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Selecting
5 To adjust the brush tip’s hardness, drag the
Hardness pop-up slider, or enter a number
between 0 and 100.
6 If the Mode option is set to Mask, set the color
and opacity of the overlay color:
• To set the color, click the Overlay Color swatch
and select a color in the Color Picker.
• To set the opacity, drag the Overlay Opacity
pop-up slider, or enter a percentage between 0
and 100 in the text box.
If you use a soft-edged brush with the selection
brush tool, changing the Mode option to Mask
can help you see the soft edges of the selection.
Using the magic wand tool
The magic wand tool lets you select an area of
similar colors (for example, a blue sky) without
having to trace its outline. You specify the color
range, or tolerance, for the magic wand tool’s
selection.
To use the magic wand tool:
1 Select the magic wand tool .
2 In the options bar, specify whether to create a
new selection , add to an existing selection ,
subtract from a selection , or select an area
intersected by other selections .
3 For Tolerance, enter a value between 0 to 255.
Enter a low value to select colors very similar to the
pixel you click, or enter a higher value to select a
broader range of colors.
4 To define a smooth selection edge, select Anti-
aliased. (See “Softening the edges of a selection” on
page 121.)
5 To select only adjacent areas using the same
colors, select Contiguous. When this option is
deselected, pixels using the same colors are
selected throughout the entire image.
6 To select colors using data from all the visible
layers, select Use All Layers. When this option is
deselected, the magic wand tool selects colors from
only the active layer.
7 In the image, click the color you want to select.
If Contiguous is selected, all adjacent pixels within
the tolerance range are selected.
To add to the selected area, you can Shift+click
unselected areas, or choose Select > Grow.
Adjusting selection borders
You can adjust and refine your selection borders
using the selection tools and a variety of
commands in the Select menu.
In addition, you can apply geometric transforma-
tions to change the shape of a selection border.
(See “Transforming objects in three dimensions”
on page 157.)
Moving or inverting a selection border
You can move or hide a selection border, and you
can invert a selection to select the opposite part of
the image. Moving the selection border reposi-
tions just the border and doesn’t alter the image.
To move the selected image area, see “Moving pixel
selections within an image” on page 122.
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