Kalyori Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Hi, I have gone to Select -> Select Sampled Colour and chosen a black colour (part of the background) in my image. I've then hit "deleted" to remove it; however a light grey background remains over the transparent portion. Some additional information: The file opened was a PSD The background is a single pixel layer Using the erase tool removes the background completely as expected Same is true for the brush selection tool -- I select some background, hit delete and it's gone. Does anyone know why this might be? Appreciate any input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Select Sampled Colour makes a fuzzy selection - each pixel of a selection can be partially selected in the same way as a pixel of a mask can have partial opacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalyori Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 14 minutes ago, anon2 said: Select Sampled Colour makes a fuzzy selection - each pixel of a selection can be partially selected in the same way as a pixel of a mask can have partial opacity. I see, that makes sense. Is there any way to force it to fully select the pixels? I had a look around in the menu but didn't see any options that might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 13 minutes ago, Kalyori said: I see, that makes sense. Is there any way to force it to fully select the pixels? I had a look around in the menu but didn't see any options that might help. You might find that the Flood Select Tool makes the selection you want, and that tool makes a binary selection. If that doesn't solve the problem, then make a mask from the fuzzy selection and apply an alpha-targeting Levels Adjustment to the mask to threshold the mask. Then you can merge the mask into the pixel layer if you prefer to work destructively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalyori Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 5 hours ago, anon2 said: You might find that the Flood Select Tool makes the selection you want, and that tool makes a binary selection. If that doesn't solve the problem, then make a mask from the fuzzy selection and apply an alpha-targeting Levels Adjustment to the mask to threshold the mask. Then you can merge the mask into the pixel layer if you prefer to work destructively. Yes, the flood tool works well - thank you. Interesting what you mentioned about the mask + alpha-targeting - will keep that in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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