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Focus Assistant Error Message

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Trying to use Focus assistance and I got the following message:

"The selected area is too large. Enable the selection area from the toolbar and select an area at most 200 pixels on a side"

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Re: Focus Assistant Error Message

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Hi,

In certain modes, the focus assistant enables the selection area tool which is a red box drawn over the image. The warning is telling you that this box is covering too large an area for the tool to work properly, so you need to use the mouse to shrink the box by dragging on the sides until the warning goes away.

Hope this helps, Robin
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Re: Focus Assistant Error Message

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That worked.

I am still learning. I had used focus assistant on two previous nights and had no problem. So I just need to be flexible and keep learning.

Thank You
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