wheres the "non-quick"selection tool gone?

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Hi everyone,can anyone help me with this....having made the jump from ps elements to ps cc I am trying to get my head around a few differences....namely,in elements,when I made a selection using the quick select tool there was an option within this to push the marching ants around and make your own selection without it "guessing"and selecting for you.I can't see it in ps cc :/ the only options I can see are quick selection add,quick selection mnus and make new selection. I know i
I'm probably being thick,and I hope ive explained it ok and that someone could save me...again :)
 
Quick Selection in CC does the same but different. If you look at the top left of the screen, you'll see options for Add To Selection and Subtract From Selection. For fine work, make the brush smaller.

Good luck!
 
thanks jon, The option that seems to be missing from pscc is the brush which only selects what you paint with it and doesnt predict what you want to select,as the quick select doesnt always do what I want it to,so I could (in pse) opt for a brush to manually paint my selection,I think they got rid of it :(
 
The great thing about PS is that there's loads of ways to achieve the same thing, this is also a bad thing if you're trying to learn this stuff.

I may have misunderstood what you're trying to achieve, but if what you want to do is to paint on your image and have that become your selection, you can do it but it's not as straight forward as choosing a tool.
  • Go into 'Quick Mask' mode (press 'Q', or Select > Edit in Quick Mask Mode)
  • Then paint on your image with a black foreground colour brush (it will actually 'paint' with a translucent red colour)
  • (Painting with a white foreground colour acts as an eraser of the red stuff)
  • When you've finished painting, press 'Q' again to exit Quick Mask and you'll be left with a selection. You'll probably have to invert this selection (press shift-Cmd-I or shift-Ctrl-I on a PC)
  • Voila! You have a selection you've 'painted' with a brush.
That's not a very intuitive process because there a loads of better/different ways of making a selection, but if this is what you're used to you may find it helpful...or not. :) Or someone may know an easier way to achieve what you're after.
 
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TonyHall said:
The great thing about PS is that there's loads of ways to achieve the same thing, this is also a bad thing if you're trying to learn this stuff.

I may have misunderstood what you're trying to achieve, but if what you want to do is to paint on your image and have that become your selection, you can do it but it's not as straight forward as choosing a tool.
  • Go into 'Quick Mask' mode (press 'Q', or Select > Edit in Quick Mask Mode)
  • Then paint on your image with a black foreground colour brush (it will actually 'paint' with a translucent red colour)
  • (Painting with a white foreground colour acts as an eraser of the red stuff)
  • When you've finished painting, press 'Q' again to exit Quick Mask and you'll be left with a selection. You'll probably have to invert this selection (press shift-Cmd-I or shift-Ctrl-I on a PC)
  • Voila! You have a selection you've 'painted' with a brush.
That's not a very intuitive process because there a loads of better/different ways of making a selection, but if this is what you're used to you may find it helpful...or not. :) Or someone may know an easier way to achieve what you're after.
Click to expand...

We crossed posted. I thought the op meant the magic wand tool too.
 
TonyHall said:
The great thing about PS is that there's loads of ways to achieve the same thing, this is also a bad thing if you're trying to learn this stuff.

I may have misunderstood what you're trying to achieve, but if what you want to do is to paint on your image and have that become your selection, you can do it but it's not as straight forward as choosing a tool.
  • Go into 'Quick Mask' mode (press 'Q', or Select > Edit in Quick Mask Mode)
  • Then paint on your image with a black foreground colour brush (it will actually 'paint' with a translucent red colour)
  • (Painting with a white foreground colour acts as an eraser of the red stuff)
  • When you've finished painting, press 'Q' again to exit Quick Mask and you'll be left with a selection. You'll probably have to invert this selection (press shift-Cmd-I or shift-Ctrl-I on a PC)
  • Voila! You have a selection you've 'painted' with a brush.
That's not a very intuitive process because there a loads of better/different ways of making a selection, but if this is what you're used to you may find it helpful...or not. :) Or someone may know an easier way to achieve what you're after.
Click to expand...
thanks Tony thats what I needed to know,I really appreciate you taking the time to help.I'm gonna give this a go,theres so much to learn,thank god for forums like this!
 
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