Adjusting Selections - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0 User Manual

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Selecting
To select a range using preset colors:
Choose Select > Color Range.
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For Select, choose a color or tonal range. The
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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 "Color gamuts" on page 66.)
Click Selection to display the selected areas in
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the preview area.
Blue areas displayed in selection preview
To preview the selection in the image window,
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choose an option for Selection Preview. See step 7
of the procedure on selecting a color range using
sampled colors.
To revert to the original selection, hold down
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Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click
Reset.
Click OK to make the selection.
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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 settings.

Adjusting selections

You can adjust and refine your selections using the
selection tools or 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 two dimensions" on
page 182.)
To move just the selection border:
Using any selection tool, position the pointer
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inside the selection border.
2 Drag the selection border to enclose a different
area of the image. You can drag a selection border
beyond the canvas boundaries. When you drag it
back, the original border reappears intact. You can
also drag the selection border to another image
window.
Original selection border, and selection border moved