Lasso tool won't feather after update

[elizabethg44485247]

I updated to Elements 2026 and now when I use the lasso tool it won't feather, no matter what the feather number is set to. I tried resetting the tool. Anti-aliasing box is checked. I don't want to have to go into "refine edge" every time I want to feather my selection. How can I fix this?

[Jeff Arola]

What operating system are you using?

Your setting the Feather before drawing out the selection?

[Jeff Arola]

Good catch.

Actually it's seems that Feather doesn't work with any of the selection tools in Photoshop Elements 2026 on either Windows or Mac.

[Greg_S.]

Thanks, @elizabethg44485247 and @Jeff Arola .  I have confirmed the issue and have reported it to Adobe.

[elizabethg44485247]

Thank you! Glad to know it's not just me!

[99jon]

Make your selection and when you see the marching ants go to the top menu.

Choose Select > Feather then entre a number of pixels and press OK

Press Ctrl+J to place the selection on a separate layer

Click off the eyeball on the background layer to see the selection and feathering

[Greg_S.]

@99jon , does the feather slider work for you?

[99jon]

No it's a bug. Thanks for reporting it Greg. I've also reported the bug with camera raw profiles.

[johnp5888287]

I have exactly the same problem and it's creating a major problem for me. Did you ever get a response from Adobe?

[Greg_S.]

@johnp5888287 , it doesn't work like that. Adobe will not tell me if a fix is in the works. A number of bugs have been reported so far. I would expect that some of them will be resolved in an update to the program. In the meantime, I suggest you use the solution posted by @99jon. IOW, use the selection menu for feathering.