So you aren't even on the right layer. Not sure what you're doing wrong but make sure you are on the Background layer (with the image) and do the suggestion of iSmoker and just copy and paste the selected circle to a new image. I don't know exactly what's going on.
I understand what she asked for AND what is happening. I am here for the same reason. What she asked for was "step-by-step" instructions. I understood that to mean something like this.
*Go to the tool bar on the left hand side of the screen
*click on the "elipses tool"
*click on the image and make your shape
*click to get desired shape
Which is what I am doing when I click. When you do these steps, in particular, you get a round oval shape that is filled with color and NOT the cropped image you expect.
This must be a pretty common error because, I have been playing with it for several days here too and nothing is working how I would expect it to.
So now that you know what us "non-geeks" mean by a step-by-step list and I have given you a step-by-step description of one of the things this is
not working for us. Could you help out with a step-by-step instruction on how to do it please? Preferably one that doesn't assume we know any of the commands or starts us off in the middle of the project. For some reason so may instructions and tutorials do that and to non-geeks this is useless lol
Thanks for the help
This will help you understand the Ellipse Tool a little better.
If you want a round path, you can continue to use the Elliptical Tool, but after you select the tool, and before you draw your ellipse, you'll need to change a setting. At the top left of your screen, right below File, you'll see three boxes. The first one (Shape Layers) is what you're currently on. This fills your path with your foreground color. If you select the second box (Path) this will give you an empty, round path.
Now when you draw your ellipse, it will just draw the path. You can select it in your path menu if you want to select the area (command-click the thumbnail.)
But if you're just looking to get rid of everything outside of your circle/oval, the previous answers of using the Elliptical Marquee Tool will work just fine.
huh?!? Sorry but I am using the ellipse tool you are talking about and I am getting a filled in oval. I don't understand any of these geek references and have no idea what you are speaking of. When I looked under the file I did not see anything called "path". What I did see was an icon that looks like a sheet of paper. I also looked all across the tool bar where the options; presets, apply, mode and on down the row of icons and options. Still I found nothing that said, "path." Could you explain it again please in a step-by-step format.
Thank you
This will help you understand the Ellipse Tool a little better.
If you want a round path, you can continue to use the Elliptical Tool, but after you select the tool, and before you draw your ellipse, you'll need to change a setting. At the top left of your screen, right below File, you'll see three boxes. The first one (Shape Layers) is what you're currently on. This fills your path with your foreground color. If you select the second box (Path) this will give you an empty, round path.
Now when you draw your ellipse, it will just draw the path. You can select it in your path menu if you want to select the area (command-click the thumbnail.)
But if you're just looking to get rid of everything outside of your circle/oval, the previous answers of using the Elliptical Marquee Tool will work just fine.
What is the ellipse marquee tool please and how does it differ from the ellipse tool? I am not seeing the squares mentioned or anything called path and I seem to have only ONE reference to ellipse.
Thank you
