skrode_rider
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I'm having a really frustrating problem with adding to and subtracting from selections. I've tried to find a solution to the problem online, but can't seem to find any mention of anybody else also experiencing it, which makes me think it's either something really simple and stupid I'm doing wrong, or something very strange. It's kind of complicated to describe, but I'll try.
I use ps primarily to tweek my photos to make them look nicer. Let's say I'm trying to make the sky darker. I create a new layer with the image in it, Then I'll go to select color range and work with that to try and get as much of the sky and as little of everything else in the selection. Of course it isn't perfect, so I'll go in try to subtract and add areas to the selection. Let's say there's a little piece of the sky that for whatever reason didn't make it into the selection. I'll go to either the rectangular marquee or the lasso, and then add that area to the selection by holding shift. The area is then added to the selection, and everything looks like it's going fine, right?
When I apply the desired change to the selection, usually by adjusting the curves or adding a mask and changing the blending options, something terrible happens. The whole selected sky areas turns darker, but the areas that I added to the selection become even darker. So there will be a little extra darker shape exactly where I added to the selection. If I used the rectangular marquee, the darker area will be a little rectangle, if I used the lasso the darker shape will be exactly what ever shape I drew around the pixels I added to the selection.
This same thing happens when I use subtract from the selection. I've tried inverting the selection and subtracting then inverting again and all sorts of other things but nothing works, I keep getting these weird shadows wherever I added or subtracted. It's totally bizarre.
I'm using cs6 on windows 10. I've tried deleting my preferences and all sorts of other things, but nothing works and I'm getting incredibly frustrated. I've even had this problem on my other computer, which is running cs6 windows 8.
Please, please, can anybody have any idea what's going on here? I'm desperate.
I use ps primarily to tweek my photos to make them look nicer. Let's say I'm trying to make the sky darker. I create a new layer with the image in it, Then I'll go to select color range and work with that to try and get as much of the sky and as little of everything else in the selection. Of course it isn't perfect, so I'll go in try to subtract and add areas to the selection. Let's say there's a little piece of the sky that for whatever reason didn't make it into the selection. I'll go to either the rectangular marquee or the lasso, and then add that area to the selection by holding shift. The area is then added to the selection, and everything looks like it's going fine, right?
When I apply the desired change to the selection, usually by adjusting the curves or adding a mask and changing the blending options, something terrible happens. The whole selected sky areas turns darker, but the areas that I added to the selection become even darker. So there will be a little extra darker shape exactly where I added to the selection. If I used the rectangular marquee, the darker area will be a little rectangle, if I used the lasso the darker shape will be exactly what ever shape I drew around the pixels I added to the selection.
This same thing happens when I use subtract from the selection. I've tried inverting the selection and subtracting then inverting again and all sorts of other things but nothing works, I keep getting these weird shadows wherever I added or subtracted. It's totally bizarre.
I'm using cs6 on windows 10. I've tried deleting my preferences and all sorts of other things, but nothing works and I'm getting incredibly frustrated. I've even had this problem on my other computer, which is running cs6 windows 8.
Please, please, can anybody have any idea what's going on here? I'm desperate.