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Mama Shan
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June 5, 2011
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P: Bring Back the Select-Modify options for a Select All Selection

  • June 5, 2011
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I really wish Adobe would put back the functionality of the Select>Modify -- Smooth, Expand, Contract, & Feather options for a "Select All" selection. This was a feature that was "fixed" in CS3 and I was ecstatic about it as previous versions and unfortunately--subsequent versions yield these Select Modify commands useless, grayed out when a selection has been made via the Select All command! The reason I was happy to use them in CS3...and wish they would do an update to fix CS4 and CS5, is because I had created many actions to create borders using the Select All command and then the Contract, Smooth, Feather, Border, and/or Expand sub commands. This was awesome because I could automate these borders, edges and/or photo corners without regard to the portrait or landscape orientation or the size of the canvas, because the "Select All" created a selection of the existing Canvase which could then be manipulated via the Select>Modify options. The current Photoshop version and the predecessors to CS3 did and do not recognize the marquee created with the Select All command as a selection that can be modified!!! How silly is this and how could it have been missed?

Please, Chris Cox, if you're still out there, could you please address this issue which is very important to me! Thanks!

Warmest Regards,
Mama Shan

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    bmarita
    Participant
    August 18, 2017
    Can photoshop please  change the modify feature to go back to the way it was previously where you could actually preview the selection changes prior to making them. It's all guesswork now and the modifications box seems simpler and more basic than previously where there were more advanced options in one dialog box.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    February 3, 2015
    Just as sujayvs said where is the "Apply effect at canvas bound” check box?
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    February 3, 2015


    Here is the case:When select all of a whole layer, Click Menu Select->Modify,
    Only Border can be used. The problem is I need to use Contract, it should be enable, isn't it?
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    Sujay Sarma
    Participant
    October 12, 2014
    I am not able to. Working with your colleagues on @AdobeCare twitter handle to troubleshoot. I have the latest CC App Manager and everything, but I dont get the 2014.2 update. I had the 2014.1 earlier, but now it appears to have reverted to 2014.0.0 !!!
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    October 12, 2014
    You need to install the CC 2014.2 update. And see Meredith's post above.
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    Sujay Sarma
    Participant
    October 11, 2014
    Where is this new option? I checked through multiple screens and option settings, could not find it. (PC edition of Photoshop CC Ver 20140730)

    My Creative Cloud app insists that the above is the last version available. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, but I just cant seem to get 2014.2 that is listed in Richard Curtis's blog....

    Can anyone help?
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    Sujay Sarma
    Participant
    October 11, 2014
    Where is this new option? I checked through multiple screens and option settings, could not find it. (PC edition of Photoshop CC Ver 20140730)

    My Creative Cloud app insists that the above is the last version available. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, but I just cant seem to get 2014.2 that is listed in Richard Curtis's blog....

    Can anyone help?
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    Carlos_Oliveras
    Known Participant
    October 10, 2014
    My god... YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT LAST!! I could not believe it when I was reading the JDI's of 15.2 (2014.2) in Richard Curtis blog... until I tried it and I saw it works.

    Wow... seriously, I'm in shock... I've grown gray hairs and wrinkles while waiting for this to finally be fixed!! THANKS!!
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    Adobe Employee
    Meredith Payne Stotzner
    Adobe Employee
    October 6, 2014
    DONE!

    Today's release of Photoshop CC 2014 contains a "Apply Effect at Canvas Bounds" option for the follow features:

    Select > Modify > Smooth...
    Select > Modify > Expand...
    Select > Modify > Contract...
    Select > Modify > Feather...

    Users now have the option to have these commands apply to an entire selection or just the portion of the selection that is not touching the canvas bounds with the "Apply effect at canvas bounds" checkbox.

    The checkbox option is remembered for each, individual selection modification option. The checkbox default is "off" on first launch and with preferences deleted.

    With the "Apply effect at canvas bounds" checkbox ON, the behavior is equivalent to Photoshop CS3 behavior.

    Thank you for your feedback!
    Meredith
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    Sujay Sarma
    Participant
    September 13, 2014


    Reproducible : YES

    Issue brief:
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    After performing a "Select All" using any one of three (tested) methods, the options under Select > Modify menu remain disabled.

    Steps to reproduce:
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    1) Open Photoshop
    2) Open a JPG file. You can also create a new Photoshop Document (PSD) and import a JPG
    3) Ensure document has only one layer (the one with the picture). If it is a locked layer, unlock it
    4) Add a second blank layer under the first (image) layer
    5) With new layer selected in the layers panel, do a Select All (CTRL+A)
    6) From menu, open: Select > Modify

    Expected:
    All menu options are available

    Actual:
    Except "Border" all other options are grayed out

    You can confirm the issue by performing a less than 100% selection (even 1px smaller than the width or height) and all the menus will be available.

    Additional Information:
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    Issue exists when you use the menu (Select > Select All), perform a marquee (Rectangular Marquee selection box) selection or use the keyboard shortcut (CTRL+A).

    Have not checked exhaustively what other options remain unavailable.

    System Information
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    Platform: PC
    Adobe Photoshop Version: 2014.1.0 20140730.r.148 2014/07/30:23:59:59 x64
    Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit
    Version: 6.3
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