renates Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I just upgraded to Paint.NET v3.5.6 (Final Release build 3.56.3972.42619) (i'm running Vista). Now none of the selection tools work. They outline but as soon as I release the mouse button, the outline disappears. This is happening with the rectangle, the lasso and the ellipse. I tried reinstalling, I tried restarting and using various images with or without layers and it never works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 If you are updating from 3.36, the selection outline is no longer animated. It is still there, however, and will always be a different color than its surroundings. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Check to be sure that the Selection Mode isn't set to Subtract or Intersect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renates Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 If you are updating from 3.36, the selection outline is no longer animated. It is still there, however, and will always be a different color than its surroundings. I'm not sure what you mean by no longer animated, but the only way to get the coloured area is 'select all', the other selection tools are just drawing an outline with no colour change and it disappears as soon as the mouse button is released. The crop to selection button is greyed out and can't be clicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 This, then: Check to be sure that the Selection Mode isn't set to Subtract or Intersect. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renates Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 Thank you so much, Sarkut - that was it. Don't know how it got to be set to Subtract, but that is what the problem was. I really appreciate your help, I can finally get back to work now ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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