ppage Loc: Pittsburg, (San Francisco area)

Good morning,

I am following along with a basic photoshop Kelby one video. I am using the elliptical marquee tool on Windows ten to make a circular selection by holding down the shift key.

Adobe Photoshop Version: 20.0.1 20181029.r.41 2018/010/29: 1197484 x64

According to Mr. Kelby, if I goof up the selection I should be able to hold down the space bar and adjust it, move it around and so forth. I can't. Nothing works and the ants just march. The other thing that happens is that the tool is not following my mouse at all. I am working towards the bottom of the screen and the selection I am creating is still linked to the mouse but two inches away from it. Its like the mouse is not synched to the tool.


Thanks in advance!

Pat
Would anyone mind giving me a hand with this?

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

After you get a selection started, Use: Select>Transform selection. Using the handles that occur you can massage your selection shape around.

Guyserman Loc: Benton, AR

You must continue holding the left mouse button down while you hold down the space bar. Get it moved to the correct position and you can release the space bar and continue sizing the circle so long as you don't release the mouse button.

ppage Loc: Pittsburg, (San Francisco area)

I am now able to move the selection but not to resize it. When I hold down the space bar and try to drag the borders of the selection the whole image moves around. I want to select the entire round object but so far have only selection some of it.

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Linary Loc: UK

Do what Fotoartist said: you can move and reshape the selection, even twist it by placing the curser just outside of the bounding box corner handles. Hold down control and drag any of the handles to reshape.

Guyserman Loc: Benton, AR

If you want to manipulate it after you have released the mouse button, be sure you grab a corner handle and only drag it in a diagonal direction to preserve the roundness of the circle. But what I told you will work if you keep your mouse button pressed throughout until the final size and placement of the selection. I downloaded your image just to do it myself and discovered the wall hanger is slightly wider than it is tall. So to get it exact you would need to manipulate it using the side handles. Be sure you are working on a copied layer.

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billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

On the bar at the top of Photoshop their should be a + and - box. If your marching ants are inside the circle, make sure the + is clicked and then drag the ants to edge of circle. Likewise if marching ants are outside the circle, put the - box and pull the marching ants back to the border of the circle.