APhoto - Working Layers on Multiple Placed Images

[jubro]

I have project to crop & arrange several images onto one document.

I began by choosing an A4 transparent preset (the design is for a t-shirt, so I thought this a practical choice. I usually, instead, just open the image I want to work on, not using the presets, as, up until now,  I've only ever worked on single image projects. I'm still unsure as to what qualities the different presets offer as far as to what type of project they're suitable for).

I then placed a jpg image as a layer onto the A4 doc. I then duplicated the image layer to cut away the background of the subject in the image. (I am duplicating an image everytime I do something new to it, as I don't know which operations are destructive & which are not).

I then placed a 2nd image onto the project, in preparation to also remove its subject from its background. I unchecked the 2 layers of the first image, expecting to be able to work solely on the new image.

But I still see the pixel selection of the cut out background of the first image & it is still active, so I cannot cut the background from the subject of the 2nd image, as the brush only affects the transparent layer of the first image, even though both of its layers are unchecked in the layers list.

Is my processing method not suitable for achieving my aim, or is there a function I need to perform before I can work on the 2nd image?

 

[Old Bruce]

1 hour ago, eightysevens said:

I still see the pixel selection of the cut out background of the first image & it is still active, so I cannot cut the background from the subject of the 2nd image, as the brush only affects the transparent layer of the first image, even though both of its layers are unchecked in the layers list.

Go to the menu Select > Deselect and that will clear the pixel selection. Pixel selections are not tied to or based on any one layer, they are just an area (of the document).

[jubro]

AH, something simple. That's a relief. Again, thanks for your assistance Old Bruce. It's a steep learning curve, but little by little I'm progressing.