Weird one – paths and selections

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Suede01
Aug 24, 2006
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Hi there

I have a user who is having a weird problems in PSCS2. She makes a closed path around an area that she wants, using her pen tool. She creates a new transparent layer, then goes to the Paths palette and clicks on the button to turn the path into a selection. So far so good, but instead of making a selection of the closed area, it selects everything BUT that area, so she has to go to Select -> Inverse to get the area she wants. Mine works perfectly normally so I am stumped as to how to fix this. It used to work for her.

Thanks
Shel

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Ed_Hannigan
Aug 24, 2006
Look at the various options on the Options Bar with the Pen selected. Apparently had the wrong icon clicked.
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Suede01
Aug 25, 2006
Spot on! Thanks muchly!
Shel

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