5 Replies Latest reply: Jul 12, 2012 6:48 PM by conroy RSS

    Rect marquee tool question

    SteveH59 Community Member

      Hello

       

      I have opened a JPG in Photoshop CS version 8 and wish to select part of the rectangular image (which now measures 615px wide by 380px high) and paste that image into its own layer.

       

      So if for example I want to my selection to measure 324px wide by 380px high, I simply click on the marquee tool and under style change Normal to Fixed Size and type in my required dimentions in the Width and Height boxes along the top. When I have selected that part of the image I want, I just need to select Layer | New | Layer via cut.

       

      But what about the remaining part of my image that I also want to paste into its own layer? Do I just reset the width and heigh dimensions of the rectangular marquee too (in my example this would be 615px for the original length of the image less the 324px I have subtracted for my first new layer = 291px wide to be pasted onto my second layer).

       

      Is this the most precise way of doing it, because when the two parts are later joined I would need them to match perfectly (they image is of a person's face, so any lack of precision would stick out like a sore thumb!).

       

      Thanks for any advice.

       

      Steve

        • 1. Re: Rect marquee tool question
          Sharon Huang Community Member

          Hi Steve

          When I tried out your method with Layer>new>layer via cut, the selection that I cut out was automatically put to a new layer on the top. The two layers seem to blend pretty seamlessly on my image.

           

          But I have another way of doing this that you should try out and it is fairly simple. First duplicate the layer. Then select with the marquee tool the portion you want to cut out; press delete. Keeping the same selection, go up to Select> inverse. Select the 2nd layer and click delete again. Your top and bottom layers will be divided into 2 portions and should be seamless. I hope this helps!

          • 2. Re: Rect marquee tool question
            Herugrim123 Community Member

            After you have hit layer via copy, go back to the oringinal layer and and CTRL/CMD click the layer thumbnail of the new layer ( which will re position your original selection ) and hit layer via copy again. You will now have your original layer, the 'cut out' and the border on 3 layers.

            • 3. Re: Rect marquee tool question
              SteveH59 Community Member

              Hello Sharon

               

              Thank you for your post.

               

              Can I just clarify? After I have duplicated the layer, I select part of the image (from left to right) using the marquee tool, pressed delete and then Select | Inverse. When I do that, I can see the right-hand side of the image pasted in what is my Background copy layer.


              Then, I duplicate the Background again, and with the marquee selected over the right-hand portion of the image, I click delete and then Select | Inverse.


              I think the Select | Inverse confused me a bit, but at the moment in the Layers panel I have the original Background, Background copy (with the right-hand part of the image pasted in), and now Background copy 2 with the left-hand part of the image pasted into that.

               

              Very many thanks.

               

              Steve

              • 4. Re: Rect marquee tool question
                SteveH59 Community Member

                Hello Herugrim123

                 

                Many thanks for your reply.

                 

                I will try your method out a little later and post back. Thanks for your way of doing things!

                 

                Steve

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                • 5. Re: Rect marquee tool question
                  conroy Community Member

                  Here's an easy way to get the three layers. If your using Windows, substitute Ctrl for Cmd:

                   

                  Open the JPEG

                  Press Cmd+J

                  Marquee the selection (you possibly want to ensure Feather is 0)

                  Press Shift+Cmd+J