Paths and selections

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March 31, 2021
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PSers,

I am working on an architectural photo. I can make the paths I need in one part of the photo, save them and make my selections followed by an adjustment in the Layers panel and save that image. However, when I move to another section of the building to make more paths and a different adjustment, the first selected area also responds. How do I prevent that response short of deleting the first paths entirely? They usually entail a lot of work which I don't like to lose in case I want to go back for other changes.

Thank you,

Photodoc16

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jane-e

Community Expert

Hi

I'm not completely following. Are you naming your paths and creating new paths — or are all the subpaths going onto one work path?

Show a screenshot of your Paths panel if you are not sure.

~ Jane

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richardg52861327Author

Inspiring

Hi again Jane,

I surely did not think I would be getting back to you so quickly. I thought I had been well trained in

the language of Paths, Pen Tool and Vector Masks. Now another problem that I know must have a simple solution but

I am having a problem with it. I create a path in the Layers Panel, go to the Paths Panel to name the work path and make a selection. Back to Layers and I add a curves adjustment layer. However, instead of a 'horizontal strut' becoming lighter, the entire image lightens up. The last time this happened, 20 minutes ago, I tried another layer that had already been named and that worked! No such luck this time - all layers work on the appropriate paths. Also, I notice that the layer mask where I am having a problem is white and all the others are black. What is happening?

Thanks again,

Richard

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