Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0 User Manual page 170

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6 Select Preserve Transparency to limit the fill to
layer areas that contain pixels. (See "Preserving a
layer's transparency" on page 269.)
7 Select a Rendering option:
Feather Radius to define how far inside and
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outside the selection border the feather edge
extends. Enter a value in pixels.
Anti-aliased to create a finer transition between
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the pixels in the selection and the surrounding
pixels by partially filling the edge pixels of the
selection.
(See "Softening the edges of a selection" on
page 147 for more on these options.)
8 Click OK to fill the path.
Path created, and filled
To stroke a path using the current Stroke Path
settings:
Click the Stroke Path button (
the Paths palette. Each click of the Stroke Path
button builds up the thickness of the stroke.
To stroke a path and specify options:
Select the path in the Paths palette.
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Select the painting or editing tool you want
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to use to stroke the path. Set the tool options in
the Options palette, and specify a brush in the
Brushes palette. You must specify the tool's
settings before opening the Stroke Path dialog
box.(See Chapter8, Editing and Retouching, and
Chapter 9, Painting, for information on specific
tool settings.)
3 Stroke the path:
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS)
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the Stroke Path button (
Paths palette.
Choose Stroke Path from the Paths palette
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menu.
If you did not select a tool in step 2, choose a
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tool from the Stroke Path dialog box.
Click OK to stroke the path.
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Paths selected, and stroked
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