Move selection border to new image?

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Billy_J.
Oct 30, 2003
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I have spent several hours trying to accomplish this and have finally given up. I hope someone can help me.

I am working with two images. I have created a selection border in the first one (it is a shape that is unique to the image) and I want to transfer/move the selection border to the second image to use to make a copy of part of a special texture there. I then plan to paste the copy of the texture back into the first image and apply it to the special shape. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to transfer/move the selection border from the first image to the second.

I know it must be something simple that I am overlooking; the images are the same size, same resolution, same file format. I thought it would be a simple drag/drop with the move tool, and I have tried some other stuff with layers and channels, but I can’t figure it out.

I am relatively new to Photoshop 7, in the midst of a transition from PSP 7. Thanks for any help in advance.
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Phosphor
Oct 30, 2003
With your selection active, and having any Marquee tool selected, simply click inside the selection and drag the selection’s "marching ants" to the second document window. Of course, this will require that you can see both windows at the same time, so de-maximise them so they sit side-by-side.

OR…

With Marquee tool selected, Right-click on the selection in document 1 and scroll to "Save Selection…" There will be a drop-down menu that will let you save it to document 2. It will appear in document 2’s Channels Palette as an Alpha channel. CTRL-click on this Alpha channel to reactivate your selection in document 2.
BJ
Billy_J.
Oct 31, 2003
Awwwwwwgeeeeeeeeesh, that was so simple, I just had to choose a marque tool. Thanks, I feel like a fool now though :).

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