Cut Square (or any shape) 1

[AarynC]

OK, I've been through tutorials on logo design and usually they say that you can cut any shape you want out of another shape using the maquee tool and simply pressing delete.

For some reason when I do this, it deletes the entire layer.

All I am trying to do is take a rounded square, and cut it in half to make a Tab.

I'm used to fireworks and it's simple knife tool.

 

[tony00]

Is the layer locked and with it's name in italics? If so, duplicate the layer and work with the duplicate. To duplicate, right click the layer and select Duplicate LAyer.

 

[AarynC]

Thanks Tony,

Worked it out. Not sure what I was doing wrong, but I got it by trying it in a new canvas and dragging the cut square onto my original (rather complicated) one.

Cheers
Aaryn