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Mark245245051gxu
Inspiring
December 29, 2023
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why cant I apply a fill to selection (or draw on the layer)?

  • December 29, 2023
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Hello

I can't figure out why I cant not fill  in the situation pictured.

I use quick selection inside the lens,  

I create a new layer

I  see the marching ants.   

I choose paint bucket tool with  foreground BLACK fill

But nothing happens. Well it seems like something very faint 

I try clicking outside the selction, and even on the origignal layer and the history shows paint bucket but nothing is filling in.  

The image was a smart object that I rasterized.  In the panel I have tried Essentials and Painting.

 

The end goal is to use that layer and  place in an image on a new layer  and apply a clipping mask to the filled selection.  

It did not work in smart object so I rasterized it.

I tried taking the paint brush and drawing and nothing shows.  

 

Thanks for helping me learn what I am doing wrong.

Thanks

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    Correct answer Bojan Živković11378569

    "I know you say it works fine for you but you're working off of a PNG file screenshot not the actual PSD file. Isn't that a little misleading if it works or not? "

    Not, I created selection using Elliptical Marguee Tool, thats recommended way in this case. Even if you decide to use other selection methods, select layer with explorer and everything will work fine to select transparent areas with Contigious checked in the Options bar when available. 

     

    "But even if I don't have it selection and just use the fill tool I cannot work on that file."

    Can you describe steps involved and post screenshot of entire window with Layers panel expanded and visible?

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    Bojan Živković11378569
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    Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 29, 2023

    @Michael Bullo  has a good point. You may need to use a different selection tool to select the lens area. Photoshop has many selection tools for different purposes.

     

    Everything works fine on my end. Take a look at the images below: on the left, you can see what you need; on the right, you can see what you have.

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      Mark245245051gxuAuthor
      Inspiring
      December 29, 2023

      Thanks for your input. I have a power outage right now so haven't been able to go back to see that. The quick selection tool did that which is weird. To me it looks like marching ants not multiple selects and I don't know how because this is a file that has had everything removed through object aware and I simplified it because I was having trouble. When using the quick selection tool it just looks like a circle to me even with just the layer one  visible.

       

       

      But even if I don't have it selection and just use the fill tool I cannot work on that file. I

       

      I know you say it works fine for you but you're working off of a PNG file screenshot not the actual PSD file. Isn't that a little misleading if it works or not? I will definitely report back once I get power back and I say don't have much laptop life left and writing this on my phone.

       

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      Mark245245051gxuAuthor
      Inspiring
      December 29, 2023

      "I know you say it works fine for you but you're working off of a PNG file screenshot not the actual PSD file. Isn't that a little misleading if it works or not? "

      Not, I created selection using Elliptical Marguee Tool, thats recommended way in this case. Even if you decide to use other selection methods, select layer with explorer and everything will work fine to select transparent areas with Contigious checked in the Options bar when available. 

       

      "But even if I don't have it selection and just use the fill tool I cannot work on that file."

      Can you describe steps involved and post screenshot of entire window with Layers panel expanded and visible?


      I'm confused. Didn't I already post my steps and the screenshot? What else would you like to see?

      Michael Bullo
      Community Expert
      Michael BulloCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 29, 2023

      Your marching ants selection doesn’t appear to be a circle. It appears to be multiple selections around extremely thin arcs at the edge of a circle.

       

      Try using the Elliptical Marquee Tool to draw a circle and repeat your process.

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