Questions tagged [selections]
Questions about selecting parts of a file or image, so those parts can be changed or transformed while leaving the nonselected parts intact.
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Photoshop CS2. How to save selection to reuse to different files
I'm using Photoshop CS2.
From this image I can obtain a unique selection with 6 marquees delimiting the white areas.
I have already tried with Selection > Save selection but I can't reuse within a ...
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having trouble removing this box around the arrows/text i want
In this picture, I want to remove the box but keept the arrows and text. Quick selection is being a nuisance. Any help is appreciated!
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Inkscape how to add an object below to a selection
If I have say 3 rectangles on top of each other A,B,C, how can I select A and C for setting a clip mask without selecting B. If I do alt + click to select C, it is losing the initial selection of A.
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I want to copy a selection, including its blank pixels without it being cropped by photoshop
I have tried so many manual and non-manual methods to solve this, i've argued endlessly with chatGPT to try to script a solution (its just doesn't get the context or use the right photoshop methods). ...
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Is there a way in InkScape, to reduce in one shot, several shapes in the same way as the gimp's reduce selection?
I have an SVG file of a tiling, which I need to import in OpenSCAD (a 3D modeling software):
However, since all the tiles are joined, OpenSCAD will see them as a whole and loose the frontiers between ...
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Quicker Way To Mask Areas Of Polygon Mesh
For 3D texturing projects I often need to mask certain areas around a mesh. To do this, I currently need to use the pen tool and create paths. But this is a pretty time-consuming process. Using the ...
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How can I extract shapes out of a photo?
I want to get some shapes out of my pictures. They often aren't as uniform to select them with the magic wand tool (no matter the tolerance).
Is there an easy way to extract them?
Select > Color ...
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Turning Slices into new separate TIFF documents in Photoshop
Sometimes when I scan photographic film, I scan the whole strip especially if the distinction between each frame isn't clear.
Or there is a contact sheet situation where images were scanned together.
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How do I delete all object of a specific color in Illustrator?
I want to delete all the white parts in this QR code. Is there a way to make Illustrator select all white parts and delete them, do I need to delete them manually?
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Program that has "select by marking areas as keep or remove"
PowerPoint has an amazing "remove background" tool where the program guesses the user's selection while the user marks areas they do or don't want. Its a time and number of clicks efficient ...
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In GIMP, is there a way to select only one area by colour or one 'colour island' instead of all pixels by the chosen colour?
I want to select by colour but I only want to select one 'island of colour', not all pixels of the chosen colour.
For example, in the image below, how would I select-by-colour:
only the red colour ...
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Trying to flip selection on GIMP
I am having trouble flipping a selection on GIMP. I use the lasso tool to select the part of the image I want to select. I then click tools > transform tools > flip but only the outline of my ...
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How to make identical selections on each layer of an animation gif (excluding the parts that move) in photoshop?
I am working on an animation of a cigarette sitting in an ashtray with smoke rising from the tip. The cigarette and the tray stay the same throughout the 30 frames, but the smoke changes in each frame....
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Create a selection from alpha channel on a layer in Photoshop
I have two layers and an alpha channel:
And I would like to select an area on the "Layer 1" with a contour from the alpha channel, namely I want the "red" area be inside the ...
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GIMP: How can I undo the last point with Free Select Tool?
I was using the Free Select Tool in GIMP to plot points, and then I wanted to go back to a previous point to adjust it, but unfortunately I didn't perfectly hit the point to enable it to move, so it ...
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