Select
This menu lets you make, modify, and save selections in your image. See Chapter 5 for more about selections.
All
This selects your entire image. Press Ctrl+A to do the same thing.
Deselect
This removes all selections from your image. From the keyboard, press Ctrl+D.
Reselect
If you apply the Deselect command, but then want your selection back again, choose this or press Shift+Ctrl+D.
Inverse
Choosing this command switches the selected and unselected areas of your image. The area that wasn't previously selected is now selected, and the previously selected area is now unselected. The keyboard command is Shift+Ctrl+I.
All Layers
Selects all the layers in your image, including hidden layers.
Deselect Layers
Unselects all the layers in your image.
Similar Layers
Use this to select all the layers of your image that are the same type, such as all Adjustment layers or all regular layers.
Feather
Feathering blurs the edges of a selection. See Section 5.3. Pressing Alt+Ctrl+D brings up the same dialog box.
Modify
These commands let you change the size or edges of your selection. They're all explained in Chapter 5.
Border selects the edge of your selection (Section 5.5.3).
Smooth rounds the corners of rectangular selections (Section 5.5.3).
Expand moves the edge of your selection outward (Section 5.5.2).
Contract moves the edge of your selection inward (Section 5.5.2).
Grow
This expands your selection to include more contiguous areas of similar color. See Section 5.5.2.
Similar
This also expands your selection ...
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