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Smooths the jagged edges of a
Anti-aliasing
selection by softening the color transition between
edge pixels and background pixels. Since only the
edge pixels change, no detail is lost. Anti-aliasing is
useful when cutting, copying, and pasting selec-
tions to create composite images.
Anti-aliasing is available for the lasso, polygonal
lasso, magnetic lasso, rectangular marquee, ellip-
tical marquee, and magic wand tools. (Select a tool
to display its options bar.) You must specify this
option before using these tools. Once a selection is
made, you cannot add anti-aliasing.
Blurs edges by building a transition
Feathering
boundary between the selection and its
surrounding pixels. This blurring can cause some
loss of detail at the edge of the selection.
You can define feathering for the marquee, lasso,
polygonal lasso, or magnetic lasso tool as you use
the tool, or you can add feathering to an existing
selection. Feathering effects become apparent
when you move, cut, copy, or fill the selection.
To use anti-aliasing:
1
Select the lasso, polygonal lasso, magnetic lasso,
rectangular marquee, elliptical marquee, or magic
wand tool.
2
Select Anti-aliased in the options bar.
To define a feathered edge for a selection tool:
1
Select any of the lasso or marquee tools.
2
Enter a Feather value in the options bar.
This value defines the width of the feathered edge
and can range from 1 to 250 pixels.
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To define a feathered edge for an existing selection:
Choose Select > Feather.
1
Enter a value for the Feather Radius, and
2
click OK.
Note: A small selection made with a large feather
radius may be so faint that its edges are invisible and
thus not selectable. If a message appears stating
"No pixels are more than 50% selected," either
decrease the feather radius or increase the selection's
size. Or click OK to accept the current setting and
create a selection where you cannot see the edges.
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A. Original selection B. Feather: 0 C. Feather: 10
D. Feather: 30
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