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how to deselect in photoshop
HeyBraza points at select > deselect and shows the ctrl/cmd+d shortcut so the marching ants vanish and you can edit freely again.
those dashed 'marching ants' mean you have an active selection - and photoshop will only let you edit inside it, which is why your brush or fill suddenly does nothing everywhere else. clearing the selection fixes it instantly.
short answer
press ctrl+d on windows or cmd+d on mac. to hide the marching ants but keep the selection active, press ctrl/cmd+h instead - and select > reselect brings the last selection back if you deselected by mistake.
or do it yourself
- 1press ctrl+d (windows) or cmd+d (mac) to deselect everything.
- 2or go to select > deselect from the top menu.
- 3if the ants come back when you switch tools, you re-selected - press ctrl/cmd+d again.
- 4to hide the ants but keep the selection, press ctrl/cmd+h (the selection is still active, just invisible).
- 5to bring a selection back after deselecting, use select > reselect (ctrl/cmd+shift+d).
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downloadcommon questions
why can i only edit part of my photoshop image?
you have an active selection - the marching ants - and edits only apply inside it. press ctrl/cmd+d to deselect and edit the whole image again.
what's the deselect shortcut in photoshop?
ctrl+d on windows, cmd+d on mac. reselect is ctrl/cmd+shift+d.