Losing part of my selected content

[paintquestion]

Hi everyone,

 

I am trying to select my orange blobs but when I use the magic wand to subtract the area, I lose some of my blobs.  Any ideas on how I can select them without losing parts?

 

Thanks.

[BlastOfBN]

Have you tried adjusting the tolerance of the magic wand?

[BoltBait]

44 minutes ago, paintquestion said:

Hi everyone,

 

I am trying to select my orange blobs but when I use the magic wand to subtract the area, I lose some of my blobs.  Any ideas on how I can select them without losing parts?

 

Thanks.

 

The background image is pretty simple, recreate it?

 

Or, magic wand select the white area (between the orange blobs--adjusting tolerance as necessary) and press Ctrl+I to invert your selection.

[BlastOfBN]

Adding onto what @BoltBait said, from my experiences, simply selecting the background is the quickest and most effective way to delete a background and still have objects in the foreground intact.

 

But once again, tinker around with the tolerance if necessary, until you get your desired results.

[MJW]

5 hours ago, paintquestion said:

I am trying to select my orange blobs but when I use the magic wand to subtract the area, I lose some of my blobs.  Any ideas on how I can select them without losing parts?

 

If it's not too complicated (or private) to quickly explain, perhaps you could tell us what you're ultimately trying to achieve. I ask because, depending on what you want to do, there may be a better method than using the Magic Wand.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

4 hours ago, BoltBait said:

Or, magic wand select the white area (between the orange blobs--adjusting tolerance as necessary) and press Ctrl+I to invert your selection.

 

 ^ This. Try it with a Tolerance of 25% to 30% depending on how tightly you want to select the blobs.

[Pixey]

[paintquestion]

Thanks everyone for the help.  It was the tolerance that was the solution.