Refine selection

[p_mac]

I am having an issue with the object selection and the refine tool.  

‘When I select a specific background colour, use ‘invert selection” from the drop down menu, then refine, there is no mask be created.  

Anybody know why. 

[Old Bruce]

I am not seeing this here. I am not certain but I think we have to wait for the first refine to complete before making any adjustments.

Do you get a selection even without a mask appearing?

[p_mac]

Hi Old Bruce

i had an image of a very bright orange kite in a blue sky with cloud streaks.  When I selected the sky using "select blue" and refined it almost all of the image was masked.  That shouldn't have happened.  I then tried to select on only the kite but it has long stringing flyers and that didn't do the trick because those flyers were daunting.  

So I tried to select the sky again then invert selection a got nothing, no mask but the selection was there.  I have noticed that the selection process isn't as good as before.

I am wondering if I have my preferences set wrongly

i have a MBPro 15" 2017 late.  This might be a settings issue.  

[Chris B]

Hey p_mac,

Would you be able to do a quick recording? I'm not seeing this either so I'm wondering if there's a step I'm missing.

[MEB]

Hi p_mac,
When refining the selection check if Matte Edges is ticked (on the top left of the Refine Selection dialog). Untick it if that's the case. Not sure what else can cause this.