Refine Edge Problem – Tool Won’t Work

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che_celledon
Dec 29, 2008
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Hi there,

I have a problem with the Refine Edge tool in Photoshop CS3.

I make my selection, press "Refine Edge", make the changes I require and the preview shows everything is fine.

I click "OK", the Refine Edge box disappears and my changes do as well! The only difference is that my original selection area has decreased (I’m no pro, but it looks as though the edges have been feathered.)

I have no other layers except for the duplicated background.

I have tried older Photoshop files and this tool does not work for them either – even though I have used Refine Edge at work successfully before, but this was on another computer.

Perhaps I have accidentally adjusted a setting?

Please help, this is driving me crazy!

Thanks!
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JJ
John Joslin
Dec 29, 2008
Are you viewing at 100%? If not the change may not show. Otherwise reset the Refine Edge dialog to default and try again.

If this doesn’t fix it try resetting your preferences as described in the FAQ.

<http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.ef4a07f/1>

You either have to physically delete (or rename) the preference files or, if using the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift method, be sure that you get a confirmation dialog.

This resets all settings in Photoshop to factory defaults.

A complete uninstall/re-install will not affect the preferences and a corrupt file there may be causing the problem.

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