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An Introduction <strong>to</strong> Adobe Pho<strong>to</strong>shop<br />

Simple Selections<br />

The Options bar for the Marquee <strong>to</strong>ols is very similar in appear<strong>an</strong>ce <strong>to</strong> that of the Magic W<strong>an</strong>d <strong>to</strong>ol. However, you will notice<br />

that you also have <strong>an</strong> option called Feather. By default, the Marquee <strong>to</strong>ols will define a hard edged selection. However, by<br />

entering a pixel value in <strong>to</strong> the Feather option we c<strong>an</strong> create a selection that will have a soft edge. Soft feathered selections<br />

c<strong>an</strong> be very useful as they allow us <strong>to</strong> blend edits with underlying layers, fig 6.9.<br />

Fig 6.9 a hard edged selection <strong>an</strong>d a feathered selection filled with the foreground colour<br />

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