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When I made a thorough outline & saved that selection
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Perhaps the selection you saved was at a percentage of transparency?
To test it, take that layer you are working with, use the marquee tool, any shape, and fill it with 100% color. If your layer is at 100%, and the fill is at 100% then your filled marquee should be at 100%.
If not, is your layer that is transparent in a folder is it? If so, check that folder's setting. Is it at 100% and set to pass through or something else?
About the jagged edges, Let's look at how this stuff works.
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So I basically have to repeat the process like 4 times to get the solid result.
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If you make a selection using any method, you can still end up with jagged lines if you fill it too many times or if you lay too many shapes of the same outline on top of each other.
Example, do this-
Make a selection using the circle marquee or any vectored path, but something with curves like a rounded shape. Then fill it with paint, either using the fill with background/foreground, or a paint brush or bucket. It should have a smooth line. The using that same selection method, try filling it 5 or 6 times, or painting it the same amount of times. You'll get a jagged edge. This is because the smooth edge is made up from pixels that are partially transparent. The more times you fill, or paint it, or duplicate that layer even, those transparent pixels that give the illusion of smoothness will soon fill in to form a jagged stepped edge.
The first selection fill you make will be the best and smoothest, there after, it will get more jagged.
Try this too, use the magic want tool to make a selection, it will always be a little jagged even if you have the threshold set at a high number. This sort of selection will never do for any sort of quality selection. This is where using a vectored path really comes in handy.
If your shape has it's own layer, a quick easy sure way to select that shape is by selecting all, and then shifting the pixels by one, in any direction, and then shifting them back to your original position using the move tool. It will give you an exact selection, perfectly capturing all the subtitles of the original shape, including those transparent pixels and even feathered fuzzy area.
I prefer the mask layer like Grubby suggest. It works the best and that mask will always be rock solid and not be effected by how many identical layers you have or how many times you fill that shape in.
But if masks aren't you thing you can make a layer to use as a mask, an all white layer with your shape cut out of it.
Do you use masks or are you familiar with them? I made a little PS example of stuff I mentioned above if you want to look it over-
jagged-fix.psd
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