3 Replies Latest reply: Jul 8, 2013 1:44 PM by JJMack RSS

    Path within path - how to turn into selection

    Bent Nielsen Community Member

      Having made a (ex circular) closed path within a (ex square) path, I want to turn this into a selection in which the inner circle is omitted from the selection.  But when choosing "Make Selection", only the first option,"New Selection" is available, the other three are grey (Add to, Subtract from and Intersect).

       

      This used to work in CS7, wondering what I am missing???

        • 1. Re: Path within path - how to turn into selection
          R_Kelly Community Member

          What version of photoshop are you using?

           

          You should be able to just select the outer square path with the Path Selection Tool or Direct Selection Tool and make a selction of only the square path.

           

          Are these shape layers or just paths?

           

           

          You might post a screenshot.

          • 2. Re: Path within path - how to turn into selection
            Bent Nielsen Community Member

            Photoshop CC.

             

            Please see enclosed image.  What I want to do is to turn paths into selection into mask, leaving only area "A" as active, whereas areas "B" and "C" should remain untouched. 

             

            In CS7 I could make these two selections, choose Path/Make Selection/Operation and then select from Add, Subtract/Intersect - when I do this in CC, only path "B" is turned into selection.b.jpg

            • 3. Re: Path within path - how to turn into selection
              JJMack Community Member

              R_Kelly is correct here is an example I have a complex work path 12 ovals paths. I used the direct selection tool to select one of the ovals. You can see which one by the handles. I then right clicked to bring up the available options and clicked make selection, The middle image shown the result,  I then deselected the work path in the path pallet. Result is right image.

              Path2Selection.jpg