Photoshop anti-aliasing - feathered edge

Softening the edges of a selection

We can smooth the hard edges of a selection by anti- aliasing and by feathering.





Feathering:

1. Feathering a selections somewhat similar to smoothing.
2. It doesn’t straighten the selection border but blurs it.
3. With feathering , we will get a smooth transition between selected and non- selected areas. The transition gradually blends the edges of the selection.
4. This smoothing can cause some loss of detail at the edge of the selection.


Photoshop anti-aliasing:

1. Select the lasso, polygonal lasso, magnetic lasso, rounded rectangle marquee, elliptical marquee Or magic want tool.
2. Select Anti-aliased in the Options bar.





Photoshop feathered edge for a selection tool:

1. Select any of the lasso or marquee tools.
2. Enter a Feather value I the Options bar. This value defines the width of the feather edge and can range from 1to 250 pixels.

Photoshop Color Range

1. Choose select > Color Range.
2. For Select, choose the sampled colors tool
3. Select one of the display options:
4. sampling color
5. Adjust the range of colors using the Fuzziness slider or Position the pointer over the image or preview area, and click to sample the colors we want included, by entering a value. To decrease the range of colors selected, decrease the value . Increasing Fuzziness expands selection.
6. Adjust the selection by clicking the eyedropper icon.
7. To preview the selection in the image window, choose an option for selections preview:
8. To revert to the Original selection, hold down lat or Option, and click Reset,
9. Click OK to make the selection.