For example, choose the Push mode, position the inner circle of the cursor at the current selction and click to 'push' the selection away from the cursor. Smooth ( ) mode will help you smoothen the selection made3 Depending on the mode that you selected in Step 2, the selection grows, diminishes or is fine-tuned as desired.Placing the Cursor outside the selection contracts the selection within the outer circle to snap to the first image edge found.Placing the cursor inside a selection expands the selection within the outer circle to snap to the first image edge found.

Add ( ) and Subtract ( ) are the modes to manually add and subtract to and from selections.Four modes are available: Add, Subtract, Push, and Smooth.Place the cursor inside the selection you just made, with the inner circle inside the selection edge. Last updated ġ42Selecting1 Make a selection using Quick Selection tool2 Select the Refine Selection Brush tool. While the inner circle is the size of the brush, the outer circleindicates the area within which to look for an edge. Photoshop Elements 13 has a new tool named Refine Selection Brush tool.This tool helps you add or remove areas to and from a selection by automatically detecting the edges.The cursor for the tool is a set of two concentric circles. A value of 1 or 2 should be sufficient.4 Click OK.Editing and refining selectionsEdit selectionsMaking selections is a crucial part of editing. Last updated ġ41Selecting1 Copy and paste a selection into a new or existing layer.2 Choose Enhance > Adjust Color > Defringe Layer.3 In the Defringe dialog box, type the number of pixels you’d like to replace around the object. Defringe Layer replaces the blue pixels with yellow pixels. For example, if you select a yellow object on a blue background and then move the selection, someof the blue background is moved with the object. The Defringe Layercommand replaces the color of any fringe pixels with the colors of nearby pixels containing pure colors (those withoutbackground color). These extra pixels can result in a fringe or halo around the edges of the selection. Note: You cannot use the Grow and Similar commands on photos in bitmap mode.Remove stray pixels from a color-based selectionThe Smooth command searches around each selected pixel for other pixels within the specified color range and selectsthem.1 Make a selection with a selection tool and choose Select > Modify > Smooth.2 For Sample Radius, enter a pixel value between 1 and 100, and click OK.Defringe a selectionWhen you move or paste a selection, some of the pixels surrounding the selection border are included with theselection. Choose Select > Similar to include pixels throughout the photo, not just adjacent ones, that fall within the tolerance range.2 To increase the selection incrementally, choose either command multiple times.(You may have to switch to a selection tool that includes a tolerance range, such as the Magic Wand tool.) A higher Tolerance value adds a broader range of colors.

Choose Select > Grow to include all adjacent pixels falling within the tolerance range specified in the options bar.

Last updated ġ40Selecting1 Use a selection tool to make a selection.2 Choose Select > Modify > Border.3 Enter a value between 1 and 200 pixels in the Width text box, and click OK.Include areas of similar color in a selection1 Make a selection with a selection tool and do one of the following: When you add the new selection border, onlypixels between the two selection borders are selected. Any portion of the selection border that runs along the canvas edge is unaffected.Frame an existing selection with a new selection borderThe Border command creates a soft-edged, anti-aliased selection border. The selection border is moved outward or inward by the specified number of pixels. Shift so that cross-hairs appear next to the pointer, and select an area that intersects the existing selection.Expand or contract a selection by a specific number of pixelsYou can use commands in the Select menu to increase or decrease the size of an existing selection and to clean up straypixels left inside or outside a color-based selection.1 Use a selection tool to make a selection.2 Choose Select > Modify > Expand or Contract.3 For Expand By or Contract By, enter a pixel value between 1 and 100, and click OK.

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