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6 Adjust the selection:
To add colors, select the plus eyedropper, and click in the preview area or image.
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To remove colors, select the minus eyedropper, and click in the preview area or image.
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To activate the plus eyedropper temporarily, hold down Shift. Hold down Alt
(Windows) or Option (Mac OS) to activate the minus eyedropper.
7 To preview the selection in the image window, choose an option for Selection Preview:
None to display no preview in the image window.
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Grayscale to display the selection as it would appear in a grayscale channel.
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Black Matte to display the selection in color against a black background.
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White Matte to display the selection in color against a white background.
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Quick Mask to display the selection using the current quick mask settings. (See
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"Creating temporary masks in Quick Mask mode (Photoshop)" on page
8 To revert to the original selection, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and
click Reset.
To select a color range using preset colors:
1 Choose Select > Color Range.
2 For Select, choose a color or tonal range. The Out-of-Gamut option works only on RGB
and Lab images. (An out-of-gamut color is an RGB or Lab color that cannot be printed
using process color printing. See
3 Click Selection to display the selected areas in the preview area.
4 To preview the selection in the image window, choose an option for Selection Preview:
None to display no preview in the image window.
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Grayscale to display the selection as it would appear in a grayscale channel.
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Black Matte to display the selection in color against a black background.
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White Matte to display the selection in color against a white background.
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Quick Mask to display the selection using the current quick mask settings.
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(See "Creating temporary masks in Quick Mask mode (Photoshop)" on page
5 To revert to the original selection, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS),
and click Reset.
Note: If a message appears stating "No pixels are more than 50% selected," the selection
border will not be visible. You may have selected a color, such as red, when the image
didn't contain the fully saturated color.
To save and load color range settings:
Use the Save and Load buttons in the Color Range dialog box to save and reuse the
current settings.
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