Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual page 154

CHAPTER 5
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Selecting
Using the Color Range command
(Photoshop)
The Color Range command selects a specified
color or color subset within an existing selection
or an entire image. If you want to replace a
selection, be sure to deselect everything before
applying this command.
To refine an existing selection, use the Color Range
command repeatedly to select a subset of colors.
For example, to select the green areas in a cyan
selection, select Cyans in the Color Range dialog
box, and click OK. Then reopen the Color Range
dialog box, and select Greens. (The results are
subtle because the technique selects parts of colors
within a color mix.)
To select a color range using sampled colors:
1 Choose Select > Color Range.
For Select, choose the Sampled Colors
2
tool (
Select one of the display options:
3
Selection to preview only the selection as you
•
build it.
Image to preview the entire image. For example,
•
you might want to sample from a part of the image
that isn't on-screen.
To toggle between the Image and Selection
previews in the Color Range dialog box,
press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS).
).
4 Position the pointer over the image or preview
area, and click to sample the colors you want
included.
Sampling color
5 Adjust the range of colors using the Fuzziness
slider or by entering a value. To decrease the
range of colors selected, decrease the value.
The Fuzziness option partially selects pixels by
controlling the degree to which related colors are
included in the selection (whereas the Tolerance
option for the magic wand and paint bucket
options increases the range of colors that are
fully selected).
Increasing Fuzziness expands selection.