Selection Correction

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steve_colby
Jun 6, 2004
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Is there a logical explantion as to why, when you SELCT ALL, as in the entire layer, the CONTRACT SELECTION option is diasbaled?
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Gene Palmiter
Jun 6, 2004
Nope…seems like something I might want to do.Its been my rule of thumb since day one on the computer that anything I want to do should have been built into the computer or the program….all I have to do is find it. I find it more often than not.

Oh…there it is….do the border…that will bring the marching ants in…then you have the full menu to choose from.

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Is there a logical explantion as to why, when you SELCT ALL, as in the
entire layer, the CONTRACT SELECTION option is diasbaled?
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Ol__Whozit
Jun 7, 2004
Because there is no less contraction of "all." All means ALL…

If you want to contract a selection, you must make a selection that although it may encompass "all," it is not the command of selecting "all."

Computers don’t grasp concepts like "almost" or "except". All is all.
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dave_milbut
Jun 7, 2004
There’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to select all THEN go back and contract X # of pixels. This annoys the heck outta me too. There’s a workaround though, and I’ve forgotten it. <hanging head in shame>
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dave_milbut
Jun 7, 2004
Well, in cs, there’s select> modify> border. I think that’s new. I believe I used to do transform selection and do it manually with the shift key held down (if you only have 7).
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dave_milbut
Jun 7, 2004
nope, select > modify> border is there in 7 too. Use that. 🙂
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YrbkMgr
Jun 8, 2004
Select|All; Select|Tranform Selection.

Make an action.
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Phosphor
Jun 8, 2004
See Trevor Morris’s solution to the "Contract All" problem <http://user.fundy.net/morris/redirect.html?photoshop9.shtml>.
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YrbkMgr
Jun 9, 2004
Transform Selection is faster. <shrug>

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