adjust a elliptical selection

[mur_phy]

In addition to the problem I still have in adjusting a mistake (beyond where CTRL + Z is practical) using the Eraser Tool, I have not found another issue.

 

When doing copy/paste of a document into another document to create a composite, I decided that maybe the elliptical selection tool would get me tighter to the image itself that I want to copy/paste. 

 

So, I tried it and then selected the Move tool and was able to adjust and move and change the angle of the selection quite nicely. 

 

Next came the refinement and that worked quite well as particularly with fine edges the selection worked will and by tidying up some of the area near any shadows that I wanted to keep the result cut down on a lot of Eraser Tool usage.

 

The problem came when I looked at the result and what the original image was and I found that I had selected too much of an area that looked like a shadow but was part of the image to be kept.

 

Got back to the Elliptical Selection Tool and read what I could find in the Help files and tried a couple things but have been unable to adjust the selection so it does not select from the image what I don't want it to select. In other words, I would like to move the marching ants away from the image a bit but so far nothing seems to work.

 

Anyone with ideas regarding this issue which seems to be very much like the inability to make the Undo Brush work properly on a pasted layer although in this case I have not actually pasted the layer yet but can't make the necessary adjustment to the pre-copy of the selection.

 

TIA

[MEB]

Hi mur_phy,

If you want to adjust just the selection, click the Quick Mask button on the main toolbar (or press Q) adjust it with the Move Tool, then quit Quick Mask mode (clicking the Quick Mask button or pressing Q again).