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Participating Frequently
Oct 10, 2026 8:05 PM UTC

It is a little gray!

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Claire H.
Community Manager
Community Manager
Oct 8, 2026 7:50 PM UTC

Hi ​@onionbasedentree , Welcome to the Photoshop Community forum! I was unable to recreate this behavior, so we could use a few more details. Can you send your system info, a screen recording of the issue, and a numbered list of the exact steps needed to replicate it? You can find your system info by going to Help > System Info, copying and pasting it into a text file, and attaching it here. Thanks! ^CH

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Participating Frequently
Oct 9, 2026 6:25 AM UTC

Hey Claire,

I’ve attached the screen recording (youtube link) and system info below! Here are the steps:

New Layer > Brush tool > Color Select > Delete

 

Thanks so much!

Screen Recording

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Participating Frequently
Oct 9, 2026 6:28 AM UTC

adding the text file again just in case that one did’t work

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