Photoshop question

Xkcer Man · 07-10-2006, 12:12 PM

So Photoshop 6 is acting up a little on me. Whenever I select an area to limit my drawing and fill inside the selection, the fill goes outside of the box. It starts to fade a few pixels inside the box and then goes completely out a few pixels outside the box. I know it's a problem with the selection because the same thing happens when I use the pencil or paintbrush tools. What is the deal? How can I stop this?

PatrickStar4491 · 07-10-2006, 01:57 PM

All I can think of is that maybe the selection is inverted... Try going to the Select menu and clicking Inverse.

ApparentlyNothing · 07-10-2006, 02:10 PM

Sounds to me like it's feathering the selection. Make sure your feather is set to 0 px.

Xkcer Man · 07-10-2006, 04:30 PM

OK, here's an update on the question. If I make the selection using the section tool, it doesn't do this. But if a make a selection and then go to Select - Modify - Border, it anti-aliases it. There's a box for anti-aliasing in between Feather and Style, but it's checked and grayed out so I can't do anything to it. What's the deal?

PatrickStar4491 · 07-10-2006, 07:26 PM

Hmm, I can reproduce the exact image when I set feathering...

Are you using a rounded marquee tool or anything like that?

ApparentlyNothing · 07-10-2006, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Xkcer Man

OK, here's an update on the question. If I make the selection using the section tool, it doesn't do this. But if a make a selection and then go to Select - Modify - Border, it anti-aliases it. There's a box for anti-aliasing in between Feather and Style, but it's checked and grayed out so I can't do anything to it. What's the deal?

I did the exact same thing (select, modify, border, fill) and I get the same thing as you. I'm using CS2. So whatever it is, it's a default setting for the border command to feather the selection. The anti-alias option isn't checked for me, and it's also grayed out, so it's not that.

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After a bit of searching, I found the solution. In the Adobe Help Center about the border command, it says, "The Border command creates an anti-aliased selection. To paint a hard-edged border around a selection, use the Stroke command."

The stroke command is under the Edit menu, right next to fill.

Xkcer Man · 07-11-2006, 06:05 AM

Awesome. Thank you very much for all your help, guys.