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Photoshop deletes/paints unselected areas...

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August 1, 2018
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I have a simple photo: Half is selected, the rest is not.

But when I try to delete (or use the Paint bucket tool on) the selected area, PS deletes/paints lots of areas completely outside of the selection.

It primarily deletes/paints very dark parts though it does not do that completely: Sometimes it just deletes/paints like a 50% transparent part of the unselected area.

SETTINGS: Anti-alias is unchecked, everything that resembles feather/smooth has tolerance set to zero.

I guess I'm missing a selection-setting somewhere -- but where?

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sebastian2012aAuthor

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The problem doesn't occur when I use Magic Wand -- not even if anti-aliasing (and feather) is on.

I think the issue may have to do with the fact that the first selection method I used was Color Range.

So, I'll start from scratch with the Magic Wand and hope for the best...

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sebastian2012aAuthor

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I don't know if it clarifies anything, but I found a guy on Reddit who experienced the same issue:

https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshop/comments/6dbha4/photoshop_is_erasing_outside_of_selection/

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Anonymous

Can't seem to replicate the issue here, have you tried resetting the Tools

If that doesn't help try resetting Photoshop preferences

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sebastian2012aAuthor

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https://forums.adobe.com/people/Ged+Traynor wrote
Can't seem to replicate the issue here, have you tried resetting the Tools
If that doesn't help try resetting Photoshop preferences

Thank you for your time, Ged!

I think I'll try selecting everything again using the Magic Wand and Lasso -- as I mentioned above, I think the selection method Color Range might have been the problem...

JJMack

Community Expert

A Selection should confine the paint bucket to within the selection. If you want to fill a selection with a color use fill or the paint bucket tool on a solid color or empty layer. The Paint bucket tool is a lot like the magic want tool and has similar tool options in the tool option bar, like blend mode opacity tolerance contiguous all layers. It changes the color you click on to the foreground color or pattern. Click on the white of the eyes change tolerance click on the background only area within the selection should change.

Use paint bucket for something like change the red squares on a chess board to white and confile the change to the chess board area.

JJMack

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sebastian2012aAuthor

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JJMack wrote
A Selection should confine the paint bucket to within the selection. If you want to fill a selection with a color use fill or the paint bucket tool on a solid color or empty layer. The Paint bucket tool is a lot like the magic want tool and has similar tool options in the tool option bar, like opacity tolerance contiguous all layers. It changes the color you click on to the foreground color. Click on the white of the eyes change tolerance click on the background only area within the selection should change.
Use paint bucket for something like change the red squares on a chess board to white and confile the change to the chess board area.

Thank you JJMack -- but the problem is not really about the Paint bucket:

The problem is that any edit I perform on the selected area affects large unselected areas as well. If I drag the selection away, for instance, several unselected parts are removed as well...

JJMack

Community Expert

Only select pixels that are 50% or more selected are inside the marching ants. All the pixels outside the marching ants can also be selecte but less than 50%. like a feathered selection. Here all pixels are selected even the one outside the marching ants.

JJMack

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Anonymous

Hi

Can you post a screenshot with all the pertinent panels opened

Terri Stevens

Legend

Do you think Sebastian will get the idea we need a screenshot

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sebastian2012aAuthor

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Haha, I got it! But the image doesn't belong to me, so I can't post it.

Will any screenshots of settings be useful?

EDIT: I should add that my selection has the overall shape of a face. Everything outside the face-shaped form is selected. The unselected areas that are affected are all rather close to the selection border. The center of my selection is not affected at all...

davescm

Community Expert

How did you make your selection?

Can you show a screenshot including the options bar immediately after making the selection?

Dave

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Anonymous

OK where did you lot come from you weren't that a minute ago LOL

Terri Stevens

Legend

it's very hard to understand what you are talking about here. Could you upload a screen capture to give us a better idea of your problem showing the layer panel

Terri

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sebastian2012aAuthor

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terris86415680 wrote
it's very hard to understand what you are talking about here. Could you upload a screen capture to give us a better idea of your problem showing the layer panel
Terri

Here's the layer panel...

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