Fill without blurring the edges.

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KellyGarrett
Jun 7, 2007
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This is something that I can’t figure out. If I use the marquee tool to draw a square on a blank page and then try to fill it with any color it blurs the color out over the edges. I have everything at 100% but I cant find where to stop this. I want it to just fill up to the line without blurring it.
Any help?

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Mathias_Vejerslev
Jun 7, 2007
Check the marquee tool – in the Options bar, make sure Feathering is at o.
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dave_milbut
Jun 7, 2007
or zero even. 🙂
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Phosphor
Jun 7, 2007
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Post above MUST be read out loud,
using your best Snagglepuss voice.
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dave_milbut
Jun 7, 2007
heh! 🙂
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KellyGarrett
Jun 13, 2007
Tolerence for the magic wand is at zero. Marquee tool feather is at zero. Still does it though. I just opened a new file. Filled it with blue, selected all created border, filled selected border and it still does this crappy blur thing.
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KellyGarrett
Jun 13, 2007
anyone?
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Bernie
Jun 13, 2007
check what the selection looks like using Quickmasks
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John_Joslin
Jun 13, 2007
What’s the magic wand got to do with it?

How did you create the border?

How did you fill it?
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KellyGarrett
Jun 14, 2007
Nomad I don’t know what quick masks does but it makes no difference here.

John I just opened a new file. Filled it with blue (fill tool), selected all, created border(select, modify, border), paintbrush or erase the remaining selected part which is a border and it goes over the selected part and makes it feathered. I want it to stop painting or erasing at the selection line and not spill over.

This is just a way that makes this happen. I was trying to do something different but ran into this problem. It looks like it feathers the edge but feather is at 0px.
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Phosphor
Jun 14, 2007
Select’Modify’Border… always feathers.

Create your border manually. Using the Marquee Tools is one passible way of doing it. For example, make a square, hold your ALT key and drag a second square to subtract from the middle of that square.
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John_Joslin
Jun 14, 2007
I think Select > Modify > Border is a misleading description.

Only if you read the Help or the manual is it clear what this feature is actually for.

I would guess the Refine Edges feature in CS3 has made this redundant.
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Bernie
Jun 14, 2007
Nomad I don’t know what quick masks does but it makes no difference here.

It allows you to view your selection. Viewing your selection should tell you if there is any feathering on it.
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John_Joslin
Jun 14, 2007
Using Kelly’s method quick mask does show the feather but we’ve established that "border" here means something else.

Phos’s method is fine. (There are of course others!)

There is also a selection of frames in the actions shipped with Photoshop.
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KellyGarrett
Jun 14, 2007
Ok so the border tool is used for something different then creating a border. hmm

The Border command creates an anti-aliased selection. To paint a hard-edged border around a selection, use the Stroke command.

Uhh ok

Thanks for the help everyone.
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John_Joslin
Jun 14, 2007
Ok so the border tool is used for something different then creating a border. hmm

It is not called the border tool and it is not used to make borders: it is used to modify the border of a selection
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C_AM
Jun 15, 2007
Kelly, try setting your tools. From the upper tool bar, the icon on the furthermost left side, right click on the down arrow. This will open two options. One resets just the tool you’re using, the other will reset all your tools. Try the latter.

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