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98 Manipulating Images

To modify a current selection:

1. From any Selection context toolbar, select Modify Selection....

2. From the Modify Selection dialog, you can enter a specific pixel value for

the type of operation you require.

Feather: Use to apply feathering "after the fact" to an existing selection

(but before applying any editing changes). Enter the width (in pixels)

of the transition area. A higher value produces a wider, more gradual

fade-out. See Soft-edged and hard-edged selections below.

Smooth: If the selected region has ragged edges or discontinuous

regions (for example, if you've just used the Magic Wand Tool), use

the option to control the extent of smoothing.

Contract/Expand: Move the slider left to contract (shrink) the borders

of the selection, or right to extend its borders.

3. Select a preview method from the Preview drop-down list—choose to

preview as an Overlay, in Grayscale, or use different Mattes.

The Modify item on the Select menu (or right-click on selection) provides a

submenu with the above options, along with other intelligent selection options:

Grow and Similar both expand the selection by seeking out pixels close (in

color terms) to those in the current selection. Grow only adds pixels

adjacent to the current selection, while Similar extends the selection to any

similar pixels in the active layer.

Both options use the tolerance setting entered for the Magic Wand Tool on

the Context toolbar. As the tolerance increases, a larger region is selected.

Typically when using these tools, you'll start by selecting a very small region.

Choose Border... to create a new selection as a "frame" of a specified pixel

width around the current selection.

The Invert option selects the portion of the active layer outside the current

selection. Unselected pixels become selected, and vice versa.

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