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This document was created by an unregistered ChmMagic, please go to http://www.bisenter.com to register it. ThanksThe Select MenuYou have Selection tools, so why do you need a Select menu? The Select menu works with the tools to let you modify areas you haveselected. You can grow or shrink the selected area by as many pixels as you want, or feather its edges so the selection appears to fadeinto a background on which you have pasted it. In Hour 3, "Making Selections," you'll learn all the tricks for selecting parts of a picture andworking with them.The Filter MenuFilters are the tools that make Photoshop fun. The Filter menu lists more than a dozen categories of filters: Some blur or sharpen thepicture, some distort it, and some turn it into imitation paintings, colored pencil drawings, or neon light sculptures. There's so much for youto do with filters that we'll spend Hours 14, "Filters that Improve Your Picture," 15, "Filters to Make Your Picture Artistic," and 16, "Filters toDistort and Other Funky Effects" applying them to your pictures.Filter FactPhotoshop filters are plug-ins, and many work with other graphics programsas well. If you install third-party filters, such as Alien Skin's Eye Candy orAndromeda filters, they'll appear at the bottom of the Filter menu.The View MenuLike the Zoom tool, the View menu has commands that let you zoom in on and out of the picture. As you can see in Figure 1.12, it also hasthe commands governing rulers, guides, and grids that enable you to measure and place objects precisely within the work area. The Showcommand opens a submenu that gives you access to grids, guides, notes, and slices.Figure 1.12. The View menu.