Fuzzy cutouts with pen tool

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July 25, 2022
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hi there,

My pen tool seems to have stopped working!
It used to result in clean-cut edges of an object I would cut out from an image and now the edges are all fuzzy. And 'different fuzzy' each time!

I did experiment with feather settings, but have now changed them back to zero, but this didn't bring back the sharpness of the edges (I do have 'anti-aliasing' checked). I'm including screenshots of two post pen tool cut-outs and hoping you can point me to what I can check for to bring the sharpnes back!

Windows

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Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

thanks for rely @c.pfaffenbichler - is 'Belnd mode' the box next to 'Opacity' (in the 'Layers' panel)? If so, it is set to 'Dissolve'.

Why Dissolve?

Have you tried another, like Normal?

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MargoM.Author

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hi All,

Thanks for all your replies!
@melissapiccone - I did reset preferences and the strangest thing happened: it seems to have worked for one of the images, but not the other...!
@c.pfaffenbichler - I am tehrefore including a screenshot of the image that is still malfuncioning to your specifications below. (please let me know if there's anything other speacific setting you'd like included)

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@Theresa J - I don't normally use masks for cutting. Instead, I 'Make Selecion' of the path I have drawn with pen tool and create a new layer by Layer > New > Layer via Copy. I did try cutting out with the use of mask (Layer>Layer Mask> Reveal Selection) but the result was the same (exactly same fuzzy edge).

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

You forgot the Layers Panel.

What is the Layer’s Blend Mode?

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MargoM.Author

Known Participant

thanks for rely @c.pfaffenbichler - is 'Belnd mode' the box next to 'Opacity' (in the 'Layers' panel)? If so, it is set to 'Dissolve'.

Theresa J

Community Expert

What exact steps are you taking to create the mask? Are you using the pen to draw a working path or a shape? Are you creating an alpha mask from the path or a vector mask? Are you making a selection from the path? What are the settings?

melissapiccone

Community Expert

Feather settings will make it blurred, antialiasing will not. I suggest you reset preferences to make sure you cleared out the settings you were playing with.

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