Selection of an area already cut out

[rickom]

Hi,
I am working with one of the tutorials . The steps are...

1. Add a new layer. Use the Marquee tool to cut out a circle (Alt+ backspace) & then deselect.
2. Use the Marquee tool again to cut out a rectangle from the earlier added circle. Deselect

This is where I am unable to understand.

3. Go to the Layers panel, press-and-hold the Command (PC: Ctrl) key and click once on the white half-circle’s layer thumbnail to put a selection around it.

This always ends up selecting the area i cut out in 1, rather than marking the boundary of the area selected.

Thanks for your help.

 

[ibclare]

Step 2 requires you to cut out half of the circle. Not make another layer. So if that's what you did, you should be able to control click the layer thumbnail of the half circle layer, and get that half circle as a selection.

Odd tutorial. Why would you want to do this and do it this way? What is this tutorial about?

Anyway, if you continue to have problems, try this:
http://www.photoshopgurus.com/forum...hings-just-arent-working-right.html#post78696

 

[rickom]

Hi Clare,
Thanks. Resetting the settings did the trick. The tutorial for basic retouching, the idea is to get a cresent selection on the layer below , apply Gaussian blur then blend it with soft light to get a little sparkle

 

[ibclare]

I must admit I'm still confusd. How do you get to a crescent shape using a rectangular marquis? I could understand using two circles, but the marquis tool is sooo inexact. Can you PM me the link to the tutorial? assuming it's on the web...

 

[rickom]

Hi Clare,
Once you have a semi circle remaining, you select the same and move it up , such that the shape formed now is a crescent. Hit backspace and you are good to go. Sorry the tutorial is in a book, but if you still want me to up it, I'll screen shot the PDF. Let me know.

Cheers!