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cbadland
Joined: 19 Jan 2005
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 Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:35 am Post subject: |
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Well, that makes no sense.
Just to be clear, you say you have tried:
1- entering QM mode
2- painting area to be selected (or not selected, depending on your QM setting). The paint appears translucent red (even though black is your foreground color)
3- Re-enter standard mode and the red paint disappears, but the marching ants surround the whole picture, NOT the area painted red?
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You have not used any selection tool, just painting in the QM mode?
I can’t think of anything to cause that.
Post two screen shots when you figure out how to (Mac is shift+Cmd+3, don’t know about windoze) One of your QM painted selection, the other after you go back to standard mode. Show tool bar, options and layer palette.
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cbadland
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:34 am Post subject: |
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You may also just try trashing your PS preferences to see if that clears it. (on Windows press and hold Alt+Control+Shift immediately after launching Photoshop) You’ll be prompted to delete current settings. |
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ninjadeathbot
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| cbadland wrote: | Well, that makes no sense.
Just to be clear, you say you have tried:
1- entering QM mode
2- painting area to be selected (or not selected, depending on your QM setting). The paint appears translucent red (even though black is your foreground color)
3- Re-enter standard mode and the red paint disappears, but the marching ants surround the whole picture, NOT the area painted red?
AND
You have not used any selection tool, just painting in the QM mode?
I can’t think of anything to cause that.
Post two screen shots when you figure out how to (Mac is shift+Cmd+3, don’t know about windoze) One of your QM painted selection, the other after you go back to standard mode. Show tool bar, options and layer palette. |
yeah, that's exactly what i'm saying. i'm just baffled as to why it's happening. i'm going to try what you said about trashing the preferences and hopefully that'll do it. |
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ninjadeathbot
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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it seems to be all set now. i've got to think that it was some preference that got turned on/off somehow, because they only thing i've done different is the Ctrl + Alt + Shift command when starting PS. thanks for your help cbadland, it's very much appreicated. |
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cbadland
Joined: 19 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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whew! couldn’t figure it out…
Glad resetting prefs helped (when all else fails..) |
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cbadland
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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[and 4 what it's worth]
I’m glad this problem was fixed, however you really should re-examine your process with Quick Mask. You are doing AT LEAST three unnecessary steps (No need to select foreground color red. No need to use the magic wand tool. No need to inverse your selection.) |
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ninjadeathbot
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:25 am Post subject: |
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for some reason the method i remember being taught (when i went to school for graphic arts, and in my PS-specific class, nonetheless...) involved the magic wand, select>inverse, and so on. why, i don't know, because it really is unnecessary, and knowing i don't need to do those steps now, i'll never do them again. thanks again for your help cbadland. |
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