Absolute Beginner's Guide to Digital Photography

■ Select, Similar selects pixels in the image that resemble those in the

existing selection, but (unlike the Grow command) the pixels do not

need to be physically connected by similar pixels. Tolerances are taken

from the Magic Wand options bar.

■ Select, Modify, Border changes the selection, which is a solid area, into

a hollow ring or donut shape (see Figure 11.19). The thickness of the

ring is specified in a dialog box.

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FIGURE 11.19
Modifying the
border of your
selection.

■ Select, Feather gives the selection soft edges, so that pixels at the edge

are partly selected, whereas pixels at the center are completely selected.

You will use Select, Feather a lot, often with a setting of two or three pixels.

Feather softens selection areas by blending the specified number of pixels

with the area outside the selection. This softens whatever edits you make to a

selection.

■ Select, Inverse reverses the selection status of every pixel in the image.

Selected pixels become deselected and unselected pixels become

selected.