Edgar_484 Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Ok, I've been using Paint.NET for a while now and I've NEVER had this problem. But suddenly, starting today (using v2.5) whenever I tried using the magic wand, it selects everything. It basically selects the whole canvas and at first I thought maybe it was just the picture. So I tried a different one that I know the magic wand would work on because I had used that picture before. And what? Nothing, magic wand still selects the whole image. So, then I thought maybe I had to update Paint.NET and so I came here, and what do you know? v2.6 was finally released (nice job by the way, fixed a couple things I had problems with.) So, after installing it I tried again but still no luck. The whole canvas keeps being selected. Can anyone help me fix this problem? Using the magic wand is important to me when I'm working with images, so I really need this tool. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Check your tolerance level (the blue bar right under the tools on the toolbar). If you have the tolerance set to 100 (or higher than the difference between the colors of the image), it will select the whole image. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar_484 Posted February 25, 2006 Author Share Posted February 25, 2006 Yea, I just checked and that was the problem. Not sure why it changed though, I don't think I've ever really messed with that. Thanks for helping though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangix Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 this is sort of offtopic, but can anyone explain to me why that happens? also what is Tollerance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SearedIce Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Tolerance tells Paint.net how carefully to select areas of matching color. With Tolerance at 0, if you click on a light red pixel, a medium or dark red pixel next to it will not be selected as well. With Tolerance at 50, the medium pixel will be selected too, but the dark one won't be. With Tolerance near 100, most pixels (possibly including the dark one) will be selected. At 100 Tolerance, everything is selected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 The tolerance control is just really easy to accidentally click on. We're looking to fix that in a future version. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aatwo Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 if someone was poking your eye every 10 minutes, you might be TOLERENT of it for the first few times, however the more and more you get poked in the eye, you become more likely to violently poke his eye in retaliation! And then when his eye is all red it might explode...... and I forget where I'm going with this.... PAINT.NET RULES Quote Deviant Art Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SearedIce Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Lol... Unfortuanetly, the lower human tolerance goes down, the greater the world that gets affected. In Paint.net, the higher the tolerance goes, the larger the area affected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aatwo Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 is that really that unfortunate...? Think about it! If everyone was really intollerant, chess would be a much more exciting game!!!! Quote Deviant Art Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjs Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 AFAIK: Tolerance low = Very sensitive border detection Tolerance high = Insensitive border detection IOW: The higher the tolerance, the more should be selected. This means (at least to me *g*) that the implementation of the "tolerance" slider in PDN is correct. Regards, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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