[thelist] Photoshop Question

[aardvark]

> From: "Olly Hodgson" <gnarly at gmx.co.uk>
>
> Does anybody know of a quick way to select every other horizontal line
> on an image? An automatic way of using the single row marquee tool to
> select alternate rows all the way down the image is what i'm after. Or
> do I need to make myself an action to do it for me?

depends how fast you are...

humor me and try this...

make a new image, 1x2 (or so)... fill one pixel with black, make the 
other transparent... select it and make it into a pattern fill (Edit > 
Define Pattern)...

now, go to the image you want to affect, and make a new layer...  
select the entire layer (use the marquee) and go to Edit > Fill... 
select the pattern...

now, deselect...

ok, now ctrl-click this new layer, hide it, and go to the layer you 
want to affect...

you now have every other row selected...