lesser degree than areas that are 100 percent selected. Click OK to
apply the selection to the image.
Selecting unselected areas
You can use the Inverse command to simultaneously select all pixels
not in the current selection while deselecting the current selection.
To select areas not included in the current selection:
Choose Image > Select > Inverse.
Color Range options
Use this dialog box to select
image areas based on color.
A Select. In the pop-up
menu, choose the color (red,
green, blue, cyan, magenta,
yellow), or tonal range (shad-
ows, midtones, highlights) you
want to select.
To select a color interactively
by clicking in the preview win-
dow, choose Sampled Colors.
B Fuzziness. When using the
Sampled Colors option, enter a
low value to select a narrow col-
or range; enter a higher value
to select a wider range.
C Choose Selection to pre-
view the selection, with white
representing selected pixels, in
the preview window. Choose
Image to see the actual image
so you can sample colors with
the dropper.
D With Sampled Colors cho-
sen (A), click the dropper in the
preview window to select col-
ors. Use the + dropper to add
to the selection; use the - drop-
per to subtract from it.
E Selection Preview. Choose
an option to preview the selec-
tion in the image itself (or
choose None for no preview).
Grayscale shows the selection
as it would appear in a channel,
with white for selected pixels
and black showing non-select-
ed areas.
The Matte and Mask options
show the original colors in
selected areas. In non-selected
areas, Black Matte shows
black, White matte shows
white, and Mask shows trans-
parent red.
D
E
A
B
C