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jamess26431423
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February 12, 2018
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Issues with selection and fill

  • February 12, 2018
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I am having trouble with filling a selection. So, I selected an area using the elliptical marquee tool. Then I went to fill the selection with black. Instead of filling the selection with black, it filled the opposite - the whole screen minus the selection. Then I hit CTLR-I to invert the selection. That turned the screen white.
What I was expecting is to see the photo with the selected area black.
What am I doing wrong? Screen shots below.

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    Correct answer jamess26431423

    Sorry to reply to my own post, but you are correct regarding the shortcut, its actually select-inverse which is shift-ctrl-i. This still does nothing.
    I am not sure how to to rid of a previous "select all" other then Ctrl-D to deselect.
    Missing something obvious!

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    davidc1815
    davidc1815
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    February 12, 2018

    I think you may have used the wrong shortcut.

      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 12, 2018

      Also a Select All-selection might still have been active.

      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 12, 2018
           Then I hit CTLR-I to invert the selection. That turned the screen white.

      That’s Image > Adjustments > Invert, inverting Selection is ctrl-shift-I if I am not mistaken.

      The third screenshot shows the Tool is set to »Subtract from selection« in the Options Bar.

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      jamess26431423Author
      Participant
      February 12, 2018

      Hmmm, the 3rd screenshot does show subtract from selection, but changing it, unfortunately, changes nothing. I did try ctrl-shift-I, but this does nothing. Looking at the menu option shows it as ctrl-I. Screen shots below.

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      jamess26431423AuthorCorrect answer
      Participant
      February 12, 2018

      Sorry to reply to my own post, but you are correct regarding the shortcut, its actually select-inverse which is shift-ctrl-i. This still does nothing.
      I am not sure how to to rid of a previous "select all" other then Ctrl-D to deselect.
      Missing something obvious!

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