September 2006
Beginner
574 pages
24h 23m
English
Content preview from Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual
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Appendix B: The Editor, Menu by Menu 513
Select Menu
Select Menu
The Select menu lets you make, modify, and save selections in your image. See
Chapter 5 for more about selections.
All
Choosing All selects your entire image. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+A.
Deselect
Use Deselect to remove all selections from your image. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+D.
Reselect
If you apply the Deselect command, but then want your selection back again,
choose Reselect or press Shift+Ctrl+D.
Inverse
Choosing the Inverse 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. Keyboard shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+I.
All Layers
Choosing All Layers selects all the layers in your image, including hidden layers.
Deselect Layers
The Deselect Layers command unselects all the layers in your image.
Similar Layers
Use the Similar Layers command 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 page 117. Keyboard shortcut:
Alt+Ctrl+D.
Modify
Modify 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 (page 135).
• Smooth rounds the corners of rectangular selections (page 135).
• Expand moves the edge of your selection outward (page 134). ...
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