JustMeJ Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Hey guys, Here's an issue I run into annoyingly often: I start with a selection. I use "Magnetic", but often times I actually have to trace the outline the object carefully with my Apple Pencil because the tree or mountain range doesn't have good contrast against the surrounding areas for Magnetic to work perfectly. So, I'm twisting and turning the image on my iPad Pro at a high resolution so I can work on that selection, but at some point I sometimes accidentally double-tap with the Pencil or tap somewhere where I didn't intend to tap and it "finishes" the selection – I get the marching ants. Of course, that's usually not what I wanted to select – I'm normally not done yet so I want to undo whatever I did last. Unfortunately, I can't. It seems that as soon as a selection is locked in (sorry, don't know the correct term), where the outline of the selection is those animated lines, undo isn't possible. I just want to go back a single action – whatever caused the selection to be finished should be undone so I can continue where I left off. I works great if I made a mistake in my outline and lift the Pencil – then I use the two finger tap to undo and start over. But with the selection locked in, I'm stuck, have to discard all the work that I've done and start over. Any tips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff stokerg Posted October 31, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 31, 2019 Hi JustMeJ, I can't see of a way to do this. Once the selection has been closed by the double of the pencil, as you've found out, if you do the undo action, the selection is removed. Would be a good improvement unless someone else knows something i don't, in which case i'm sure they will post here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Try clicking the redo. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMeJ Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 7 minutes ago, Cecil said: Try clicking the redo. Hey Cecil, Thanks for chiming in. Which "redo" do you mean, where can I find it? I usually use two-finger tap to undo, and three-finger tap to redo. So far, the three-finger tap hasn't worked either (or it's my iPad Pro acting up again). Should "redo" get me back into the mode where I can continue editing my selection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 I have my iPad Pro set, to show, redo/undo. It did work on my iPad when I made selection, undo and redo selected the area. Hope it works for you. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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