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Well, I'm trying to get some class homework done, and you would think that would be a simply task, especially seeing as the class is NOT a complicated class!!!!! I'm trying to create a LO and extract a part of my background to lie on top of my photo. I know how to do this precisely and easily in PSE5, but in CS4, the "precise" part of the technique is eluding me. (Hence, the "easy" part is null and void, as well!) CAN YOU TELL I'M FRUSTRATED?????? :mad-at-computer: I can use my magic selection wand to select. I can adjust the tolerance setting, check/uncheck the contiguous setting, and utilize the "refine edge" button; but so far nothing has allowed me to choose a brush and simply add to my selection. (This was how I did it is PSE5.) I don't want the quick selection tool, because it tries to be too smart and still selects things that I don't want. Being quite aware that PSE5 and CS4 are two very different animals, I went looking online for help - so far, to no avail. The only thing I've been able to do so far is allow the magic selection brush to select MORE than I want and then duplicate the layer and erase the parts I don't want. If this is how I must handle it in CS4 . . . fine. I'll get used to it. But I'm going bonkers :hit-head-with-hammer: trying to figure out how I can precisely ADD to my selection instead of having to duplicate it and then erase the excess.

 

If anyone has any insight, I'd be soooo appreciative.

 

Or . . . at the very least, put me out of my misery and tell me that it can't be done the way I want to do it!!!!! :banghead:

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i am a little confused what you want to do...i never have used pse only cs3 and 4 so i would like to help if i can.... it sounds like you are able to do the selection? yes? so then do you want to do copy and then paste to a new layer?

 

or is it that you have made a selection but need to select more ? then go up to the top options bar and see the boxes on the left..one of them is for add to selection....

 

explain more and maybe i can see if i can help

 

i hate to see you frustrated cause i know how that is...believe me....i know from experience...mine!

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Hey, Jennifer! Thanks for BTT!

 

Bobbie, I do want to add to the selection. And, yes, I've used the buttons at the top to add to or remove from the selection. Since PSE5 is my reference point (even though, as I've mentioned, I know CS4 is in another league completely!), let me explain what I do in that program, and maybe you can tell me if there is any way to do the same thing in CS4. :P In PSE5, I could use the magic wand to select a particular color in my layer. Then there is also, a brush selection tool that I could use to add to the selection. This allowed me to make the selection more precise without expanding the tolerance setting and ending up with a lot more selected than I really wanted. I haven't found a brush selection tool in CS4 yet. And I feel like I'm doing things backwards to select a large portion and then delete what I don't want. But, if that's the way it must be done, I'll get used to it! :P

 

Thank you so much for your help!

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Hey, Jennifer! Thanks for BTT!

 

Bobbie, I do want to add to the selection. And, yes, I've used the buttons at the top to add to or remove from the selection. Since PSE5 is my reference point (even though, as I've mentioned, I know CS4 is in another league completely!), let me explain what I do in that program, and maybe you can tell me if there is any way to do the same thing in CS4. :P In PSE5, I could use the magic wand to select a particular color in my layer. Then there is also, a brush selection tool that I could use to add to the selection. This allowed me to make the selection more precise without expanding the tolerance setting and ending up with a lot more selected than I really wanted. I haven't found a brush selection tool in CS4 yet. And I feel like I'm doing things backwards to select a large portion and then delete what I don't want. But, if that's the way it must be done, I'll get used to it! :P

 

Thank you so much for your help!

 

 

I only have CS3 but there is a selection brush like what you want on the same tool as the Magic Wand. Just right click it on the tool bar and you should see the tool which is called the Quick Selection Tool.

 

Another way to do what you want to do is to use a Quick Mask. You can start your selection using the Magic Wand and then on the tool bar there should be a little icon that looks something like a front loading washing machine. Once you click, things may look red/pink. Use a regular paint brush and white paint to "paint" over the area you wish to keep. If you paint over something you don't want, use black paint to correct the error. Then click the icon on the toolbar again to exit Quick Mask Mode and your selection should be in place.

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I only have CS3 but there is a selection brush like what you want on the same tool as the Magic Wand. Just right click it on the tool bar and you should see the tool which is called the Quick Selection Tool.

 

Another way to do what you want to do is to use a Quick Mask. You can start your selection using the Magic Wand and then on the tool bar there should be a little icon that looks something like a front loading washing machine. Once you click, things may look red/pink. Use a regular paint brush and white paint to "paint" over the area you wish to keep. If you paint over something you don't want, use black paint to correct the error. Then click the icon on the toolbar again to exit Quick Mask Mode and your selection should be in place.

 

Linda, you're awesome! I knew there was a way to do it - had even seen a tutorial on how to do this! But I just couldn't remember it. :hit-head-with-hammer: Thank you so much!

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I only have CS3 but there is a selection brush like what you want on the same tool as the Magic Wand. Just right click it on the tool bar and you should see the tool which is called the Quick Selection Tool.

 

Another way to do what you want to do is to use a Quick Mask. You can start your selection using the Magic Wand and then on the tool bar there should be a little icon that looks something like a front loading washing machine. Once you click, things may look red/pink. Use a regular paint brush and white paint to "paint" over the area you wish to keep. If you paint over something you don't want, use black paint to correct the error. Then click the icon on the toolbar again to exit Quick Mask Mode and your selection should be in place.

 

Linda, you're awesome! I knew there was a way to do it - had even seen a tutorial on how to do this! But I just couldn't remember it. :hit-head-with-hammer: Thank you so much!

 

 

Glad I could help you out!

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