Adobe 29180155 User Guide - Page 115

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 110 User Guide 9 To specify preview settings, do any of the following: • To change what is displayed in the preview area, choose either Selection Area or Original Photo from the Display menu. Or press x on your keyboard to toggle back and forth between the two views. • To specify a different background, choose an option from the Background menu. 10 Do any of the following to fine-tune the selection, and then preview the results again: • To add to or subtract from the selection, draw more dots or lines using either the Foreground or Background tool. • To erase foreground or background dots, select the Point Eraser tool want to remove. and click or drag over the marks you • To add areas to a selection, select the Add To Selection tool and click or drag over the area you want to add. • To remove areas from the selection, select the Remove From Selection tool to remove. and drag over the areas you want • To smooth the edges of your foreground selection, select the Smoothing Brush tool you want to smooth. and drag over the areas • To soften the edges of your selection, specify a higher value in the Feather box. • To fill remaining holes in the main selection, click Fill Holes. • To separate and remove an area from the main selection, select the Remove From Selection Tool line between the main selection and the area you want to remove. Then click Fill Holes. and drag a • To remove fringe colors left between the foreground and background, click Defringe. To increase or decrease the amount of fringe removed, specify a value from the Defringe Width menu. 11 If you want to start over, click Reset to remove all marks. 12 Click OK to accept the extraction. To delete a selected area If you delete a selection on a background layer or a layer that uses the Lock Transparency option, the selected area is replaced with the background color or checkerboard background pattern. O In the Editor, do any of the following: • Choose Edit > Delete to remove the selection. (If you delete a selection by mistake, you can choose Edit > Undo to get it back.) • Press the Delete key to remove the selection. • Choose Edit > Cut to cut the selection to the Clipboard. You can then paste it elsewhere. See also "Understanding layers" on page 81 "To lock or unlock a layer" on page 86 To select and deselect areas using commands 1 Do any of the following in the Editor window: • To select all pixels in a layer, select the layer in the Layers palette and choose Select > All. • To deselect selections, choose Select > Deselect. This is the safest way to deselect the area.