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mindyt743513
Inspiring
October 14, 2019
Question

Wand Tool “Warning: No pixels are more than 50% selected”

  • October 14, 2019
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Hi, I'm using the wand tool to select the color of a hand.  I then right click on the shadow and click subtract from selection but it says the pixels are more than 50% selected.  the selection edges will not be visible..  What am I doing wrong?

 

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    grubnose
    grubnose
    Participant
    October 1, 2025

    There are TWO places to set feather! One is on the tool setting. Thew other is buried in th pop-up menu when you click the "Refine Edge" button.

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    keving75371984
    Participant
    November 4, 2021

    I have the same issue. I have been using photoshop for 10 years and only recently have I started seeing this. It makes absolutely no sense and it's a poor effort on Adobe's part to explain wtf is happening.

    PECourtejoie
    Community Expert
    PECourtejoieCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 15, 2019

    Hello, as an alternative to the excellent suggestions involving the magic wand, you can also try to use the opacity of the layers to create your selection:  Ctrl+ click the layer thumbnail of the hand, then Ctrl-+Alg click (to substract) the layer thimbnail of the shadows.

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    mindyt743513Author
    Inspiring
    October 16, 2019
    I ended up deleting a layer and got the effect I needed but I still dont understand why the wand toiol will
    PECourtejoie
    Community Expert
    PECourtejoieCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 16, 2019
    Neither do I, I just replicated it : Click on the bottom layer, ALT+click on the shade one, and I get a selection of the part that is not shaded...
    D Fosse
    Community Expert
    D FosseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 15, 2019

    Check "sample all layers".

     

    You're selecting on the wrong layer, one that doesn't actually contain the pixels you're targeting.

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      mindyt743513Author
      Inspiring
      October 16, 2019
      I checked sample all layers but that didn't help.
      PECourtejoie
      Community Expert
      PECourtejoieCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 16, 2019
      You are trying to select a layer that is set to 12% opacity, is is below the 50%, so would not be visible...
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      mindyt743513Author
      Inspiring
      October 15, 2019

      I have tried different tolerance values but that didn't seem to help.  here is a screenshot.  

       
       

      grubnose
      grubnose
      Participant
      October 1, 2025

      None of these answeres solve the prblem. I have been using PSE daily for 20+ years. It is a new issue.

      Sahil.Chawla
      Adobe Employee
      Sahil.Chawla
      Adobe Employee
      October 14, 2019

      Hi Mindy,

      Welcome to the Adobe Community!

      Could you please check if the Feather option is set too high, type in “0” in the feather input box and try again!

       

      Regards,
      Sahil

        c.pfaffenbichler
        Community Expert
        c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 14, 2019

        Please post screemshots including the Options Bar, Layers Panel, Channels Panel, … 

        What are the Tool’s settings, Tolerance in particular? 

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