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I had the same problem as it was working fine in CS6 but changed in CC. In CS6, it would automatically "add" the holes to your selection and you would have marching ants around all your selections. Now

Now, (in CC2018), you need to press the 'esc' key so that all your drawn selections become the thin solid path line. Then you can press the make selection button or right click on your path to make a selection of ALL drawn paths with marching ants.

For example, draw a path around the outside of an "O". Then draw a path around the inside of the "O". The outer path becomes a thin line and the inside is now active with the square control points. When done, PRESS THE 'ESC' key to make the inner active path inactive. You should now have thin solid line around the inside and outside of the "O". Now you can make a selction by pressing the make selection button or right clicking on the "O" for more options (feathering, etc.)

Also make sure you are in "Exclude overlapping shapes" in the path operations button. In

In summary, you need to make sure there are no 'active' paths (with square control points) as these will be the only ones chosen when making a selection. Only the solid thin blue path lines in your path layer, then click make selection button. Hope this helps.

I had the same problem as it was working fine in CS6 but changed in CC. In CS6, it would automatically "add" the holes to your selection and you would have marching ants around all your selections. Now, (in CC2018), you need to press the 'esc' key so that all your drawn selections become the thin solid path line. Then you can press the make selection button or right click on your path to make a selection of ALL drawn paths with marching ants. Also make sure you are in "Exclude overlapping shapes" in the path operations button. In summary, you need to make sure there are no 'active' paths (with square control points) as these will be the only ones chosen when making a selection. Only the solid thin blue path lines in your path layer, then click make selection button. Hope this helps.

I had the same problem as it was working fine in CS6 but changed in CC. In CS6, it would automatically "add" the holes to your selection and you would have marching ants around all your selections.

Now, (in CC2018), you need to press the 'esc' key so that all your drawn selections become the thin solid path line. Then you can press the make selection button or right click on your path to make a selection of ALL drawn paths with marching ants.

For example, draw a path around the outside of an "O". Then draw a path around the inside of the "O". The outer path becomes a thin line and the inside is now active with the square control points. When done, PRESS THE 'ESC' key to make the inner active path inactive. You should now have thin solid line around the inside and outside of the "O". Now you can make a selction by pressing the make selection button or right clicking on the "O" for more options (feathering, etc.)

Also make sure you are in "Exclude overlapping shapes" in the path operations button.

In summary, you need to make sure there are no 'active' paths (with square control points) as these will be the only ones chosen when making a selection. Only the solid thin blue path lines in your path layer, then click make selection button. Hope this helps.

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Sewycidal
Sewycidal
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I had the same problem as it was working fine in CS6 but changed in CC. In CS6, it would automatically "add" the holes to your selection and you would have marching ants around all your selections. Now, (in CC2018), you need to press the 'esc' key so that all your drawn selections become the thin solid path line. Then you can press the make selection button or right click on your path to make a selection of ALL drawn paths with marching ants. Also make sure you are in "Exclude overlapping shapes" in the path operations button. In summary, you need to make sure there are no 'active' paths (with square control points) as these will be the only ones chosen when making a selection. Only the solid thin blue path lines in your path layer, then click make selection button. Hope this helps.