September 2009
Beginner
640 pages
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Select Menu
Here's where you make, modify, and save selections in your image. See Chapter 5 for more about selections.
All
Choose this command or press Ctrl+A to select your whole image.
Deselect
Use this command or press Ctrl+D to remove all selections from your image.
Reselect
If you use the Deselect command but then want your selection back again, choose this menu item or press Shift+Ctrl+D.
Inverse
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. Keyboard shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+I.
All Layers
Use this command to select all the layers in your image, including hidden layers.
Deselect Layers
Choose this option to unselect all the layers in your image.
Similar Layers
Use this command to select all the layers of your image that are the same type, such as all Adjustment layers or all Text layers.
Feather
Choose this option or press Alt+Ctrl+D to feather (blur) the edges of a selection (The Lasso Tools).
Refine Edge
This command lets you groom the edges of a selection (Refine Edge).
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 (The Move tool).
Smooth rounds the corners of selections (The Move tool).
Expand moves the edge of your selection outward (Moving Selected Areas).
Contract moves the edge of your selection inward (Moving Selected Areas).
Grow
This command expands your selection ...
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