simple border colour change

[*mark]

I'm trying to make a simple 4 pixel border a different colour, I am using the colour pickers etc and I can have it any colour, just not the colour I choose.. yes, exactly.

I want it yellow, am selecting yellow with the eyedropper tool, and its making it pink or grey with the prompt in the actions 'set effect disabled'  what does this mean exactly? why are my colour choices being disabled?

When I try alternative edit/fill selection, it fills the whole image not the object, why is the selection tool not selecting?? How do I isolate this small object and get it to respond??

I have it selected with the 'move' tool and I usually click with the colour picker and the object colour changes. Is this a bug?? thanks

(Screenshot 1 - all selections yellow - except the selected border)

(Screenshot 2 - the alternative - everything yellow, that I don't want yellow)

 

[walt.farrell]

52 minutes ago, *mark said:

I have it selected with the 'move' tool and I usually click with the colour picker and the object colour changes.

You have described the behavior of a vector object, not a pixel object.

I am a bit surprised to see a pixel layer that seems to be a hollow rectangle like that. How did you create it, and how are you selecting it before you try to fill it?

At a minimum you would need to make sure that only that purple outline is part of the layer, and the middle area (that the background is showing through) would have to be deleted. It can't simply be transparent.

Once you've done that, you could Flood Fill the remaining part (the outline) as you want.

But why are you trying to do this with a pixel layer? Why not simply draw a vector rectangle, give it a transparent fill, and a stroke of whatever thickness and color you want?

[Ron P.]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

I am a bit surprised to see a pixel layer that seems to be a hollow rectangle like that. How did you create it,

I'm thinking Mark did create it using a rectangle shape, but then for some reason rasterized it. That's the only way I can see it being done.

[firstdefence]

Either recreate the border with an inside stroke of 4px on a none filled rectangle or use the recolour adjustment filter nested to the pixel layer border, the former would give better results.

[*mark]

Thanks for the suggestions.

First defence nailed it - perfect answer - except the 'non-filled' option took a bit of finding, meaning 0% opacity. Thanks 

 

[walt.farrell]

42 minutes ago, *mark said:

meaning 0% opacity.

Or just set it with no Fill color.

[Alfred]

58 minutes ago, *mark said:

the 'non-filled' option took a bit of finding, meaning 0% opacity

Although the two are often visually the same, they are not synonymous. This (the white colour well with the red diagonal bar through it) is the one you want:

[*mark]

@Alfred Thanks for the heads-up on the 'no-fill' icon

@walt.farrell I created the original border by using the rectangle tool, adding a different colour border to it, then erasing the inside rectangle, leaving just the frame... (was sort of simpler in PShop) 😉

[walt.farrell]

10 hours ago, *mark said:

created the original border by using the rectangle tool, adding a different colour border to it, then erasing the inside rectangle, leaving just the frame... (was sort of simpler in PShop) 😉

All you need to do: Create the rectangle and specify its border color and width. Make sure the Fill was set to None. And you're done.

Seems like you did at least two additional unnecessary actions (erasing middle, and rasterizing), and the rasterizing was actually harmful to your needs. So I wouldn't conclude that it was easier in PS