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[ 39 ]› › DOWN & DIRTY TRICKSStep 16: Use the Shift-click method to select
both wing layers and group them together with
Layer>Group Layers, or press Command-G (PC:
Ctrl-G). Rename this group “Wings” and hide
the group by clicking on its Eye icon next to it in
the Layers panel.
Step 17: Go to Select>Color Range and the
Select option should be Sampled Colors. Click on
the black background area in the image to sam-
ple it and the preview in the Color Range dia-
log will show it as completely white. Adjust the
Fuzziness until all of the background is selected,
somewhere around the level of 28 should be
fine. This will select some of the dancer as well.
Click OK to create the selection.