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Screen, Overlay, Multiply, and Darken.
Once you have selected the channel,
the Blending Mode, and Opacity, click
OK to accept the Opacity Mixer's effect.
Click Cancel to prevent the Opacity
Mixer from affecting the image.
If you would like to remove the Opacity
Mixer's effect from the enhancement
at any time, simply uncheck the Apply
Checkbox next to the Opacity Mixer for
that enhancement.
Selection Notification Area
The Selection Notification Area is
displayed in all Enhancement steps, that
is, all non-Base Adjustment Steps. This
area indicates whether the current step
is being applied to the entire image, as
indicated with the All Selected message,
or only to selected areas of the image,
as indicated by one of the other selec-
tion messages. If the message Partially
Selected is displayed, the current step
has been selectively applied using one
of the selection tools. If the message
Nothing Selected is displayed, the
current step is not affecting the image
at all.
You can at any point view where the
current step is being applied to the
image by selecting the Show Selection
option from the View Menu.
Feather Control
The Feather Control option is presented
whenever a selection has been made
on the image. This feature enables you
to soften the edges of selections that
have already been made using one of
the selection tools. By softening the
edges of the selection, you can reduce
any visible artifacts created during the
selection process.
To use the Feather Control feature,
click on the
button next to
Feather Control within the Selection
Notification area. This will display the
Feather Control dialog and enable you
to modify the amount of feather to
apply to the current step's selections.
Increase the Feather Amount slider until
the desired result is achieved. The higher
the setting within the Feather Amount
slider the more gradual the transitions
will be from the areas in the current step
to other areas in the image.
Click on the OK button to accept the
Feather Control's effect, or click on the
Cancel button to remove the effect.
At any point after selecting OK, you can
remove the Feather Control effect by
unchecking the Apply Checkbox next
to Feather Control within the Selection
Notification Area.
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