Preserved Topic: selections

I know that ctrl+alt+clicking on a layer will alter your selection to include only those parts that *DON'T* overlap the layer you clicked on.

Is there a way to do the opposite? have an active selection and alter it to include only the part that *DOES* overlap the section I want it to?

Try pressing ctrl-shift-I (or select>inverse) and then try again. that should work.

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I don't have photoshop open to test what mahjqa said. So I'll just write what I was thinking before I read his reply...

I'd just select the layer, that you want the overlap selection from.. and inverse the selection. Make a new layer above it, fill it with black, set it to screen. Then use ctrl+alt+click on the new layer.

Does that make any sense at all?

- Dan -

Sure, just shift-ctrl-alt click, to select the intersecting amounts. your cursor will become a little box with an "x" in it, for "intersecting".




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ah, cool, thanks tycho.

the inverse thing won't really work in many situations -- it includes too much.