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DustyShinigami
Inspiring
June 30, 2019
Question

Inversing selection

  • June 30, 2019
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I swear I've done something along these lines before, but I can't for the life of me remember how. I'm after the selection of my pixels to be inversed so the selection appears on the inside of my flame. This way, I can quickly fill the centre in with the Paint Bucket Tool. How would I do this?

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jane-e
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jane-eCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 30, 2019

Hi Dusty,

I'm wondering if you are trying to change the color of the "Outline" layer? Another method is to lock the layer for transparency (click the first of the five lock icons or press the keyboard shortcut of / .) Then fill or paint on the opaque pixels.

~ Jane

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    DustyShinigamiAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 30, 2019

    Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to make the inside of the shape a different colour. When I go to Select > Inverse and then I try to fill the centre with a different colour, the whole the background changes colour instead of just inside the shape.

    Kenneth Kawamoto
    Community Expert
    Kenneth KawamotoCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 1, 2019

    Yeah, I‘m using the magic wand tool. Whenever I select the Outline layer, click the inside, it just keeps selecting the pixel outline and the entire canvas.


    Can you try contiguous option enabled?

      jane-e
      Community Expert
      jane-eCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 30, 2019

      Select menu > Inverse

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