Perfect Circle with Marquee Tool

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grahamtav
Jan 23, 2007
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I have lost it for the moment! – can someone remind me what keys I have to hold down when using the circular marquee tool to achieve a perfect circle.

I hold down the shift key when using the rectanguar marquee but that does not work for the circular marquee.

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stevent
Jan 23, 2007
It should be shift – if not, then try resetting the tool or the delete your preferences as per the FAQ.
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Don_McCahill
Jan 23, 2007
When you are dragging with shift, it constrains to either a full circle, or a flattened one. You have to drag at more than a 45 degree angle to make it circular.
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grahamtav
Jan 23, 2007
Thanks guys – resetting my prefs sorted the problem. Thanks for you promt help.
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stevent
Jan 23, 2007
It’s never worked like that for me Don. Maybe you use non-default keyshortcuts?
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Don_McCahill
Jan 23, 2007
No, maybe I am thinking Illustrator again … I do more of my work in that these days.

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